The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-11-04
Board Of Health Recommends Blild-
ing at Once.
STRORG RESOLUTION is ADOPTED
Reports on Camps Made BY Board
Members Mckinley In Good
Shape-From DR.. Alvarez.

\ meeting OF the Board OF Health
was held yesterday afternoon. Presi-
dent SmItn presiding. Present-Drs.
Emerson, Day and Wood, Executive
officer Reynolds and l. ID. Keliipio.
DIR. Monsarrat was not present having
gone to Kauai to examine beef cattle
reported To- have tuberculosis and will
report 20 the Board at the next meet
ing.
DIR. \. NJ. Sinclair rendered his rcsig-
nation Is Government physician at
Waianae which was accepted.
The question OF not allowing plants
with soil upon them to- be shipped TO
the Island OF Molokai was discussed
and the action of Mr.. Reynolds in pre-
venting taro tops from being landed
there was approved. as at present the
blight has not effected the taro which
is being cultivated at the Settlement.
DR. Wm. l.. Ludlow who has been
connected with the Navy during the
present war made application for an
appointment as Government physician
In his application to- the Board he
states that he is a graduate from the
University OF the City OF New York Of
1893. The application was ordered
fled.
Some OF the local druggists have
complained To the Board that the pat
ronage is not being distributed in the
purchasing OF supplies which the Board
requires. Secretary Wilcox was in
structed to notify the Government ply
slcians that all acquisitions for supplies
must be made to- the Board hereafter
and that body will direct where they
are TO be purchased.
DIR. Wood submitted the report OF
| the investigation OF the sanitary con
ldition at Camps Otis and Mckinley
which was made by Geo. W. Smith and
himself Sunday. They found that the
Camps are in a much better sanitary
condition. the sinks having been I'm
proved. Camp Otis the doctor says Is
not In rs good condition as Mckinley.
that the latter camp is really in an cx-
ltElAEuL tpuulAAbu DUN
been cleaned up generally during the
past few days. After the doctor had
finished with the report upon the
camps he turned his attention TO the
city sewerage system. The doctor
claims that the system is not in pro-
Der condition and offered the follow
ing resolutions which were adopted:
Whereas. The population OF Homo
lulu is rapidly increasing and many
new residences are being erected with
in the city limits, and
Whereas, The present system or ex-
cavation OF cesspools for the reception
of all sewage and other waste IS n
source OF great danger TO the public
health, and
Whereas, Plans and specifications
have been secured by the Government
and the money appropriated by the
Legislature for the erection OF a sew
erage system in Honolulu.
Therefore. BE IL Resolved. That the
| Board OF Health urge upon the Min
lister OF the Interior the necessity fer
prompt action in establishing a sew
erage system.
DR.. Emerson in support OF DR..
Woods resolution said that some ac-
tIon should have been taken which ten
dersd toward the betterment OF the
sewerage system. Dr. Day a.so favored
the. resolution and said that ne re-
GREETED that the Government had neg
IectCd TO provide sufficient means 10
make the system what is should be.
\ mo-cu was made and carried 10
send a copy Of the resolution 20 the
Minister Of the Interior.
President Smith read the names OF
several Government physicians who
had failed TO make their mon .hIy re-
ports and Instructed the Secretary 10
rem M them Cf the oversight.
. u-. N7nsarraJs report for week end
Ing October 2s, showed that l5S iu,-
locks. IS caves. 236 sheep and III hogs
mad been killed for the local market.
DIR. Alvarez, superintendent OF the