The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-24

sufflclent ground for condemning the
entire block containing sixty buildings
as being infected with plague and it
was burned"
The Board has placed to Block 10, di-
rectly and indirectly, eight or ten cases
of plague. The three cases referred to
above were all found dead on the prem
ises. Block 10 was, as proven by the
reports of all the inspectors who
went through 1t, one OF the most in
sanitary in the city, and the close
crowding of the buildings and sheds,
cesspoels, privies, stables and kitchens,
together with the intimate connection
of all, through rotten flooring on the
ground and dark, narrow passages,
made the task of disinfecting any
portion except a few brick buildings,
by any other means than fire, utterly
hopeless. In this seething mass of
filth were living between 1900 and
1000 human beings.
2. 81. Ahlo's store, on Nuuanu
street and Chaplain lane, was con-
demned and burned. The reason was
that it was across the street from the
Ahi premises, and two doors mauka
of building previously destroyed and
in which there had been plague case
Ahlo's store was across the street
from Block 10, just described, and two
doors from a house in which man
was found an hour before death from
plague, after, no one knows, how many
days illness, and no one can find out
after how much contamination of sol
in the neighborhood. This was not the
first, but the second, case to occur II
this block of houses.
| Subsequent history has shown tha
| had the Board been omnipotent in it
| wisdom, it would have destroyed tn,
whole of this block, No. 19, at tina
time.
5. "One case in the block east o
Kaumakapili Church, bounded by Ber
etania, Nuuanu and Kukui streets
caused the condemnation and destruc
ton of every building therein, al
though some of them were upwards O
500 feet away"
The locality above described was Il
Block Is, the block which furnishe
more cases of plague than any othe
in the Quarantined district-some sew
enteen, believe, in all. 1t was ais
across the street" from Block 10 an
a perfect exodus of people with thei
personal effects had occurred fro1
Blocks 8, 10 and II into this Block II
4. "a native died Of plague in build
ing on Liliha street. near Kuakir
street. There was no positive evidene,
but it was believed Ey the Board tha
several days prior thereto and befor
he was sick, he had slept for two G
three nights in a building at the col
ner of Liliha and King streets. o
the strength of this the benefit of tn
doubt was given in favor OF destruC
tion, not only Of this building, but
large Chinese stable adjacent theret
and several other buildings in tn
, same yard, but some distance remove
, from the supposedly infected built
. ing"
: The native above referred to, Kaht
! kill, a boatboy, was not feeling we
: when he left the pilots office, upo
, the last night upon which he worket
He was next heard of about five day
: later at the house on Liliha stree
, where he was found in an advance
stage Of plague. He had been in IL
, house only two days. 1t was prove
. to the satisfaction of the Board by ev
dence gathered by Mr.. A. w. Carte
: that during the other three days /
= had lived and slept in a room in II
: building occupied by the above mel
2 toned Chinese livery stable, and ha
used privy in common with the 9th
= persons in the same and adjoinir
= premises. AS far as could be learne
: he had kept close to his room in CO..
(, trast to his usual habits, and the Il
= ference was reasonable that he W;
5 sick in the premises for two or thr,
f days.
The Board has not departed fro
], the radical policy heretofore inaugu
: ated' in condemning and destroyiy
premises found, upon reasonable ev
f dence, after investigation, to be infeC
i ed by plague. In the instance und
4 discussion the only announcement y
S made that the Hotel stables is mot
D be burned" occurred in the hea lin
of the morning paper, and for this q
Board respectfully declines responS
bility,
Very respectfully yours,
c. B. WOOD,
President Board of Health.