Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-08-17
Mosquito Movement
STARTS
With Good Backing

| the expenditure of money, Will be by
and with the advice and consent OF
this committee.
1T is the purpose Of the Board Of
Health to get out instructive circulars
for general distribution. II Is Il wise
measure to have the cooperation OF
the Department of Education to assist
b, educating the pupils of our Terrific
rial schools, in the reasons for and
methods of eXterminating the pests.
we do not propose TO eXterminate
mosquitoes in the entire group Of Isl
ands. We propose only to deal with
them In the town in which we live
and its suburbs.
We do not fatter ourselves that II
Is possible to get rid Of every mosquito
even in this city. We aim at reducing
the number o. insects as much as pos
sibe.
I'VE do not think II absolutely pos.
sible TO drain, or otherwise treat, ev.
cry breeding place in town. We aim
at dealing with as many as possible.
We cannot exclude mosquitoes
which may just possibly be blown into
the city from long distance. We
content ourselves with preventing the
insects breeding in the town itself.
we start work at once with what.
ever means We can scrape together.
We operate from center, out
wards.
We clean houses, back yards and
gardens Of all rubbish; empty tubs
and cisterns containing larvae, or de.
stroy the larvae in them, BY means OF
kerosene oil.
We propose to show people how to
do these things for themselves and
how TO protect tubs and cisterns by
means Of wire gauze.
See that the premises that have
been cleaned, are gone over and over
again.
Fill up or drain away all pools.
bitches, old cesspools, especially those
which contain most larvae.
Such pools as cannot be filed up
or drained are 10 be cleared OF weeds
| II they contain larvae.
WYNN W ih''l'pN Ohl
neighbOrs in the work, and to educate
the town into maintaining special
fund for the purpose OF prosecuting
this work indefinitely. The Board of
Health has no special Appropriation
that can be used for this purpose.
Our motto should be the first law
Of tropical sanitation, namely no
stagnant water"
ID. l.. Van Dine OF the u. S. Expert.
ment Station, Illustrated his address
by stereopticon views. lie emphasz.
I'd the fact that the mosquito breeds
only in stagnant water The female
mosquito was the one who did the
biting and the singing. He thought
that taro patches and rice fields were
only partially responsible for the
I breeding Of the pest. The tub, can
and water barrel In the back yard
were the most to blame.
City Sanitary Officer C. II. Tracey
spoke Of experiments and inyestiga.
tiOns already made. The inspectors
had been engaged for a month in the
campaign. He urged an individual
fight on the part of citizens.
Professor A. b. ingalls, illustrated
his own individual campaign against
mosquitoes on his premises, lie had
removed all standing and stagnant
water from tubs and other containers
IN his own and adjoining yards and
his work had proved effective.
=. ". Pond drew attention TO the ex.
pense OF allowing the mosquito TO ex.
ist the cost In doctors bills and 80
forth. He favored cooperation.
=. VI Pond, ID, l.. Van Dine. +. Il.
Day and W, O. Smith were appointed
a committee 10 draft resolutions. This
committee reported as follows;