The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-10-02
Sanitary Condition Of the Islands
Under Consideration.
APPLICATIONS BEFORE THE BOARD
Petition From Chinese Physieians-Morher
Strange Request Regarding Her Child.
Damages From Cholera Visitation-The
wailuku HOSPITAL : New Appointment.

Board Of Health met at s p. N. Pres
ent. W. 0. Smith, president, Drs. Wood
Day and Emerson. Messrs. Lansing and
helipiio.
The minutes Of the previous meeting
I were read and approved.
The first matter brought before the
/ Board was 3 request from Lee kai Fai,
Chinaman, and his wife. for license
I TO practice medicine. 4 certificate from
+ Or. Kerr. medical examiner at Hong
I Kong. was TO the effect that petitioner
T was g practitioner OF good standing in
Hong Kong.
Another petition from certain tax
{ payers in Honolulu. praying that re-
quest be granted. was read. The Pc
/ -iJiOns were referred TO the Board OF
Z Examiners.
The committee 10 whom was referred
Z the tender for drugs reported favor
ably on the bid. and the contract was
awarded 10 the HollisJer Drug Co.
! verbal request from the wife OF q
leper 10 send her only child, 2 girl
I twelve years OF age, 10 the hapiolani
Home for girls, was read. This re-
quest was considered a peculiar one
and was opposed by several members
/ of the oBard and peremptOrally denied.
Petition Of Kinau. property owner
Z IN the cholera district OF last year, for
I permission 10 occupy one OF his dwell
ings and rent The others was read.
President Smith stated that these
I houses were condemned last year and
had not been occupied since. hinau,
I The petitioner, is man who is really
I poor and unable 10 earn 2 livelihood.
and asks 10 be allowed 10 rent two of
I The dwellings and occupy one.
The Board mas been paving his rent
1 Tor q year past, but he needed some
{ thing more than that The president
stated that the land is 3 marsh spot,
I but that he did not believe the place
. was unhealthy. The place was con-
/ demned in order that eXcrement would
+ not get into the harbor and contamin-
ate il
Dr.. Wood said with the use Of dry
earth closets there might not be any
( harm, but 70 let The people live there
I and dig q vault under the house would
mean danger.
The request was referred 10 the San
ttary Committee 10 report next week
+ Dr.. NOnsarraI reported 142 bullocks
/ killed and examined.
Under the Act 10 Mitigate. sixty
three women were reported examined
during the week. One German taken
/ from the register al her own request.
( Dr. Eildebrand reported examination
OF 737 female pupils in the schools, and
( 10 Issuing certificates 10 them.
Letters and reports Of Dr.. Meyers re-
/ garding The condition OF affairs al the
settlement were read by the president
and his recommendations were carried
out.
Dr.. R. B. Williams OF Hilo reported
I the examination OF school children and
Issuing certificates. He mentioned read
I ing in the Gazette that R. !. Layman
/ had recommended him 10 the position
E OF registrar OF births and maria geS.
1 He declared this was unauthorized and
Z he resented il. He had no time 10 at
tend 10 births, deaths or marriages
/ The Board OF Education reported
that there was no Government ply
stefan in the district OF Hanalei. and
+ that the orders OF the Board OF Health
e regarding The examination OF school
E children could not be carried out II
was decided by the Board 10 offer Dr..
Brown. now al kealis, the position az
/ Haualei-
On motion OF Dr.. Emerson, Sheriff
+ Andrews OF Maui was appointed an
agent OF the Board 10 confer with the
/ naron OF the hospital at Waikiki re-
garding the business and financial mat
tiers OF that Institution. This Is the
same position occupied by the late
Sheriff Everett, and since his death no
one had been appointed 10 succeed him.
! request from Sheriff Andrews, ask
ing permission 10 sell the deIapiiated
pest house 81 Waikiki 10 Jose Juan
for S25 was read and the request was
granted
The following communication was
read by President Smith:
No I'D West Fourth Street.