The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-09

and vessel was made in order to pre-
vent rats from migrating from the
wharf TO the vessel.
Mr.. Hatch said he had heard that
people were in the habit of passing
from and to the vessels.
DR.. Wood said that no complaint or
notification to this effect had been
lodged with the Board. but If it were
true then a breach of the quarantine
law was being made.
1t was finally moved by Mr.. Hatch,
seconded by DR.. Day and carried.
That the recommendations be adopt
ed subject to a proviso that in case of
special necessity permission be given
to vessels TO lie at the wharf
Mr.. Thurston reported that in re-
gard to the removal of refuse from the
camps at the rifle range and saluting
battery. he had made arrangements
with the sewer contractors for flushing
the fumes at the rifle range camp at
$3.50 per month. The work of putting
in the fumes will be completed in two
days. Arrangements had also been
completed for the installation of earth
closets at the saluting battery
Mr. Thurston also reported that an
other delay on the work at the Kalihi
camps might be expected. unless some
arrangement were made with the rail-
road company in regard to the carriage
Of lumber. The company was prepared
to lay a spur or track from their pres
ent line of road 10 the camp. without
charge. but their men were in quaran-
tine. They were prepared TO place a
gang of thirty men on the work at
once. and provide a car for their ac-
COmmOdation which might be run
down to the city at night and placed
under a guard of men in quarantine.
II was decided to accept the offer of
the company and the matter was left
in Mr.. Thurston's hands.
A communication from the Minister
| Of Foreign Affairs. enclosing a letter
from the Chinese Consul in regard to
| the people now i'm camp and whose
| term of quarantine expires in a few
days, was read to the meeting II was
pointed out that the homes of many of
| these people had been burned. and that
| the locality in which they had lived
-'as in strict quarantine.
| 1t was resolved that the Minister of
the Interior be informed that until
! proper accommodation could be pro-
| vided for these people the Board of
| Health will see that they are taken
! care of and that they are not left des-
| titute on the streets.
The president brought up the mat
ter of the special quarantine Of four
gentlemen at Waikiki. It was pointed
out that these men entered into volun-
tary quarantine. in good faith that the
Board would permit them to leave for
HilO after an isolation of seven days.
During this term. the Board passed a
resolution, that no one be allowed to
leave for Island ports. and of course
| these gentlemen were also affected by
the order. They had maintained a
strict quarantine throughout. and as IL
was imperative that they should visit
HilO. their condition was placed before
the Board for consideration.
It was resolved that the Board per-
NIT Major Purdy and Messrs. Key
worth. Berlowitz and Thompson, with
their baggage, to leave for Hilo on the
expiration of their term of quarantine.
| a communication from a local firm of
steyedOres, Offering to thoroughly fu-
migate the ground put in new floors
and paint the interior of the BTenig
building, on the corner of Queen and
Nuuanu, if the Board would permit
| them to rent the premises, was con-
sidered at the meeting. In view of the
isolation of the structure. and in con-
sideratiOn of the tenants carrying out
the improvements suggested. the Board
granted their request.
\ communication regarding the con-
ditiOn of the premises at Iwilei occu-
pied by the Honolulu Steam Laundry
| Company was referred TO the Sanitary
Committee.
The following resolutions drawn up
by a committee appointed at the ply
sicians' meeting held at Progress hall
on Saturday last, were read and adopt
ed by the Board:
| Whereas. the sanitary condition of
| Honolulu has become matter OF the
utmost concern. requiring immediate
action TO save the community from a
| further spread Of the prevailing dis
ease. bubOnic plague. and.
| Whereas. the increase of typhoid fe-
yer and other febrile diseases, offer a
dangerously favorable ground for such
further spreading. which is, and unless
counteracted, will continue to be a
menace to the lives of our people and
70 the commercial and industrial in
terests of the Hawaiian Islands; there
fore, be it
Resolved. That It is absolutely nee
| essary to remove the houses by IRE
in the infected districts. which are
now Objectionable by reason Of their
structure and situation as a breeding
place for further infection;
That the ground. upon which such
| houses stand should be cleared and al
| lowed 20 remain vacant for at least one
year and be thoroughly disinfected;
! That a place for the abode Of the res
idents Of the present infected districts
/ should az once be provided for with
proper facilities for drainage and wa
| ter supply.
That the water used in Honolulu
should be filtered and its supply aug
d mented:
That the sewerage system should be
/ extended: and
That a systematic destruction Of the