The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-06-05
WILL GIVE
UP ASYLUM
Board Of Health to
Obey County
Act.
(From Thursdays Dally.)

| law us lhiu uOWn III the county Act
without question and will surrender
control of the Insane Asylum to the
Board of Public Institutions Immediate
ly. This position was decided upon at
a meeting of the Board yesterday fol-
lowing an opinion by Attorney General
Andrews. The Board of Health will
virtually continue in charge of the asy-
lum as In the past acting however as
| the agent for the Board of Public In
! situations.
II see no objection to the Board of
Health turning over the Insane Asy-
| lum," said Mr.. Andrews at the meeting
Under the County Act which is lawful
until it is repealed or declared Illegal
the Board of Public Institutions Is en-
titled to control of the asylum. and
see no reason why it should not be
turned over. 1t is the idea of that
board to have the Board e Health re-
main in charge as agents and 1t will
o. X. the expenditures, so that there
will be no question with the auditor"
Upon motion 1t was decided to send a
notice to Secretary Carter saying that
the Board of Health was ready to sur
render possession of the Insane Asy-
lum.
TENDERS FOR SUPPLIES.
Tenders for supplies will be asked
| Immediately by the Board for the next
two years. 1t was decided yesterday
to ask for bids for paiai at twenty
| one, twenty-three and twenty-five
pound weights, as the action of the leg
! islature Is not yet known. In the call
| for bids for the carrying service to the
| settlement, the steamship companies
are to be asked to provide for hunks
for the accommodation Of lepers. These
| however need be only temporary af-
| fairs
| LAHAINA WANTS INSPECTOR.
a petition was read from Lahana
residents urging the immediate ap-
pointment of a sanitary inspector for
that place. If all the things are true
that the petitioners say, then Lahaina
needs a general house cleaning very
badly. They say that there are hun
dred Japanese and Hawaiian. fishermen,
who sell bad fish at times, seven poi
factories, some of which are in bad
condition and eight coffee shops which
also need overhauing. The secretary
was instructed to notify the petition
ers that the Board of Health had no
but had asked for one for that pur-
pose.
Attorney General Andrews reported
on the bill of G.. w. Lockington for ser
vices at Hilo during plague times that
the work had been done more than two
years ago, and therefore could not be
paid out of the present appropriation.
He suggested that Lockington ask the
| 10 e1nt M To, lrao al n
ton for his payment.
Mr.. Andrews reported also on the re-
quest of Mrs. Nakuina for lease of GER
tain land at Lahaina, that the property
was under the control of the Land De-
partment
CITY SANITARY OFFICER.
City Sanitary officer Tracy reported
in part as follows:
Sixteen lodging houses, seven res
taurants and two hotels applied for GER
tihcates of sanitary condition to obtain
licenses and all save three lodging
houses which still have some minor inn
provements to make were granted
| them. OF the three lodging houses and
one restaurant licenses held over from
last month, the three lodging houses
are still held. One thousand four hun
dred and eleven adults can lawfully be
lodged in these buildings licensed.
-Four 4Shour notices have been serv-
ed and in three cases the work required
was completed. In the fourth case an
extension Of time was granted.
Three arrests have been made and n
conviction secured in each case. The
first case was man who neglected to
remove some dead animals from his
premises and was fined $500 and costs
the second was caught dumping gar
bage in a vacant lot in Chinatown. He
paid $500 and costs. The third was
a man who was careless of the sanitary
condition of his place and paid $500 and
costs of court.
Two inspectors have been on special
duty all month and consequently their
districts have not been watched as
much as was necessary, but at various
times some Of the other inspectors were
detailed to investigate and have rene
died conditions in various places in
them
BOYS MAY GO TO CAMP.
Upon suggestion of President Cooper
members of the National Guard in the
employ of the Board of Health are to
be given five days leave OF absence to
attend the encampment whicn begins
June 10th.
ORIENTAL HEALTH.
DR.. Cofer's report on Oriental health
conditions was as follows:
/ have to report the health condi-
tions in the Orient as follows:
Hongkong, two weeks to May 10, 1908.
-Asiatic cholera, cases 2, deaths o;
snallpox, cases /, deaths /: plague,
cases 1884, deaths 1866,
Note.-SmallpoX cases among pas
sengers and crew. GO cases on board
upon arrival diagnosed as smallpox by
local officer, 6 cases developed on board
her in port in quarantine)
Annoy, China-Plague (estimated)f 80