The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-12-13
MILKMEN ARE HONEST
CEASE USING, THE PUMP AND
FAUCET.
Board of Health is Informed That Good
Milk is Being Supplied in Honolulu
Now.

The milkmen of Honolulu have sud
denly become honest, according to DIR.
Shorey, food commissioner. The time
hOnored custom of reinforcing the
weakening bovine with the product of
the pump and faucet appears to have
been abandoned for the time at least,
for DR.. Shorey found that the milk that
is being supplied is generally of a high
average. In his report to the Board of
Health yesterday DR.. Shorey said:
The usual milk inspection has been
carried on, and so far as the milk sup
ply of Honolulu can be judged by the
samples taken by the inspector it has
been better in quality during the past
month than at any time during the pc
Rod l have been in charge of this work.
Not only are there few names on the
black list but the average of samples
passed as up to or above standard has
been high"
DR.. ShOrey examined some water used
by a Kalihi valley poi-maker and de-
clared its condition to be very bad He
said:
This water was taken from an open
ditch in a taro patch, and carries in
suspension considerable organic matter,
so that an analysis was hardly neces-
sary to determine its character which !
consider bad.
This water in addition to being used
by large number of people residing in
that district, and while the fact that
these people use it apparently without
harm would prevent it's being condemn
ed, the fact remains that this water is
exposed to infection both from animals
and human habitatiOns for a consider
able distance above the point where the
sample was taken and a single case of
an infectious disease in the upper part
of the valley would be a menace to a
considerable portion of the Commun-
ity."
The troublesome pai-ai contract for
the leper settlement came up before the
board again, Superintendent Reynolds
making a report that the second con-
signment of pai-ai had failed to arrive,
though it apparently should have been
on the spot some days ago Reynolds
limited that there was CroOkedness in
the handling of the schooner that car
ries the pai-ai, and a thorough investi-
cation of the failure to keep the con-
tract will be made, Reynolds report
was as follows:
Il have to report that the pai-ai
schooner has not arrived yet, and was
not visible when we left Halawa Point
at daybreak, | find that Saturday at
noon she was abreast of the Molokai
| light, with a fair wind Sunday she
was abreast Of the settlement, and that
| - tllt lttSI can near OF nef except
| that at HalaWa | heard she was seen
making towards Kahului Yesterday OF
course, we will have two lots of stale
pai-ai dumped here after having serv-
| ed out a ration of flour. | think there
must be something crooked i'm working
of the schooner for ! am told that with
the prevailing wind of Saturday last
she ought to have reached Kahului be-
tween Saturday night and Sunday
morning."
Dr. Oliver of the leper settlement re-
ported the prevalence of a fever that
has been at the settlement before. 1t
was not serious, however, There were
| IA deaths at the settlement during the
month of November.
Secretary Charock was instructed to
advertise for bids for drugs for the
leper settlement.