The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-03-13

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The Kahuul situation s summed
up in Dr GaNlns letter al iolova
Kahului. March q. 1900
ur a. y wood. President Board 0f
Health
Dear Sir. Your letter and ns.ruc
lions received yesterday ! at one,
started the work of building the rat.
proof fence This morning / called q
meeting OF the Sanitary Committee aud
made all necessary arrangements for
completing the work ! think by sun
day night all the fences will be COM
plete To-day | have arranged 10 move
nearly three-quarters OF the population
into the detention camp. few OF the
white families Will be put In cottages
now under construction at the camp
and will be ready In two or three
days.
After some deliberatiOn / decided TO
use corrugated iron for the rat-mOoi
fence. il will cost about one-third
more than wood. but we have arrang
ed 10 use the ircn without punching
holes in H. so there will be no trouble
in selling IL back 10 the plantations al
about first cost. BY using the lines OF
fences now standing we can save hup-
dreds Of posts and II will cost Ecarcely
except for labor. The sheets
of iron are placed vertically, being
sunk into the ground about fifteen
inches, and the edges overlapping,
which gives a fence that is, ! think,
rat-proof.
The new cottages we are building
will no doubt be available for laborers
quarters and Mr.. Baldwin tells me that
he Is quite sure the plantations Will be
price after the Government Is through
with them. The campaign against
rats will begin just as soon as the
fence Is completed.
All traffic through the town has
been stopped for some time. The In
spectors at Waiiuku are keeping up a
careful canvass and are making a new
census, to include the people we re-
Gently released from the camp. | see
by the papers that the Maui mail has
been re-fumigated at Honolulu; this |
seems to me unnecessary, for j have |
given special care to the matter and |
'eel certain that all mail matter leaV-
ng here IL well fumigated for a period
Of from four to six hours.
The general health Is good and there
ire no cases of sickness in either the
amp or town. The Chinese freight
Jn board the steamer Cleveland will |
De taken back to San Francisco, but
he steamer Is loading with sugar at
{ihei. The greatest problem we have
o meet ID the feeding Of the quaran-
ined people. But for the splendid CO.
operation of ". r. Baldwin, matters
would move very slowly at times, but
he appreciates the situation readily
md acts without hesitation. The load
ng OF tie Centennial with sugar was
arrled out in a satisfactory manner
nd think II will meet the approval
# the United States authorities. II
desirable to fumigate the mails with
n supply must be gent
yer for there Is none obtainable here.
Thanking You for kind assurances,
IT,, ] remain, respectfully,
G. l.. GARVIN.
p. S.-Another dead rat was found
ear the warehouse this morning but {
ave not had time TO examine It yet.
Lahaina, Maui, March 7. 1900 I
n. C. -. Wood, President Of Board
Of Health, Honolulu. 4
Dear Sir: There have been no
eaths and no suspicious cases since I
ebruary 25th.
Respectfully yours, |
DIR. GARVIN,
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