Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-09-10
SANITARY COMMITTEE.
A busy SCENE AROUND ITS
HEADQUARTERS.
inspectors and Their Deputies Do
ing GOOD work-Synopsis OF
the Reports Sent in.

the offices of Carter e. Kinney
in the Safe Deposit building, pre-
sent busy scene. Secretary
McStocker and corps Of clerks
and typewriters are to be found
busily engaged in reading the
reports sent in by the inspectors
Of the twenty. one districts and
their deputies. These are referred
to the proper persons, the neces-
sary orders made and men de-
tailed to attend to them, after
which they are filed away on the
wall, each district having a
separate file. Printed blanks have
been prepared for the use of the
inspectors who are required to re-
port twice daily.
As result of the house to-house
inspection two cases OF cholera
were reported last night,
which otherwise might not have
reached the authorities until the
victims we're dead. From tho re-
ports of the inspectors the sani-
tary condition of the city is even
worse than was supposed. All
kinds of nuisances heretofore not
dreamed of have been brought to
light and are being remedied as
fast as possible. Nearly all the
inspectors report on the disgrace
full condition of privy vaults and
cesspools throughout the city,
from the highest to the lowest,
white. yellow and native. Many
houses are reported without any
waterclosets at all and over 100
have been reported whose closets
should have been cleaned out
long ago. These latter reports are
filed IN their order and as soon as
the four government odorless ex'
cavators can get around to the
houses the cleansing takes place,
but a dozen machines are needed
in place of four. ---.
From numerous reports of diff
ferent houses the following are
samples: "Pig pen, water under
the kitchen, something dead
under the floor, cesspool should
be dug deeper, needs disinfecting,
no water-closet, sanitary arrange.
ments in filthy condition, keeps
duck ranch and garbage should be
moved Some of the finest resi-
dences in town are included in
the above category of complaints
and the list of houses against
which complaints have been turn
ed in are owned by some of the best
and wealthiest of Honolulu's citi-
zens.
These householders are notified
on the spot to abate their nuisances
and their promise to do so noted
on the report. If the nuisance
has not been removed by the next
visitation it is reported again
more forcibly, and the committee
then takes the matter in hand.
The thorough inspection which
the city is receiving is bringing
to light much hidden crime. For
instance one inspector reports
house in which three Chinese
girls are kept who are openly
soliciting. When such a report
comes in Secretary McStocker
dictates letter to the Marshal
stating the facts, and the matter
is ended as far as he is concerned.
Every case of sickness in the
city and also the condition of
the patients are reported to
the com mittee twice daily. From
these reports it is learned there
are numerous cases of sickness in
the city receiving no medical at
tention whatever. These are in
vestigated and when necessary
attended to by physicians in the
employ of the government.
The prevailing complaints men
toned in these reports are
fever, summer complaints and
stomach troubles and whooping
cough. In addition there are
cases of throat troubles, grippe
and chronic diseases.