The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-10-01

maksi OF the tramwsys terminus,
nesr the hsmehsmehS schools, COM
| prising s strip OF land running from
/ King street southwest TO the sea. A
msp Of this locality is attached to this
report.
The dry land here is high, OF coral
formation Snd desceuds abruptly to
| the wet lowlying rice land which
borders il on the southeast. For q
distance of about 600 yards from King
street the high land borders directly
on the rice fields. From this point
! down TO the ses s shallow ditch inter-
venes. Reference to the appended
map will make this clear Native
houses were scattered along down
this strip Of land from King street to
the sea, standing back, IS rule, from
twenty to fifty yards from the edge of
the rice land. Most of these houses
have been burned.
The first house in this locality in
which the disease made its appear
ance stood about 200 yards from King
street and sbout thirty yards from
the rice field This was 8 two-story
house in which twenty four people
were living. About four feet from
the edge OF the rice field was 8 wash
ing stone sud four feet or so from this
was s surface well. Water drained
from the washing place directly into
the rice field and also into the well.
Il Is known thSt clothing stained
with the infectious discharges Of per-
sons sick with cholera were washed
on this stone.
The rice field into which this infec-
tious material found access lies Just
mSuks OF the o. r. r track aud Is
about one and three-qusrter acres in
area. 1t is well bounded on the mau-
ka and Waikiki sides by high limit
ing bank II drains through cul-
vert in the Z. r track across to a
rice field lying maksi Of the track. This
latter field hiss su area of about three
and three-quarter acres, and empties
into the ditch mentioned above, which
st this point intervenes between the
high land and the large extent of nee
land lying off to the south.
This shallow ditch runs along be-
tween the high land upon one side
and the rice fields-as far as they 90
upon the other. As il approaches the
seS the rice land gives way to marsh
and fish ponds. The fish ponds con-
meet with esch other bat have no con-
neetion with the ditch until Just be-
fore il empties into the sea The
ditch is separated from the rice fields
by slight mud bank, but in numer-
Gus places this bank Is so low and
frail that the danger Of these large
rice lands becoming infected is immi-
uent.
At short distances along down the
course OF this ditch are washing places
in the ditch and surface wells near its
border. Just below the point where the
injected rice fields empty into the
ditch stood the second house where
cholera made its appearance The
ditch about twenty five yards
and beaten path led from the house
to the washing place in the ditch
Clothing stained with cholera dis
charges are known TO have been
washed here
About 230 yards farther down the
course OF the ditch the next case oc-
Cured The fourth and last house in |
this locality in which cases occurred |
stood about 20 yaris from the point st /
which the infected ditch empties into |
the sea-
Kll1rdi lies makai OF the exten- |
sion OF Judd street, west Of Liliha- /
There WAS one infected house in this I
locality the house stood upon high |
laud-on the hillside AT the base Of |
the hill, zt level Of about fifteen feet /
or 30 below the house, small irrigat-
ing ditch runs along under the fence. /
Just beyond this ditch WAS the wash
ing place, q hole about four feet iu /
diameter, dug in the ground A email /
drain carried the water from the ditch /
into this hole, which disposed Of its
surplus water by overfoving on the
ground