The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-02-06
THE HEALTH REPORTS
Dr. shorcy Reports ON O. Number of
Analysis of MIX and poi-Much Poor
MIX

The Board of Health yesterday after
noon received the reports Of Food Conn
missioner Shorey, Sanitary Inspector
Tracey and Plumbing Inspector Keen.
The latter. I'm addition to his regular re-
port made a long special report on the
conditions i'm Iwilei, condemning many
places and recommending a general
clean up. President Sloggett remarked
that it would have been a good thing, N
Judge Gear, while charging the Grand
Jury to look into moral unCleanness in
the district, had directed attention TO
the physical dirt as well.
Keen reported generally insanitary
conditions among the wash houses. and
recommended alterations that will cost
about $l.5O0. The buildings were found
to be rotten, and the sleeping apart
ments crowded and dirty. Keen said:
THE upstairs of the various is by Is
divisions are used for sleeping purposes
and I found i'm one room as many as
twelve sleeping places, these rooms have
very little light and less ventilation. 7
find also upon the Waikiki side of this
building about 80 feet from one of them
a filthy stream of water supposed to be
affected by tides, filled win all sorts of
filth from tin cans to dead dogs.
ct have also examined the various
tubs and tables used i'm washing and
find the same in a highly insanitary
condition, a condition that cannot be
|TCmedied too soon, as there is hardly a
whole tub or table i'm any of these
rooms, they are so rOtted that in many
cases only the outer shell is left; these
tubs and tables are never dry. l wish
particularly to call your attention to the
condition of these tubs and tables, for in
my judgment, therein lies a source of
great danger
| The Board unanimously approved
/ keen's report and recommended it to
! the consideration of Superintendent OF
| Public Works j. II. Boyd.
DR.. Shorey submitted a long list OF
examinations of milk finding samples
| from % diaries up to or above standard
and 10 samples below standard. As &c
these he said:
"In all of these samples the density
/ was normal or above. and the adultera-
ton seems to have been either an IN
territorial removal of a portion Of the
cream, or a bringing about of the same
| result by carelesSneSS in delivery. De-
! livering from the top of fresh car
without shaking, leaving milk poorer il
! butterfat at the bottom. In the sam
pies from Nobriga and Martins there
was probably an addition of a small
/ quantity of water Removal of a por.
ton of the cream and the addition of a
small quantity of water leaves the den.
sity or laCtOmeter reading normal"
! Twenty three samples of poi were
analysed by Shorey during the month
There was a good deal of variance in
the samples and the doctor said:
I'm no case was any flour or other
starch than that Of taro found; and ar
examination of the ash in each case die
not reveal the presence of any minera
adulterant.
1T will be noted there is considerable
variation in the amount of water pres
ent; the limits being so to SO in samples
from restaurants and q to 81 in sam
pies from poi shops.
Further examinations of poi sam
pies to determine it's food value as com.
pared with other staples; and also
study of the ferments present are un
der way"