The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-11


lcol or vault within, and shall be pro- 1
vided with a substantial water-tight /
cover. having a small, movable lid in /
the same to facilitate examination and
the removal of contents.
II. All cesspOols or privy vaults,
other than those wholly, or in part,
under buildings and which have cast
iron vent pipes, shall have approved
vent shafts extending not less than
twelve feet into the open air, and, II
within twenty feet OF any inhabited
building, the top Of such vent shaft
shall be as specified for the cast-iron
vent pipes. Every privy shall have
proper seats, with hinged lids TO cover
the openings IN the same.
T. All connections 10 cesspOOls or
privy vaults shall be made with cast
iron, lead or vitrifed sewer pipe. All
urinals shall be connected to cesspoOls,
vaults or sewer by trapped waste pipes.
10. All cesspOOls shall be properly
cleaned out at once, and thereafter at
least once every three months, and
/ thoroughly disinfected az least once
each week with such disinfectant as
. the Board Of Health shall direct.
/ Il. All waste, soil, sewer or drain
pipes shall be of cast-irOn, lead or Wit
riiied clay. II Of iron, the joints shall
be cauIked with molten lead; If OF
vitrified clay, they shall have neat ce-
ment Joints Open drains may be OF
water-tight masonry
u. All cesspOOls and privy vaults,
when abandoned and the use thereof
discontinued, shall be at once entirely
emptied of all liquid and solid contents,
and shall be disinfec,ed and filed with
earth, sand ashes, stones or other such
clean material; and the wooden curb
ing about the same removed TO a depth
az II least four feet below the surface
of the ground. But in no case shall
refuse. garbage or any unclean mate
rial be used in filing such priyy vault
or cesspoOl.
Habitations. Is. no building or
structure shall be- used as q residence
or Mace for human habitatiOn or abode
that is situated upon land where there
is standing water within eighteen
inches of the surface OF the ground;
nor shall any building or structure be
so used that is placed on land that has
been made by filling in with refuse or
garbage. or that is declared by the
Board of Health 20 be Of foul or cor
rupt material.
Garbage. II. II shall be the duty Of
each HORSEPOWER, householder, lessee
or tenant who IS hOusekeeper to
provide. maintain and keep ready for
use a suitable cOntainer, or contain
ers. FOR the reception of all garbage,
and 20 cause the same 10 be set forth
in such places and at such times as the
Board OF Health direct for the conven-
fence Of the garbage collectors.
Is. All buildings and premises
which do not conform in every respect
TO the requirements Of the foregoing
regulations are hereby declared a nui-
sanCe and dangerous to the public
health and are condemned as unfit for
human habitatiOn or residence.
, Respectfully submitted.
N. B. EMERSON,
GEO. w. SMITH.
Sanitary Committee.
This committee recommended the an
. pointment OF an executive officer TO be
! known as sanitary engineer. in orde'
that the Board could carry ont the
comprehensive system OF inspection
, and building as outlined in the above
report.
- Discussion Of Report.
Considerable discussion arose owe
p the report as 20 the legal asnert o
: many Of its features. Mr.. Hatch be
= lieyed that 4 great many of the mat
e tiers in regard 10 sanitary regulation
u were within the SCOPE OF the Legisla
ture. and also for the consideration o
: the Attorney General
. President Dole was Of the Opinion
that the law gave authority to max
Z regulations 10 control public healtI
!, and safety, and that that st0tut
, should be considered entirely in favo
y Of the Board OF Health. "The qUes
; ton said ne, lis whether the pro
p posed regulations are necessary to IRE
Il vent cases Of sickness, and I think thu
> they would be The rigid standard t
J. adODt"
% Mr.. Cooper: The Board can max
regulations TO prevent cases Of sick
q ness. but the legislature is the on
N body 20 say that the buildings must b
- made and constructed so and So"
70 DR.. Emerson. "If an argument
70 needed to show that these rules ar
" necessary 20 remedy sanitary evils an
IN accomplish sanitary good TO ward o
ar the diseases and epidemics that ar
10 liable u threaten us by reason ms
m they are not complied with. I thin
~ that is our strongest argument. II tn
r Frlrd can condemn building becaus
9 they believe II Is insanitary by reasO
ic OF IS being built directly upon tn
le ground. then I think the Board has th
Iv power to make regulations which wi
IN prevent a repetition Of our preser
be epidemic
= George Carter: Small Chinatown
OF are goin-51p in every portion of III
TO city. II the Board OF He1lth has M
10 now the authority. then I think
10 ought 20 set a standard 70 prevent N
I'd same situation as we are at present IN,
lr ing. from a00earirg AGAIN and again
different sections Of the city
n Attorney Robertson: ct think ther
s. is no law 10 prevent builder from e
ne ing ahead and building his structure
IN that is. from a sanitary standpoint
IN From a builders standpoint. howeve
T. the Superintendent Of Public Worl
OF can withhold a permit for buiIdi-.
Is How is the Board able to sta.e as IA
OF 4 building is insanitary when It is
IN new building"
IN George Carter: "If Il IS not cOnsit
90 4 arad a paucn ~ efcLyvcee for 4ar Chin