The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-12-06
ROUTINE
MAT TIERS
Considered by the
Board Of
Health.
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Health. though the first of the month,
was uninterestlng There were pres
ent: President Sloggett, DR.. Moore, DR..
Cooper, +. A. Mott-Smith, Attorney
General Dole. Or. Pratt. Secretary
Charlork and Supt. Reynolds.
The petition of Kcelui Brown for the
return Of her child from the settlement
was denied. Her request was extreme
~ pathetic and the letter abounded in
scriptural quotations.
The petition of Kaiiwa cor permission
- visit her husband at Molokai was
granted
Supt. Reynolds reported on the re-
quest Of Henry Ma to return to his
wife and daughter at Molokai, and the
petition was denied Mr. Reynolds stat
ed that the petitioner was formerly
mail carrier at the settlement and dur
ing his tenure of office various articles
were missing from the mails. The wo-
man he sought to rejoin was not his
wife according to the superintendent.
The request of Chas. II. Blake for a
six months leave Of absence was grant,
ed. DR.. Russell Is to fill his place as
government physician at Olaa during
his absence.
A letter was read from S. NJ. Damon,
treasurer of Victoria Hospital, stating
that the trustees had compiled with the
boards request, and the secretary was
notified to forward the letter to the
auditor, for payment of the subsidies.
+. \. MottSmith reported that he
had advised with the officers of the Ka-
piolani Maternity Home in regard to
the payment Of the subsidy and told
them to present their vouchers for pay
ment. If the auditor refuses to pay
the vouchers, the trustees may resort
to mandamus proceedings, but he did
not believe it was within the province
of the board to pass upon the con-
stitu.ionality of any act Of the legisla
ture 4 resolution was adopted in
structing the secretary to forward the
vouchers to the auditor for payment.
REPORT OF SANITARY OFFICER.
The following is the report of the
sanitary officer for December:
Honolulu, Il. H., Dec. 3, 1901.
DIR. ]. s. b. Pratt, Executive Officer,
Board of Health:
Sr-FollOwing is the report of the
city sanitary officer for the month Of
November. 1901:
Number of building applications re-
Ceivod, 81.
Number of building applications ap-
proved, Is.
| Number of building applications of
previous months approved, 6.
Number of building applications of
| previous months diSapproVed, /.
Number of building applications held
by this Office, 5.
Number of building applications held
by the survey department, H.
Four of the five applications held by
| this office are all right except that no
/ plans have been filed, and as they arc
located i'm a portion of town which Is
| more or less congested, l wish to make
sure of the location of the kitchens and
| buthousas before signing the permits.
| The other permit calls for n building
on land which is too low and must be
/ filed.
| Cesspools located during the month.
| 10.
! Buildings altered or moved so as to
conform 10 the sanitary regulations, IS.
! Examinations before, during, and at
completion of buildings, 1856.
Inspections other than of new build
ings. 457.
! Certificates for lodging house or res
taurant licenses applied for, "a issued,
%; held for sanitary work to be fin
ished. 2; issued on previous application,
9; previous applications held for sani-
/ tary work to be finished, -.
Number of adults which can by law
be lodged in these buildings licensed,
! l,325.
| Three formal complaints have been
! filed, and the nuisances in each case
have been abated.
! Twenty-four 4S-hour notices to abate
rusances have been served, and in
/ twenty-five cases the nuisance was
! abated in the required time; in two
cases the time has been extended.
Eight notices ordering the recipient
to connect his premises to the sewer
within thirty days have been served.
Five builders without permits have
been ordered to obtain the same, and
| have done so.
| | am endeavoring to get the govern
ment sewer laid from Beretania and
River streets corner along River to
I Pauoa stream, along Pauoa stream to
Kukui; thence along kukui street to
/ Nuuanu, and the subscription paper
is now in the hands of one of the
property holders, and unless something
unforeseen happens it will so through.
/ With the assistance of the inspectors
l have been enforcing the new regula-
ton compelling tight containers for
Stops when carried through the streets,
and so far have met no opposition.
These containers are the sa;,e as those
used by the restaurants as referred ia
in my last report, and are giving good
results. Respectfully submitted,
c. II. TRACY,
City Sanitary officer
PLUMBING REPORT.
The report Of the plumbing inspector
is as follows:
Honolulu. December 2, 1901.
DIR. j. s. b. Pratt, Executive officer
| Board of Health:
Sir-Relow | submit a detail of the