The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-03
DISEASED
MEAT SOLD.
Citizens of Kauai Are
Alarmed.
TASK FOR AN INSPECTOR
Traffic In TubercuIous Beef viii be
Stopped on the Garden
Isle at Once.


the Island of Kauai in such quantities
| that the residents of that Island have
risen in protest and demanded from
the Board of Health meat inspector
to prevent the traffic. Heretofore the
Island has been without an inspector
who had the power to condemn meat
and prevent the sale Of it where dis
covered.
The matter was brought before the
noon. A letter was received from resi-
dents of Hanalei. Kauai, in which it
was stated that there were numbers of
tuberculous cattle on the Island and at
present there was no method Of inspec-
ton of them and as a consequence no
restriction on the sale Of the beef. A
Chinese butcher was mentioned as one
of those who was supposed to be
Strengthening and selling beef which
there was reason to believe was tuber-
culous and unless there was some
means Of inspecting the beef it would
be impossible to stop it's sale
The Board considered the matter at
some length and it was decided to ap-
point at once, Mr.. H. II. Perry, of Ha-
nalei, as meat inspector for the Island
to serve without pay.
The sanitary condition of Relief Camp
No. was likewise considered by the
Board. 1t was reported that for some
time past the camp had been in bad
condition. 1t Is very crowded, the
building being filled with people of all
nationalities, and as a result the camp
had been gradually growing worse un-
til now 1t was a menace to the health
of the district.
A resolution was introduced by Mr.
Lowrey asking the Territorial Govern
ment to close the camp at once and this
passed without opposition. 1t was as
follows:
Resolved, That in consequence of the
insanitary condition Of Relief Camp
No. l and the difficulty of caring for
the refuse that is now polluting the
premises makai, that the Government
be requested to take immediate steps
for closing the said camp.
DR.. Garvin stated that there was no
room for the dwellers at Relief Camp
No. 2, SO where the people will go is UNI
certain. 1t is likely that they will have
to find quarters about the city in some
Of the tenements that are rapidly GO
ing up to replace those which were
destroyed in Chinatown.
The conditions in Kewalo are not so
hopeless as was at first thought accord
ing to the report of the committee
which visited the place. DR.. WOOD
stated to the Board on behalf of the
committee that If the Board of Public
Works would have the streets fixed to
grade. the district might be filled In
with coral rock to correspond and then
there would be little further trouble
with the drainage and the sanitary
conditions. 1t was decided to call the
matter to the attention the Board of
Public Works at once to see what could
be done about the grading Of the
streets.
The woman's ward at the Malulani
Home at Waikiki, Maui, will not be
built at once as word was received
from the Superintendent of the Public
Works department that there We're no
funds available from which to take the
$1,000 that the Board of Health decided
some weeks ago would be furnished the
trustees Of the hospital to help out their
building fund.
DR.. Mays applied for building per-
nit to erect an addition to his rest
dence for office purposes, but as the
proposed structure would not comply
with the regulations of the Board it
was refused by DIR. Pratt and his action
was approved by the Board.
Auditor Austin refused to allow the
warrant for the increased salary of
Plumbing Inspector Duffy, saying in
his letter that the Board had no right
to appropriate for one person the entire
sum for salaries in the department. 1t
was decided to refer the matter to the
Attorney General.
The application of Dr. Atcherley for
appointment as Government physician
at Koloa. Kauai. was laid on the table
until later meeting of the Board.
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