The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-11-29
Slaughter Houses
Are Now to Be
Moved.
,From Thursdays daily)

The Board of Health yesterday decided
tos enforce the order made last year by
tte former board for the removal of the
slaughter houses in Iwlei. Though the
meat companies located in that vicinity
have already had eighteen months to
comply with the order, no forcible action
Will be taken until after a special meet
ing of the board Friday. to VIII CHI the
representatives of the various slaughter
houses will be invited
The first order of removal was made
April %, 1900, and Executive officer Pratt
read from the minutes of that meeting,
showing what action had been taken.
II have never seen anything 80 insani-
tary and filthy" said DIR. Moore, who
had visited the place Tuesday. SThe
slaughter houses are thoroughly infested
with rats. and they are a constant men
ace TO public health. / had no idea there
was such nasty, dirty place on the
Islands"
DIR. Pratt did not believe the place,
could be placed in a sanitary condition.
and the only thing to do was to enforce.
the order of removal. He stated that the
Metropolitan Meat Company had already
made plans which had been approved By
the board for a new building, out Kalihi
way .mauka of the fertilizer works. ~,
e. A. Mou-Smfth said that he did not
wish to act hurriedly in such matter.
and upon his motion, definite action was
postponed until Friday, when special
meeting will be held. ! f, #. . 81 Z
DISPENSARY MUST MOVE.
The dispensary is to be moved to
building on South street. The move is
made not because the Board OF Health
wants to do so, hut for the simple rea-
son that they have no other alternative.
The dispensary is at present located on
United States property, in the building
near the drillshed, and yesterday the
military authorities informed the board
that the d!spensary must be removed i'm
mediately, as the shed was required for
storage purposes. Superintendent Boyd
has promised n new building for dis
pensary, and until that time the tempo
rary quarters on South street will bc
used.
QUESTION or SUBSIDIES.
letter was received from the Queens
Hospital stating that the trustees would
cheerfully comply with the regulation of
the board and furnish monthly reports as
requested, The secretary was instructed
10 notify the auditor that the warrants
should be issued.
The formal application of the treasurer
Of the Kapoani Maternity Home for the
subsidy voted by the legislature was re-
ferred to the special committee having
that matter in charge, The board must
first be satisfied that the conditions of
,the law are complied with.
The same action was taken relative to
the request of the treasurer of Victoria
Hospital for the subsidy.
OTHER MATTERS.
The request of Henry Ma that he be
allowed 10 rejoin his wife and family on
Molokai was referred to Superintendent
Reynolds. Ma. it appears, left the set
tlement sometime ago, and is now on
Kauai and anxious to return.
The application of Kekai for permission
to visit his daughter at Molokai was
granted, on condition that he comply
with all the regulations of the board.
II was reported that the case against
the vendor of bad sausage was nolle
pressed in Circuit Court without the con-
sent of Food Commissioner Shorey, but
no action was taken relative TO the mat
ter.
DR.. Cofer reported one new case and
one death from plague at Hongkong for
the two weeks ending October 80, and
one death from cholera at Yokohama for
The week ending November lG.