The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-17
THE CITIZENS
Work of the Committee
Yesterday.
Instructions Issued to inspectors and
Sub-InspeCtOrs for Carrying
Out Their Work.


the office of the Rapid Transit Com
pany. All the members were present.
With three exceptions the forty men
requested to take charge Of inspection
districts accepted.
The Gazette Company had worked all
night ruling and binding books in
which to record the census of inhabit-
ants, giving columns for number, name,
nationality, age and sex, with spaces
opposite each name in which to check
morning and evening inspections each
day.
BY 10 o'clock the inspectors had Sc
cured their necessary blanks and de-
parted to their several districts to sub
divide them into apanas and to appoint
sub-inspectors, one for each apana.
Each inspector is to report to the Gen.
trail Committee as soon as possible the
description of the apanas into which he
divides his district, the names of his
sub-inspectOrs, the location of his head
quarters and the number of his tele-
phone.
AS soon as the rush of getting in
spectOrs started was over, the commit
tee held a meeting and adopted instruc-
| tions to inspectors and sub-inspectors,
as follows:
Instructions to Inspectors.
Districts: /. Divide your district
into apanas, making them small enough
| so that the inhabitants can be inspect
/ ed by one man in an hour.
/ Cyr,h sinh
/ inspector to inspect the residents of
each apana twice a day. Make your
/ own selection of sub-inspectors. If you
cannot get enough men report to the
/ committee and it will furnish them to
you.
Select Only Responsible Men: You
are responsible for your sub-inspectors
and the work in your district, and have
full power to appoint and remove your
sub-inspectoTs.
3. As soon as you have subdivided
your district and appointed sub-inspect-
ors, report to the committee, giving the
boundaries of the apanas and names Of
sub-inspector of each apana.
4. Census: Each sub-inspector
should Immediately make n complete
census of all people living in his apana
in the books furnished by the commit
tee, and report to you the result.
You will summarize this, and report
to the committee the number of men,
women and children of each nationality
resident i'm each of your apanas and in
the whole district.
Personal Inspection: >. Each sub
inspector should inspect each person in
his apana twice a day, checking in the
blank opposite the name Of each per-
son each time that he sees that person.
: Note on report blank any persons not
seen, stating when possible where they
are.
Sickness: 6. Each sub-inspector
should report to you as soon as pos
sible each case of sickness found in his
apana. If he or you have any suspi-
cion that it may be the plague, report
to the committee forthwith on the
blank furnished for that purpose.
Principal symptoms of plague are:
l. Fever
.. Dry parched tongue.
3. Soreness or swelling of glands II
neck, aTmpits or groin.
{. 4. symptoms of pneumonia.
If considered especially suspicious
let the sub-inspector report immediate
ly to the committee direct by telephone
or messenger, remaining at the local.
ty until a doctor arrives.
Removal of residence from one plac
to another is prohibited, except upol
permit from the committee.
.. Removal of Residence: Inform al
inhabitants of your district Of this Law
8 and report any violations thereof.
= Application for permits to NOV
10 should be made to the committee dl
rect, in person.
Insanitary Conditions: Sub-inspect
ors should inspect their apanas dali
!" for insanitary conditions and orde
same remedied. II not remedied, sc
to it yourself. II this does not avail
report to the committee, giving nan
of person responsible and locality
nuisance.
o Reports to Committee: Report
the committee twice a day the cond
K. lions in your district with recommel
dations. Accompany your report wit
the detailed reports Of your sub-il
n spector.
- Inspectors have no authority TO !
= sue permits to change residence.
More Particularly Investigate: Wat
closets, sinks, garbage and its dispo;
tlon. Order disinfeCtion wherev
'S deemed necessary. Good disinfectan
To- Lime, sulphuric acid, corrosive sub
To- mate.
District Headquarters: AS soon
possible locate point at which 20
sub-inspectors can report 70 you al
81 at which the committee can commuI
cate 10 you.
a Let it be at a point where there
a telephone.
n, When away from your heldquarte
III try and have some one there represeT
o. ing you.
10. Notify the committee of location
your headquarters and number Of Je
phone.
Instructions to Sub Inspectors.
General Instructions. You ha
re volunteered for difficult and responsil
duty. and the suppression of the p'ag
in Honolulu rests entirely on the iU