The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-04-04
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Reports Of Sanitary omeials for
March Presented to Board Of
HeaItt-cisy inspectors Keep
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Below will be found abstracts Of
the reports for the past month of ON
Gals of the Board of Health. That
of the Food Commissioner viii be
found intensely interesting by all who
have regard for what they put down
their throats:
City Sanitary Officer.
Mr.. Hemenway, city sanitary off
Ger. submitted the following report oil
work done during the month:
Number OF applications for building
permits received. 81; applications ap
proved. As; applications still held by
Survey Department, 4; applications
held in office, 2; applications applied
for in previous months and approved
during March, Is; number of these
last applications disapproyed, 1; cess
pools located. q.
Examinations made of lots where
buildings were proposed, are erected
and after completion, 154
Examinations made of premises for
sanitary reasons, 277.
Certificates for hotel, lodging house
or restaurant licenses applied for, 40;
issued on these applications. 20: with
held until sanitary work ordered IS
done. IA; issued on applications made
In previous months, II; number Of
persons who by law can be lodged in
the tenements licensed. 1852
Three formal complaints have been
investigated, and in two cases the
cause Of complaint removed. The
third case was found to be unjustified
Two violations of the law relative
to the erection of buildings have been
reported to the Superintendent Of
Public Works.
Twenty-nine As hour notices have
been sent out, under all of which the
required work is either complete or
being done. In few instances. it was
found necessary to have the offender
arrested, but in such cases the arrest
was sufficient without proceeding fur
Their in the matters.
81 would recommend that the Board
visit and condemn as a nuisance and
to-&he public health the
privy situated Just mauka of The
morgue."
The inspector then makes the refer
ence to the aforementioned matter
quoted elsewhere in the report of yes
terday's meeting of the Board of
Health.
The individual reports of inspectors
give details of great variety of work
attended to by them. Inspector Fran
els, district No. 1, made S07 inspec-
tons: A. G. Hitchcock, No. 2, made
500; N. p. Jacobson, No. 8, made 526:
No. 4, made 623; j. l..
No. 5. made 1883, and C. H.
Tracy, No. 6, made 1867 inspections
The Plumbing Inspector.
The report Of the plumbing inspec-
or, Mr.. Keen, for March shows the
work performed as follows:
Number of plans filed, 1877; per-
nits issued, 1877; inspections made,
,02; final certificates, 121; sewer con-
lectfons, II.
The Food Commissioners.
Food Commissioner E. C. Shorey
'eports 79 samples of milk which were
Ip to or above standard. Fourteen
we're found below standard. Tanaki,
n three samples, and Kawamoto, in
wo, added from to s per cent of wa
er; j. Silva, in one sample, skim
ned and watered milk; NJ. Anrica
added 5 per cent water in one case
md 20 per cent another. L. Markell
furnished a sample low in butter fat.
Barge, driver for the Star Dairy, was
.aught with water added of per cent
n one case and per cent another.
Ferris, another Star milkman. toted
Iround milk to customers of which
per cent came from hydrant,
vell or stream. At the Ting Hop res
the caterer furnished milk
hat was saved from excessive rich
less by dilution with Is per cent of
rater.
In my last report" says the Com
missioner, II stated that ginger ale
by the Hawaiian Soda
Works was found to be favored with
apsfcum instead Of ginger. This
ompany thought they were unjustly
against in this state |
tent and l have in consequence ex-
mined the ginger ale of the other |
here, viz: the Arctic |
oda Works. the Enterprise Soda |
Works. the Star Soda Works and the |
Soda Works. and find as |
lated in my last report that the use
capsicum instead OF ginger is prac-
sed by all of them. Strictly this is a
of the letter Of the law. be-
II the sale OF an article under other |
ian its true name. as well rs the |
I bstitution of q cheaper arCicle. but |
he matter Is scarcely worth further |
in the face of other much |
lore fraudulent and injurious prac /
ces.
Eleven samples of cocoa and cho-
plate have been examined w.sn re
tits as stated below. In addition /
|, the mixture Of cocoa huils ar! 9th
r foreign substances to cocoa. TIE
EDITION of starch M SUGAR Enst De
.garded ~ an adulteration unless
,ch addition is stated on the label
he name chocolate IS generally I'M
erstood to mean cocoa with the add
on Of sugar. and the presence OF
1gar in such case should not be re
sryied Is an adulteratfon-
Two samples Of chocolate examin-
a9Chiradel1is Chocolate and Whit
ans instantaneous Chocolate were
,und to contain sugar bat no other
reign substances The following
rsnds Of cocoa we're found to be adul /
rated q stated
.<wehh,s Homeopafhic Cocoa con-