The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-11-29
POI SHOPS
ARE NEXT
An lnvestig Is
Now to Be
Made.
MANOA FACTORIES
USE POOR WATER
Report Made by City Sanitary
Officer Tracy Stables Should
Be Condemned.

Inc board OF health Will next invest
tigate the condition of the poi shops in
Manoa Valley. Acting upon the report
of City Sanitary Officer Tracy. Presi-
dent Sloggett on Wednesday appointed
a committee which, in company with
Mr.. Tracy, will visit the poi factories
il: the valley and investigate the water
sources from which the poi makers
obtain their supply.
The following committee was ape
pointed: Dr. Cooper, Prof. Shorey, NJ.
P. Robinson, and Sanitary officer
Tracy.
The board of health will also look
into the sanitary condition of two large
stables owned by Japanese and located
on the Asylum road, which. in the
opinion of Mr. Tracy, should be con-
demned The committee to investi-
gate this us composed of of DR.. Slog-
gett, DR.. Moore, NJ p. Robinson, and
Mr.. Tracy.
The following is the report made by
City Sanitary Officer Tracy upon the
health conditions of Honolulu:
Honolulu. November IS, 1902.
J. S. B. Pratt, Executive officer, Board
of Health, Honolulu.
Sir Following is the report of the
city sanitary officer for October, 1902:
During the month 20 applications for
permission to build have been filed
and IS have been approved and signed.
One has been refused because the build
ing was toe close to other buildings
and interfered with the light and ven
tilation. One is still held for inves-
tigation. All of the eight permits held
over from September have been ap-
proved and signed, the four whose plans
were in violation of the regulations al
tered their plans and buildings to con-
form to the requirements. Six build
ors without permits were notified to OBJ
tain the necessary papers and have
done so.
Nine buildings have been altered so
as to be il a sanitary condition.
One cesspool has been located. 1t is
pleasing to note that the number has
grown SO small, for two years ago in
October, 1900, there were 40 located.
OF course the sewer system is respon-
sible for this change of condition. We
are now filling up cesspools at the rate
of rs month.
1 have made 420 inspections during
the month, Go of which have been of
new buildings in the process of con-
struction.
Sixteen certificates for hotel, restau-
rant or lodging house licenses have
been applied for and fourteen have
been approved and issued. Two are
being held until the places are put into
satisfactory condition. OF the certifi-
Gates applied for previous to October
1st, five are held until the places are
put into satisfactory condition. Two
were issued. 695 persons can by law be
lodged II these buildings licensed.
Five formal complaints have been
filed and the nuisances in three cases
have been abated. Two are still in
hand.
Five 4S-hour notices have been served
and the nuisances have been abated
without further prosecution.
matter which I wish the Board
would investigate is the insanitary.
condition of two large stables owned by
Japanese on the Asylum road. These
premises are in such a condition that
think that for public health and safe
ty they should be condemned and de-
stroyed. They have steadily grown
worse for the last year and I fail to
see any way whereby they can be i'm
proved short of destroying and rebuild
ing them on a different plan.
Another thing about which I should
like the opinion of the Board is the
poi shops which are located up the val
leys. There are two in KaIihi and one
in Manoa valley, and they use the wa
ter from the taro patches. bitches and
streams and peddle the poi around
town. These sources of water supply
all contain considerable vegetable mat
ter and as quite few people live above
the points where these shops are, There
cannot help being more or less danger
from the water being contaminated.
The shops themselves are not sani-
tary but before having them placed in
the proper shape I wished to know
whether they can be allowed to remain
at all. Respectfully,
c. H. TRACY,
City Sanitary Officer.
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