The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12
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..r. u HHui iu sanitary regulations
HDr0 Within ODE scope of ihn LeRisih-
'uIr tHl also Tor ihn consideration OF
flr Nt'nrury General
President Dole was of ihe opinion
Flat the i1w gave authority to make
populations fo control public health
aud safety. and that that statute
should bn considered entirely In favor
OF the Board of Health THE qucs-
tion said he Us whether the pro-
posed regulations are necessary 10 pre-
vent cases of sickness and think that
they would De- tho rigid standard Ia
adopt
Mr.. Cooper. The Board can make
regulations TO prevent cases OF sick
ness. but the Legislature Is tho only
body 90 shy that the buildings must be
made and constructed so and so.
DR. Emerson: "lf an argument Is
needed to show that these rules are
necessary TO remedy sanitary evils and
accomplish sanitary good to- ward off
the diseases and epidemiCs that are
liable to threaten us by reason that
| they are not complied with, ! think
! that Is our strongest argument. II the
! Board can condemn a building because
/ thcy believe It is insanitary by reason
Of its being built directly upon the
ground, then think the Board has the
power to make regulations which will
prevent a repetition of our present
epidemic"
George Carter: Small Chinatowns
are going up in every portion of the
city. If the Board of Health has not
now the authority, then / think it
ought to set a standard TO prevent the
same situation as we are at present fac
ing from appearing again and again in
different sections of the city.
Attorney Robertson II think there
is no law to prevent builder from go
ing ahead and building his structure
that Is, from sanitary standpoint.
From a builders standpoint, however,
the Superintendent of Public Works
can withhold a permit for building.
How IS the Board able to state as fact
a building is insanitary when it is a
new buildlng?"
George Carter: "lf IT. Is not consid
cred n cause of sickness for ten China
men to sleep in room as long as this
| Boards table, then ] think a vigilance
committee ought to be formed to pre-
vent such buildings from being erect
ed"
DR. Day: From what President
Dole has said, it seems to me matter
of doubt whether we have such power.
| think we ought to give the Board of
Health the benefit of the doubt and
post those regulations which will re-
suit in restricting nuisances. me ma
tjority OF these regulations, THINK,
can be safely passed from a sanitary
standpoint.
President Dola:Y Suppose a man
digs cesspool and then builds a
house right over the cesspool? | think
the Board can prevent the building
from being erected. The question is
whether you can prevent certain con-
ditions from becoming insanitary and
a menace to public health. If so, you
can control the erection of the building
on sanitary lines as much as you can
the people living in the building"
DR. Day: Suppose we interfere with
a man erecting a building and arrest
the owner or builder; we contest the
matter in the courts. If the court de-
cided we had not the power to prevent
HIM erecting the building, of course
that would stop it, The Board would
then feel that it had done its duty to
the community We ought to give the
community the benefit of the doubt. 1t
seems to me we ought to look TO the
future interests OF the city.
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i President Dole brought forward the
question of providing for the people
who are about to leave the quarantine
camps their period of quarantine hav-
ing expired. \ great many will seek
the tenements outside the old district.
The inspectors should see that the air
and space regulation is enforced in
such tenements.
Mr.. Gait: II have eighty-twO Chi
nese, Japanese and Hawaiians whose
period of quarantine has expired at
Kakaako-the ten days quarantine.
Shall | discharge them?"
This phase of the quarantine regula-
tions was evidently unprepared for by
the Board, whose efforts have been
centralized mainly on quarters for the
in ncteJ district Forty1one Chinese