Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-03-10
Women Complain IN Regard 10 San.
itary Conditions.


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terday afternoon.
Inspector Keliipio reported a..
456 and 3S COG fish examined in
past two weeks.
Reports Of Queens hospital and
the hospital at Hilo for the month
of February were submitted. Re
port of Kepiolani Home for Jan
uary was also read. The balance
of money on hand at end of the
month was S36S7.
Mr.. Smith presented a petition
from Koloa asking the appoint
ment Of DIR. III. Wood as perma
nent physician at that place. The
petition was signed by nearly 100
prominent people. 1t placed the
Board in quandary, for the
reason that DIR. Wsughup had
already been appointed to the
place and DIR. Wood had
been transferred to a place on
this island. Consideration de-
ferred.
A letter from Rev. NJ. G. Harris
reported that he could obtain one
trained nurse for Molokai in
Chicago.
DIR. Capron wrote to say that
he had decided not to leave and
desired to withdraw his resigna-
ton from the Office of Govern
ment physician in Kau. Allowed.
This means that DIR. Capron will
return to Kau and DIR. Mcmillan
will not be appointed.
Letters from DIR. Atcherley and
DIR. Allen respecting the post
of Government physician in
North Kona were read. The
Board approved Of Dr.Allen's act
ing for DIR. Lindley as Govern
nent physician during the latter's
abse nee from the country.
A letter from G.. Moreno, Key
West, Fla, informing the Board
that he had discovered a specific
for leprosy and requesting cores
pondence, was referred TO Leprosy
Com mittee.
DIR. Oliver requested a few days
leave from Goth inst. Granted.
The following was read:
Honolulu, III. L., February, 1898,
Hon. w. D. SMITH,
President of the Board Of Health.
Dear Sir:-At the last meeting
of the Woman's Board of Mis-.
sions, a committee was appointed
to call the attention of the Board
of Health to certain abuses, and TO
ask if their correction would fall
within the limit of your autho-
rity.
The manner of sprinkliDg
clothes employed in the Chinese
laundries throughout the city has
been pronounced unsanitary by
more than one physician; it is
certainly repulsive, and the very
unpleasant odor noticeable in
newly laundried clothes gives one
the feeling that notwithstanding
the fact that they have been put
through a cleansing process, they
do not impress one with the sense
of cleanliness. We have learned
that in San Francisco the health
authorities took this matter in
hand, and forbade the laundrymen
to practise their peculiar method
under penalty of five dollars fine.
The result was salutary;a few fines
were collected at first, then whisk
brooms were substituted to the
immense relief of the people who
now use their handkerchiefs and
table napkins without unpleasant
reflections. No legislation was
necessary, no expense involved,
save perhaps few cases in police
court to prove that the action was
not for fun. 1t was sanitary
measure only, introduced by the
Board of Health.
Another item is the very un-
clean condition of the street cars
one of the first things that q
stranger notices when he sets ou,
to see the sights of the city. We
cannot of course undertake to say
how near this uncleanliness comes
to being a menace to the public
health, but it certainly would re-
lieve some anxiety on this point
if a reasonable degree of cleanli-
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