The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-03
THE DUCKS
COME NEXT
lnvestig alton Of
Beach Road
Ponds.

Duck ranches are next to receive the
attention of the Board of Health. City
Sanitary Officer Tracy. in his monthly
report, yesterday called attention to the
insanitary condition of the duck ranch
es along the Beach road, and the Board
! Of Health Immediately decided upon a
committee which will investigate con-
ditions in that district.
The committee is composed of Paul
Isenberg, DR.. w. l.. Moore and DR..
| Sloggett, and in company with Mr..
Tracy, these members are to make the
round of the duck ponds.
The following is the monthly report
of the city sanitary officer. in which he
refers to sanitary conditions along the
Beach road:
April 2. 1902
DR.. j. S. 3. Pratt, Executive officer,
Board of Health.
Dear Sir:-Following is my report
for the month of March, 1902:
Number of building applications re-
Ceived, %.
Number of building applications ap-
proved. p.
Number of building applications of
previous months approved, 3.
Number OF building applications re-
fused, 1.
Number of building applications held,
1.
Number of building applications held
by survey department, s.
The application refused was for a
building on a lot in Kewalo, which is
three feet, below the required grade.
The permit held is for a building on
Nuuanu and Beretania streets, where
the plans call for a violation of the air
space regulation.
Nine cesspools have been located du-
ring the month
Eight buildings have been moved or
altered 50 as to conform to the regula-
tons of the Board of Health.
Eight builders without the necessary
permits have been notified to obtain |
the same and seven have already done |
so.
Examinations of buildings and lots |
before, during and at completion of
process of construction, 103. |
Inspections other than of new build |
ings, 292. |
Certificates for lodging house, restau- |
rant or hotel purposes applied for, 81. |!
OF these, 50 were issued and five held |
for sanitary work to be done; four GER |
tificateS were issued on applications /
previous to March LIST.
Certificates applied for previous to
March LIST, still held, s.
Number of adults which can by law
be lodged in these buildings licensed, |
2s17.
Four formal complaints have been
filed and the nuisances in each case |
have been abated.
Twenty-one 4S-hour notices have
been served during the month. Two ar
rests have been made. One case was
nolle pressed and the other case was
also nolle pressed after the nuiSanceS
had been abated.
Nine pig raisers at Kapalamakai
have been served with written notices
~ fhQfr "a local
ity within thirty days. All the pens at
present drain into the rice and lily
patches is the reason for removing
them.
The rainy weather during the month
has very materially retarded sanitary
helped in that 1t has shown up the
places where drainage and filling is
necessary and work can now be intelli-
gently carried on.
A matter which I have been investi-
eating and which I beg leave to bring
before the Board is the insanitary con-
dition of the district which lies just
Eva of Kalia road as ii turns off from
the Waikiki road and mauka of Ala
Moana from the long bridge on Ala
Moana or Beach road to John Ena'S
premises. The Piinaio stream flows
this district. 1t is very slug
gish and shallow and the Chinese have
fenced off portions of. it and turned it
into duck ponds. Besides the stream
there are two or three large ponds.
which are also used as duck ranches.
The majority of the ten duck ranches
raise swine and the pens drain into
these ponds. This, combined with the
filthy mud constantly being stirred up
by the ducks, makes the place any,
hing but healthful locality, and the
majority of the residents in the vicin-
ty complain of the odors arising, espe-
tally during low tide. 1t seems to me
hat as the district is being built upl
hat some radical measures are neces-
AIRY. IC
Respectfully submitted.
c. F. TRACY,
City Sanitary officer.