The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-12-20
RAYMOND ON CHINATOWN
VIEWS OF AN EXPERIENCED
SANITARIAN.
Local Physician Says the Asiatic
Quarter Should be Remodelled-His
Ideas Approved.

DIR. j. II. Raymond does not say that
there has been no plague in Honolulu.
At the same time he does not say there
has been. His point is, merely, that IN
all cases of contagious diseases the
identity of the visitation should be
scientifically established before a de-
claration is made. This argument is
on the commercial or business side OF
the question.
But let that subject drop" adds the
doctor. There is another, ever-p pres
ent, over-reaching, all-important mat
ter to which Honolulu must sooner or
later give direct and undivided atten-
ton. 1t may be neglected now. The
present scare is mere zephyr, mere
reminder so to speak But the lesson
! is a deep and important one.
"Wll the Board of Health and the
| people take it? or will they put it off
until a future-whiCh is surely coming
when a few thousands of dollars and
| a sporadic effort at cleaning the town
will not avail against a plague that is
| upon us?
II do not wish to appear sensational.
| l want no notOTiety. As a medical
| man, however, student of sanitation
many scientific methods in Chicago and
| other eastern centers. / wish to say
! that Chinatown is today as a shoulder
! ing volcano to Honolulu From center
to circumference it is a pest breeding
| hole. 1t is a danger every year ana
every day. The present campaign of
cleaning and disinfectnE has done lit
tie good. The effect is but temporary.
| Any year or any day there may spring
up out of it an epidemic that will carry
off thousands, will impair business. in
| jure our commerce for years, cost a
| great deal of money and divert tourist
| travel from our shores for a long time
The danger is ever present. Filth
! in Chinatown has gone on accumulat-
ing for years. Houses and the ground
all over the district are thoroughly sat
urated with it. 1t is one vast pest hole
ripe for contagious diseases and breed
ing every aiment possible.
THE remedy is a complete remodel
ling of the district. All the old shacks
must come down and the ground be pu-
rifed. | should take the fire department
down there and have a wholesale con-
demnation. Fire will do the work
Then, in the district, there should be
erected substantial, healthy buildings
under sanitary rules of the Board OF
Health. There should be room between
them, with sufficient driveways, etc
The size of each living room and the
number of persons to occupy it should
prescribed by law and the law en-
forced. Inspection should go on un
ceasingly and l feel sure that in few
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