The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-19

I cry portion of the hospital: electric
I oells connect the Office with the veran-
da stations, and hot and cold water are
close at hand for the nurses.
The medical staff Is provided with
special bathrooms and sleeping-ouar-
tiers, and the chances of spreading the
infection ase done away with bv the
use of strong disinfectants. II seems
almost incredible that the buildings
and their full equipments have Been
fully completed since January 9th. The
stan are enthusiastic and alive 10 the
Importance Of their noble work, and to
their untiring labors is due the estab-
lishment Of such 4 splendid institution
uTOn such short notice.
CT ze > saL tary Committee Notes.
Many Of the inspectors are getting
things into proper shape. but the ma
jority are still hlmpered I'm their work
through lack Of sub-irspectors. Up 10
. O'Clock last night fourteen out OF the
forty district inspectors had made their
census returns, showing an enImer-
ated population Of 13Ill persons.
The new quarters for the committee
at the old Masonic hall. on the corner
Of Queen ard Fort streets. were COM
pleted on wednesday ard the cccu-
pants moved in yesterday morning.
At a meeting Of the committee. he'd
yesterday morning. Z. d. Tenney was
appointed a committee Of one TO ascer-
tain what disinfectant should be rec
commended to inspectors. and to pro-
vide ways and means for securing dis
infectants to be used by the inspectors
after having completed their inspec-
tiOns. II was felt that such a safe
guard should be adopted for their pro-
lection.
It was decided also that Marshal
Brown be requested to place guards
day and night on the corners of King
and Liliha. Nuuanu and School, School
and Punchbowl, Punahou street and
Wilder avenue. Punahou and Bereta-
MIA, and King and Sheridan streets, in
order to prevent people from moving 10
other districts from the center of town.
as the committee had received infor-
nation that the regulations regarding
moving without special permission OF
the Board of Health were being vio-
lated. The principal offenders in this
regard are Chinese and japanese,
whom IL is extremely difficult to trace.
Marshal Brown Immediately agreed
to take the action desired. and said he
would instruct the mounted patrolmen
to arrest anyone found moving house.
hold furniture or effects, or who were
apparently moving their place of abode
without the required permit.
The committee has been divided into
three watches, morning, afternoon and
night, and under this arrangement the
Office will never be without an effect
i've staff to take action on complaints
received and to forward reports of sus-
pected cases to the Board of Health.
The committee discussed the question
of requesting the Board Of Health to
prohibit any one from moving about
the streets after 10 o'clock at night
without a pass. This action was sug-
gested or account Of many reports that
people are in the habit Of Illegally NOV
ing from one district to another at
night time. 1t was resolved. however.
to test the working Of The guards N
certain corners before resorting to this
certain means OF stopping the trouble.
A resolution 10 request the business
houses 70 oren later and close earlier I
was unanimously adopted. By this
means clerks who have volunteered rs
inspectors viii have q better opportu- .
nifty Of thorough inspection.
IL was also resolved u re1uest houses
employing a large staff Of clerks. to
allow those who are willing to do so
to act as inspectors.
The committee had been informed
that numbers were quite willing 20
serve. but their employers had pleaded
press Of business as an excuse to detain
them. The committee consider that
no one he's more at stake than the
large business houses Of the city. and
feel that they are not meeting with the
ready response to their appeal that the
necessity of the situation and the sacri-
fee by others require.