The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-01
BOARD
OF HEALTH
Business Transacted
Yesterday.
ACCEPTED
Dr.. Garvin vii. Serve as Executive Officer
for . Fortnight
More.

The Board OF Health yesterday consio-
cred and acted on a number of routine
matters. The resignation of Plumbing
Inspector Duffy was accepted. Engineer
Kane was appointed assistant plumbing
Inspector. Duffy's successor has not yet
been chosen. The resignation of J. ID. Nc
Weigh as agent OF the Board of Health
was accepted Dr. Garvin's resignation
was read and an effort was made to table
H. but on DR.. Emersons motion 1t was
accepted. DR.. Garvin to serve until his
successor is appointed. Dr. Garvin said
ne hoped that this would be within two
weeks.
# Dr. Cleveland, examining physician for
the girls schools of Honolulu, reported
that she had vaccinated 100 pupils and
that all the teachers but one had health
certificates. She said there were few alb
sentees and the children were in better
health and better dressed than last year.
letter was rrad from Bishop Willis
relative to a complaint by the health Off
cer about the closets at Iolani College.
bishop Willis commended they were in
So nitary condition. DIR. Garvin said they
were not, and he also said that most of
the private schools of the city needed to
be stirred up to put their premises in bet
Ger condition.
a letter was read from citizens in Puma
district. on Hawaii. complaining of the
absence of attention by Government ply
sIcians. IL was ordered that a communi-
cation be sent TO the district physician
Of Puma calling attention to the fact that
IL was alleged that certain portions OF
the district were without medical atten-
ton and asking for an explanation.
Dr. Garvin, executive officer of the
Board, reported on the water conditions
o. the new cemetery at Pearl City. The
ste of the cemetery was approved lately
by the Government. conditionally that a
proper disposition be made of the water
which issues from a large spring In the
grounds. IL was feared that some of this
water might be used for domestic pur-
toses and breed diseases. DR.. Garvin re-
ported a reservoir had been built holding
s.. go gallons, and that the cemetery COM
Llny assured him that all the water
would be used for irrigating purposes.
Tine reservoir surrounds the spring.
DIR. Garvin said the conditions were APP
parently satisfactory. DIR. Wood said
that IL later the water was found con-
terminated IL would have to be pumped to
sea. DIR. Cooper moved that the execu-
tive officers report be acted uron favor
ably. which was done.
A petition was received from residents
of Kahului for sanitary regulations. Drs.
Cooper and Emerson and Attorney Gen.
cial Dole were appointed committee TO
draw up such regulations for Kahului
and other outside towns.
r. s. Porter addressed TO the Board a
letter asking for an exclusive franchise
for number of years for removing dead
animals from the streets OF Honolulu. He
offered to provide the necessary wagons
and to do the work at the Boards price.
DIR. Garvin said that the Board of Health
had its own dead animal service which
was satisfactory. Porter will be so in
formed.
a letter was read from George H. Rob-
lertson. of the American Sugar Company.
complaining that the vegetation the
leper settlement side of the Pail on Mo-
iokai was being burned by the vandalism
o. residents. and that the forests were in
danger superintendent Reynolds of the
| no burning of unnecessary vegetation,
that fires lit had never spread, and that
there was danger whatever of the
forests being destroyed.
| Some time ago Government Physician
J Davidson, at Lahaina. Maui, was asked
81 report on the application of residents
there for permission to build over and
about the Lahaina canal. DIR. Davidson $
report was read yesterday He said that
! she canal was a marsh with no inlet or
outlet and no apparent current. The wa
| ter came from underground springs and
slowly percolated to the sea. He said that
the marsh was no menace to health now.
hut II would be wrong to allow houses to
be built over II. The Board passed reso-
luton that no buildings should be erected
! within fifty feet OF the canal.
| DIR. W. III. Schwallie sent in his resigna-
ton as Government physician at Kauna-
kakai. Molokai, which was accepted.
y letter was received from DIR. McCon-
key OF Paia, Maui, asking for the Boards
orders as to the treatment of pupils in
the public schools who were absent on the
days he came to examine them. He
wanted to know whether these children
should be debarred from school until they
had been examined. 1t developed that
there is a rule of the Board of Health to
the effect that no child shall be permitted
to attend school unless with the Govern
rnent physicians certificate. and that the
teacher was subject TO a penalty of S. for
permitting such attendance. DIR. McCon-
key will be Informed of the rules in or
der to carry them out.
DIR. Garvin reported that the slaughter
houses in Iwilei were still I'm an abomin-
able condition and that nothing had been
done to make them sanitary.
The Board of Health then went into a
secret session from which the newspaper
! reporters were excluded and concerning
tire transactions of which nothing has
leaked out except the appointment Of En-
Eineer Kane.