The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-11-02
THE BOARD
Of HEAL I'll
Business Transacted
Yesterday,
RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED
DR.. Garvin Will Serve as Executive Officer
for Fortnight
More.


(From thursdays Daily.)
The Board Of Health yesterday consid-
cred and acted on a number OF routine
matters. The resignation Of Plumbing
Inspector Duffy was accepted. Eng neer
lane was appointed assistant plumbing
Inspector. Dufys successor has not yet
been chosen. The resignation of j. ID. Me.
' egh as agent Of the Board of Health
v us accepted DR.. Garvin's resignation
wus read and an effort was made to table
IT, but on DIR. EmeIson's motion it was
accepted Dr. Garyin TO serve until rs
successor is appointed Dr. Garyn sale
he hoped that this would be within tive
weeks
Dr. Cleveland. examining physician for
the girls schools ufjHonUlu.u, rep. rteL
mat she had VacCInated 80 pupils and
tuat ali the teachers but one had health
certificates. She sad there were few alb
Sentees and the Children were III better
health and better dressed than last year.
\ letter was read from Is. shop W.lAs
relative to a complaint by the health OH
Gel about the closets at lo.ani College.
bishop Willis contended they were in
sanitary condition. Or. Garvin saIu they
Wee not, and he also said that most OF
the private schools of the city needed to
be stirred up to put their premises in bet
:cr condition.
A letter was read from citizens in Puma
district, on Hawaii, complaining Of the
absence OF attention by Government ply
sicians. 1t was ordered that communi-
cation be sent to the district physician
Of Puma calling attention to the fact that
II was alleged that certain portions of
tie district were without medical atten-
ton and asking for an explanation.
Dr. Garvin, executive officer of the
Board, reported on the water conditions
o. the new cemetery at Pearl City. The
ste of the cemetery was approved lately
by the Government, conditionally that a
proper disposition be made of the water
which issues from large spring In the
grounds. 1t was feared that some of this
water might be used for domestic pur-
roses and breed diseases. DR.. Garvin re-
ported a reservoir had been built holding
% 900 gallons, and that the cemetery COM
Iany assured him that all the water
would be used for irrigating purposes.
the reservoir surrounds the spring.
DR.. Garvin said the conditions were APP
parently satisfactory. DR.. Wood said
that If later the water was found con-
taminated it would have to be pumped to
sea. DIR. Cooper moved that the eXecu-
tive officers report be acted upon favor
ably, which was done.
4 petition was received from residents
of B.ahului for sanitary regulations. Drs.
Cooper and Emerson and Attorney Cen
al al Dole We're appointed a committee to
draw UP such regulations for Kahulul
and other outside towns.
T.. S. Porter addressed to the Board a
letter asking for an exclusive franchise
for a number of years for removing dead
animals from the streets of Honolulu He
offered to provide the necessary wagons
and to do the work at the Boards price.
~.
had its own dead animal service which
was satisfactory. Porter will be so in
formed.
A letter was read from George Fl. Rob
crtson, of the American Sugar Company,
that the vegetation on the
lerer settlement side Of the Pail on Mo-
lokai was being burned by the vandalism
% residents. and that the forests We're in
danger Super ntendent Reynolds of the
leper settlement said that there had been
no burning of unnecessary vegetation,
that fires lit had never spread, and that
there was no danger whatever of the
forests being destroyed.
Some time ago Government Physician
Davidson. at Lahaina, Maui, was asked
q report On the application of residents
here for permission to build over and
about the Laha'na canal DIR. Davidson's
report was read yesterday. He said that
;he canal was a marsh with no inlet or
outlet ana no apparent current. ! ne wa
ter came from underground springs and
slowly perCo'ated to the sea. He SAID that
the marsh was no menace to health now,
but II would be wrong to allow houses to
be built over It, The Board passed reso-
luton that no buildings should be erected
within fifty feet of the canal.
DR. W. II. Schwallle sent in his resigna-
ton as Government physician at Kauna-
kakai, Molokai, which was accepted
\ letter was received from DIR. McC0n-
key of Paia, Maui asking for the Boards
orders as to the treatment of pupils In
re public schools who were absent on the
days he came to examine them He
wanted to know whether these children
SHOULD be debarred from school until they
had been examined. 1t developed that
there is n rule Of the Board of Health to
the effect that no child shah be permitted
to attend school unless with the Govern
rncnt physicians certificate and that the
teacher was subject to a penalty of s. for
such attendance. DR.. McCon-
key win be Informed of the rules in o.
der TO carry them out.
Or. Garvin reported that the slaughter
houses I'm Iwilei were still In an ahomin
nile condition and that nothing had been
done to make them sanitary.
The Board Of Heath then went INTO
secret session from which the newspaper
reporters We're excluded and concerning
the transactions OF which nothing has
leaked out except the appointment of En-