The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-12
|. FOR THE
|NDSQU| TOES
termination Of
Pest Urged in
| Hawaii.
HELP FOR
THF pIIIMRERS
tof Health Can't i-episIafs
tof Health Can't LegisIat.
| jIossstt Suggests Kero-
xns for the Larvae.

d Board Of Health has now be-
!i-red itself in an effort to Grad
ae the mosquito pest, which is
td to be much worse in Hawaii
any Of the Eastern states where
4 zh attention is now being given
1rments with oil, as a means of
z1ating the little insect.
zisnt Sloggett Is actively inter
b the proposed war of extermi-
and he suggested that while the
department. had no funds with
to engage IN the war, IL should
aielal sanction to any work pri-
4ilsens might do IN this directions.
Soggett had prepared a drawing
Iaieh he showed how easily the
gii6 could be wiped out of exist
sy the application Of kerosene oil
5ais and streams where they were
gated The larvae floats head
sHaFsrd in the water, the respiratory
rachlng the surface. A drop of
3inficient to kill the larvae, and
Is elected upon the death of the
suiSN Producer, and performs its
iy work many times over.
presenting the matter to the board
Soggett said. "The destruction of
aosquito by kerosene seems to me
Szportant subject and one in which
5;l5Iie needs to be educated. We
operate with the public to elimi-
aot totally destroy the pest, and
e have no money to be used for
i.,p0se, I think official action by
s1 will do some good in impress
sie with the adequatenessz of the
q remedy. The local press has
zaiderabfe attention to the mat
! if the agitation is continued,
r perhaps our citizens can be
. see the necessity of this work.
as the board can see its way
DO 80 We should take step in
sat direction, for it seems that by
Of Oil the mosquito could easily
Etoyed in the islands. A very
Quantity of kerosene will destroy
many Of the larvae, while they
in the water. Once the eVolu-
the mosquito from the larvae
plaee the elimination ox the pest
PSI impossible. To destroy the
Is an easy matter. They float
water. head downward, the
'9ry tube only reaching the sur
i alittle Oil drawn into the respira-
'act, and 1t rs aal over with the
10 the Oil either paralyzhg the
system, or In some other way
ing the larvae.
s'e been approached by different
Who say this is all nonsense;
Frments have demonstrated the
'Taess OF kerosene, as a. mosquito
'1i and there is no reason why
should not be put into effect
L is stated on good authority
1y one gallon of kerosene is re-
/" each acre of water, and that
VIII remain upon the surface
u Or five weeks. I think the
ohe which should at least be
Oial by the people Of Homo
~ Us utility for the purpose
"0h be demonstrated"
ssetts views met with the ap-
all the members present at
,"uS' and though It is impossible
an official experiment because
Innds for that purpose. the
i" the board as individuals
the plan.
1r4BERs WANT LAWS.
oelegatiOn from the Master
~, : association appeared before
ny ~ With their request that in
an examination be required
| plumbers, before they be
-, Practice in Honolulu
aHilttee was composed of w.
ba W. W. Graham and Q. Sell
Inc frst-named acted as
'or The party. He said there
many bad cases of plumbing
a,s itary conditions of the city
Affected by 1t. He suggest
Nv ,s master plumber be re-
sst,e ue Board of Health to pass
h 'on "a and certificates be re-
nose who could not. His
NJ, neeuon appeared to be to the
b, oers. whose work he said,
- "a caused all the trouble for the
q Inspector.
ssest replied ,ha, he did not
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