The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-22
A BLACK LIST
Report on Insanitary
Premises.
Board of Health's Engineer at Work
--PortugueseMIIe Worse
Than Chinatown"

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The Citizens Sanitary Committee
through its inspectors, has reported
TO the Board of Health many places
Throughout the city that are in an nm
healthy and insanitary condition. This
list has been handed over to the
Boards Sanitary Engineer, w. B. Cou-
sons, who has investigated each of the
seventeen cases reported by the com
mittee and turned in his report to the
Board of Health.
On February IA the following COM
munieation to the health authorities
started the work of the Sanitary En-
gineer:
| 10 the Honorable Board of Health
IClty.-Gentlemen: In compIiance
with your request, orally made a few
days ago., We herewith forward to Won
list OF premises reported to us by our
inspectors as being in an insanitary
CONDITION such as to require your at
tention.
Many other defects of which com
paint has been made, and which are
DeIng corrected under our directions,
are not included in the list. Such of
the latter, If any, as we may fail to
remedy Will be reported to Won later
Respectfully yours.
CITIZENS SAN. COM,
Per A. PERRY.
Inc above letter was accompanied
by the following:
List of Insanitary Premises.
1-Old Chinese stables, Waikiki side
OF Liliha street, near King street:
great lack Of ventilation for those who
room in the structure.
Japanese Publishing House. on
Fort street, Kukui street.
S-Shack on Aala lane, opposite Joss
mouse, might be mistaken for a wood
shed; exceedingly filthy; occupied by
about a dozen persons.
4-Premises southwest corner Queen
and Alakea streets, used as a Chinese
restaurant, and adjoining premises ma
kai; location of cesspool.
5-W. G. on Pacific Mail wharf.
6-Public urinals are badly needed
along the waterfront to relieve lumber
yards and other premises from nui-
sances.
7-Kewalo ditch.
S-Chinese camp, mauka side of Ber-
etania street, between Keeaumoku and
Piikoi streets.
9-Fire Department, at head of PHI:
koi street; dumps all its swill and
rubbish in the small gulch, side of the
building. This is offensive to the
neighbors.
10-Campbell block, rear of Phillips
& Co., and of Frank Brown. Water
closets are insanitary. They are old
fashioned and so constructed that they
are not Cannot be- flushed after use.
New closets should be supplied. Mol
ties kitchen; cement floor should be
laid down.
u-Premises southwest corner of
Nuuanu and Wyllie streets.
12-Lodging house of Lun Leong,
corner of Beretania and Artesian
streets.
13-Portugueseville, on Beretanfa
street, opposite H. w. Schmidt's resi-
dence.
14-Old Chinese theater; stagnant
pool in the rear into which all kinds of
filth is being thrown.
15-In the Chinese Bakery, on King
street, two of the laborers sleep in
apartments to which daylight has no
access, there being no windows.
ia new Chinese livery stable. on
the Waikiki side of Liliha street (said
building is set back from the street
about 100 yards) has apartments on
the upper floor destined for bedrooms,
The rooms on one side of the corridor
are provided with small windows OPEN
ing up into the corridor. Another set
of rooms on the opposite side has no
windows whatever.
17-Pond lying between o. R. & [.
Co.'S depot and Oahu Prison; bad odor
therefrom at times; pond should be
filed up.
Engineer Cousons' Report.
Sanitary Engineer w. B. Cousons'
report to the Board is here given in
full:
Honolulu, H. l., Feb. Is, 1900.
DR.. c. B. Wood, President Board of
Health.-Sir: In obedience to your
instructions, l have examined all the
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