The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-10-23

Board OF Health met at p. N. "
o. Smith in the chair. There wert
present besides the president Doctor:
Day. Wood and Emerson. Messrs. Ian.
sing. Keliipio and c. B. Reynolds. ex.
ecutive officer.
Application Of Dr.. c. ". Moore OF
san Francisco for license 10 practice
medicine here was referred TO Board OF
Medical Examiners. Application
through DR.. Meyers for permission for
Tssu. an aged Chinaman 10 use opium,
was considered and referred TO DR..
Howard at the dispensary with in
srruciOns 10 prescribe the opium not
20 exceed Is grains per day
DR.. Charles a. Peterson rendered his
resignation as physician al Waianae
and Eva owing 10 his intended remov-
al from The district The resignation
was accepted 20 take effect November
so.
\ letter was read from Doctor
Brown OF kealia, relative 10 the
Boards action in declining TO
pay him for his services since
August 1. Il seems that the doctor
has been performing the duties OF gov
eminent physician ar healia without
first receiving the appointment. As
the doctor was acting entirely through
misunderstanding the Board noted
the payment OF the salary for the
months claimed.
DR.. GOodhue rendered his resigna-
ton as government physician at Koloa
and same was accepted. Dr.. J. k Smith
Eas appointed IN his place.
Dr.. Raymond Of Waikiki. Maui. ten
dered his resignation as government
physician al thai place owing 10 his
intention 70 locate al Honolulu. The
resignation was accepted and DR.. Good
hue's application for the position read
and acted upon. the appointment 10 Gate
from the retirement OF Dr.. Raymond on
November l.
The matter OF allowing q native 10
occupy his premises on the land near
The new stream was taken up and the
following report from the sanitary COM
uiuee read:
HONOLULU. Oct. p. 1896.
To the President and Members Of the
Board Of Health:
Gentlemen-Your Sanitary Commit
tee. 10 whom was referred the question
concerning the land in Puukolo on
which Mr.. J. Pinao's houses are stu
ste6, beg 10 report that on Saturday,
the S0th inst, about , O'Clock p. N,
they visited the place and made an in
spectiOn Of IL The land under COnsid-
Grafton IS enclosed on two sides by the
newly made River street, which sep
arates It from the waters Of the harbor.
II was high tide at the time Of our
visit and the place was flooded with
sea water TO a depth Of y 10 p inches.
This water. We are informed. rises and
falls with the tide, and at low tide
only the lowest levels are covered.
But there is standing water on the land
al all times The land on the town
side Of said locality is. built upon
quite up TO the edge of the water. and
the debris from these habitations
and the OOze from their privy vaults
flows into the pond above described
Four wooden houses are now on the
water site above described. three OF
them being the property Of Mr.. Pinao
and the fourth that Of Miss Becky
Robinson.
The condition of the place at the
present time Is most unclean and IN
sanitary, and on the coming OF wet
weather viii surely become more re-
pugnant 10 every rule Of decency and
good health. and more dangerous than
Il Is now. This condition VIII certain
" become worse still from continued
pollution OF the soil and water that
covers II, If The place is allowed 10 be-
come The site Of human abodes.
In our opinion, the only safe course
10 be pursued Is 10 have the place
filed up TO the level OF the road with
good sand. ashes or soil.
Until such filing Is done the place
should not be used as the site OF hu-
nan habitatiOns.
The committee visited the place
again AZ low tide. II a NJ. October Z.
and found much Of the surface still IN
der water
n B. EMERSON. NJ. D.,
THE0. F. LANSING,
Sanitary Committee.
It was decided that the place was
unsanitary and that the houses shall
not be occupied while the land is in its
-r--eur- condition The r,a-5-srna- mas