Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-09-16
COMBINATION OF WISDUM.
SANITARY INSPECTORS EMPRESS
THEIR VIEWS ON TIIE sITUA-
TION.
And Recommend the Setting Apart
OF Two Entire Days for Fumiga-
ting and DisinfectinG.

city Delu long coulefeiEf WIS
morning with the commItte1 APP
pointed by the Board Of Health
yesterday afternoon to devise
ways and means for thoroughly
disinfectiug the city and thereby
Kidding it of the prevailing
epidemic.
l.. A. Thurston explained the
d iiiculty of establishing an eff
fectual quarantine of the infected
districts on account of the scat
tering points from which cases
had been taken. He presented an
outline of the report which it was
proposed to submit to the Board
of Health this afternoon, and ask
ed for an expression of opinion
from those present thereon.
The idea of the committee was
to set apart two days at the latter
part of the week in which bust
ness of all kinds was TO be sus.
pended under an order of the
Board of Health, a printed copy
of the order to be posted on each
house in the city with necessary
instructions for disinfecting and
fumigating. The whole of the
two days to be utilized in the
work of cleaning, whitewashing,
boiling clothes, etc. 1t was the
suggestion of the committee that
every occupant of each house
should personally thoroughly dis
inf ct his or her clothing to the
satisfaction of the sub.inspector
All woodwork to be thoroughly
whitewashed, floors reprinted and
so on. The Board of Health to
furnish all necessary disinfectants
and the wages of all employees
throughout the city to continue as
usual.
Upon the question being raised
as to whether there was enough
d.sipfecting material to 90 round
the fact was developed that only
80 barrels of lime was left in the
city and that the output of f. b.
Thomas lime kiln owing to de
fective burning would be but 81
barrels instead of the $50 expect,
ed. There was a vessel due from
the coast with $50 barrels on board
which might arrive any time. Mr.
Thurston thought at least $50
barrels would be required.
Tailor Low said it took rs bar
rels to whitewash Oahu Jail alone
j. Marsden said at least 5 0 bar,
rels would be needed to white,
wash the buildings in the city.
Mr.. Low said 1000 would be
nearer the mark, while others
thought it would take at leas
5000.
DR.. Smith said that only tn,
houses of the natives needed
whitewashing and those only OF
the inside.
Mr.. Lowrey wanted to know i
fumigating the different room
would not be just as eftectual.
Mr.. Thurston answered tina
owing to most Of the houses bein
open at the caves fumigatin
would be impossible.
Mr.. Marsden suggested taking
a list only of those houses need
ing disinfecting and attending t.
those first.
Mr.. Richards suggested the i'm
police of picking out these house
on account of the lll-fceling whic
would be engendered.
| Mr.. Kaulia said his distriC
WAS composed largely of natives
He thought they would gladly d
the work of whitewashing ant
disinfecting if the governmer
furnished the ma terial.
DIR. Smith said that anythin
exposed to the direct rays of til
sun for a day is thoroughly dis
infected, as the cholera germ
dried out after two or three hour
j. F. Colburn thought thel
would be no disposition on tn
part of the natives to disobey til
orders of the board, althoug