Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-03-06
INSPECTION is CONTINUED
Full MEETING Of Inspectors Resolve 10
Keep Up The Work.


noon. Between forty and fifty gentle
men were present, including executive
members and President DR.. Wood, DR..
Emerson and +. J. Lowrey of the Board
of Health.
l.. A. Thurston, chairman, stated the
meeting was called on account of
changed conditions. Sub-inspectors
were either dropping off entirely or
doing inefficient work in some dis
tricts. If the work was not done thor
oughly there ives liable to be fresh
outbreak in an uninspected locality.
The question was whether to get more
sub-inspectors or stop entirely and
hold themselves in readiness for any
future call, or, in the latter case, have
paid inspection under the Board of
Health. There were many more sub
inspectors than inspectors, so that the
decision really rested with the sub
inspectors. He asked DR.. Wood to give
his views.
DIR. Wood spoke of the work as not
going so well as at the start, the men
doing 1t were getting tired. The Board
OF Health appreciated the fact that hav-
ing gone on for some months the work
was getting irksome. If they had their
own say they should be in favor of con-
tinuing the work by volunteers. They
should like to have further assistance
from the Citizens Sanitary Committee.
II would not be well, at any rate, for
the volunteer inspector to stop sud-
denly, before paid inspectors had time
to become familiar with their duties.
Some districts diu not require inspec-
ton as much as others. Any of the
gentlemen he addressed would, in case
of illness in his household, certainly
send for a physician. At the first it
was necessary to treat all people alike.
A certain class, however, needed in
spection now. II consisted of ignorant
people living in insanitary places.
When the Board got paid inspectors
those places would continue to be in
spected.
Another reason for not wanting in
spection to stop abruptly was the scat
tering of people released from quaran-
tine all over the city, carrying with
them a large lot of personal effects
saved from the infected districts before
their burning. The theory was very
probable that the last Chinaman got
infection from this cause. DR.. Wood
went over the movements of this man,
who was taken sick when four days out
of the detention camp, which he had
left clearly clad. and died of plague a
couple of days afterward. A period Of
not great many days ought to cover
this remaining necessity Of general
inspection.
A. b. Wood told of house In Nuu-
anu valley, which had been occupied,
all at once found to contain forty Chi
nese. This nationality were packed in
many houses Of the district. Some said
they did not sleep there. but others
made contrary statements Of them.
Such crowding made him feel that it
was necessary to assist the Board Of
Health a while longer. In answer to
Mr.. Thurston, he said the thought he
could keep his sub-inspectors at work.
DR.. Wood, answering the chairman,
thought two weeks would be sufficient
to get the people settled.
Mr.. Hutchins, as sub-inspector,
suggested that II the inspection Of
homes known as clean, and their in
mates as honest, were relaxed a num-
Der of sub-inspectors could do extra
work in places needing attention.
w. r. Castle thought that such
homes might be left to the chief in
spectors. He moved that the inspec-
ton continue for two weeks with such
as the committee might
deem advisable.
p. r. Isenberg seconded the motion.
II UNA esnecially tmnorta nj IN hay in
spection continue on account Of ia
panese laborers. These were apt to
be absent at inspection time but the
roads were swarming with them be-
tween times.
]. a. Gilman said that out of II
apanas In his district. 10 did not need
inspection. He favored continuing for
two weeks.
c. g. Ballentyne believed that II any
were shown 1t would
not take long for the Chinese and Jap
anese to find 1t out. The inspection
should be kept up as at present. It 1t
was in their power to relieve the
Board Of Health they should do 1t. 1t
Of them. (Applause.) Paid inspectors
we're less reliable than volunteers, as
The latter took 1t as matter of duty.
He suggested Offering reward for
every case of plague discovered.
w. Il. Fisher was heartily In accord
with the resolution. He knew some
hing about his own district and its
iitches. 1t would take two weeks more
70 have the Kewalo ditch and its trib-
ltaries In good condition. II these
iitches were assured Of being fixed
within that time, he would promise to
xeep his sub-inspectors down to work
Until the necessity ceased
John Wise could not keep more than
hree out of his six men to work. Two
If them were from the Iron Works and
me from Allen a. Robinson's, neither
If which concerns had signed the
agreement to allow their employees
line to do inspection.
Il. ID. Tenney-Give us their names