The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-27

above the surface OF the ground az q I
point n0J less than five feet from near
est window and 20 be covered with
perforated cap.
Advanced thinkers among sanitary
engineers believe the intercepting trap
provided for in the latter portion %
this section IS q menace % health. I
Herring the expert whom the Govern
ment employed % map out the present
sewerage system. Is mOs- pronounced
ia his opinions on this subject. All
after the word sewer tn the third line
should therefore be stricken out.
Section 20 allows the Inspector OF
plumbing 10 permit I'm certain cases
The use of kitchen sinks without
grease traps attached. There should
be a rigid rule in the matter. Expert
erce with sewer systems has taught us
that the strictest attention must be
paid 20 the disposition OF kitchen waste
lest through the Introduction OF grease
into the sewer its efficiency be serious
y impaired Without grease traps the
sewers In one year would be useless.
The fatness OF Honolulu in the main
portion Of town makes accumulations
OF this kind rapid. owing 10 the slug
gishness Of the flow.
Section 20 says: Rain water leaders.
when located inside the walls OF a
building shall be OF same material and
connected in like manner as soil pipes
and shall never be connected with
drains or sewer except by permission
Of inspector Of plumbing.
The size Of the sewer mains as laid
/ in some OF our streets precludes absO-
lutely the connection OF anything but
sanitary fixtures with them. The pro-
vision should be rigid and not within
the discretion OF the inspector.
| Section Is says: When any special
| fixtures or traps are required that do
not conform TO the provisions of these
rules a special permit may be issued
by the inspector Of plumbing IL approx
ed by the Superintendent Of Public
Works and the Inspector OF Plumbing
and superintendent Of Public Works
conformity shall have authority TO de-
/ eide all questions relating 10 plumbing
not fully set forth i'm these rules.
This should read IF approved by the
| Board Of Health" instead OF the Super
intendent OF Public Works
| Section % says: The wastes from
wash basin in private residences may
be allowed 20 discharge through sep.
arate and distinct waste pipes on GO
the surface OF the ground ten fee
away from the wall OF the house. but
ali other waste. soil and drain pipes
b must discharge into cesspOOl or sewer
, as before specified.
, All over town ends OF waste pipe.
make Ooze in lawns and yards. Al
house wastes OF every kind should b.
led TO the sewer.
( I have not gone through the Othe
/ sections of the act because they ar
, properly drawn. Il would be impos
sible TO impress on the people OF Ho
nolulU the extent of the necessity 70
! plumbing rules that shall be enforce
= by the strong hand OF the law. To IN
D person unfamiliar with plumbing an
I sanitary regulations IL may seem
2 little thing that pipe Is made this wa
2 or that way. but the seemingly tTiilin
f detection from the standard may mea
e death to those VINO dwell nearby. Ty
+ phoid fever, bubOnic plague and mala
= ria feed on just such gases as are bre
o by poor plumbing. The Board of Healt
n should consider this subject at once.
n rft had been legislated on in the pas
e Honolulu, in my judgment, would hav
5 been spared the present epidemic.
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