The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-12-11
CEMETERIES
ONCE MORE
A Committee Will
Investigate
Them.
Diseases of Classes Not
Quarantinable to Be
Guarded Against.
Relief for Chinaman Who Put
H;ro.aIf ia q E;y-Maranrv
Relief for Chinaman Who Put
Himself in q Fix-Memory
of S. X. Kane.

A curious instance of the Celestial
tricks that are vain" came before the
Board of Health at its weekly meet
ing yesterday afternoon, which was
attended by DR.. C. B. Cooper, presi-
dent; Fred C. Smith, M. P. Robinson,
DR.. W. H. Mays, and E. c. Winston,
members; DR.. J. S. B. Pratt, chief
health officer; c. Charlock, secretary;
and Miss Mae Weir, stenographer.
Edmund P. Dole, attorney, appeared
on behalf of the Chinese cook employ
ed by Judge Dole who had got himself
pinched by decentralization. This
Chinaman became the father of child
born here, whose birth he neglected TO
register within the statutory time.
When he wanted a passport to go to
sary to produce a certificate of the
child's birth at the Secretary of the
Territory's office. This must be had
from the Registrar of the Board of
Health, but the child's birth has to be
registered first.
To avoid the penalty of being be-
hind time with the registration the
father post-dated the birth of the
child. AS however, he gave the true
date at the Secretarys office, there was
conflict between that and the regis
tered date shown in the certificate.
Mr.. Dole applied to the Board for
the mans relief and it was voted to
allow him to register the birth correct
ly and give him a certificate.
QUESTION OF CEMETERIES.
The following letter from the city
sanitary officer was read:
Gentlemen: Permit me once again
to bring up the question of either clos
ing the cemeteries within the city linn
it's to further burials, or of so regulat-
ing them that the present very insani-
tary and dangerous practices be stop
ped.
IT felt that hasty action should not
be taken and that the different keep
ers should be allowed to remedy the
conditions existing as far as lay in
their power, and that the organizations
controlling these cemeteries should be
allowed to take the initiative and OF
their own accord to close at least the
crowded portions of their holdings, and
for that reason they have been allowed
to go ahead and we have seen to it
that all graves were at least the re-
quired depth of six feet and that the
burial was made at that depth.
"a record has been kept of each in
terment since the first of September
showing each case where anything out
of the ordinary has happened. / find
that in this time thirty-seven collins
have been disturbed, some actually
chopped in two and part of the remains
reburied beneath the new one. Some
of the cemeteries are so low that when
graves are dug to six feet, the coffir
win be entirely submerged in water
This has happened not only once but
five times in three months, and nc
| move has been made on the part of the
organizations controlling these bury
| ing grounds to stop it.
"a cemetery which so far has not
been brought before the Board as "a
place necessary to be closed is the ma
| tive Protestant plot at Kalihi, Hau-
been made at this place and in each
case it took two full days to blast g
grave out of the rock AS you al
know, unless some means is taken tt
| arrest decomposition changes in the
body, this is entirely too long for 1T tt
| remain above ground.
| Trusting that the Board will see fl
to take some action in this matter,
remain, Very respectfully,
| sc. H. TRACY,
/ City Sanitary Officer and Inspector o
| Cemeteries
| President Cooper remarked that the
question of cemeteries had been before
the Board for long time. It did no
seem to be advanced from what it wa.
several months ago. He thought tn,
matter should be referred to a commit
tee to ascertain if, something definit
could not be done.
On motion the suggestion was adop
ted and the president appointed Dr.
Mays, Mr.. Robinson and Attorne,
General Andrews as the committee.
/ VARIOUS MATTERS.
The executive was authorized to ad
1
months of 1904 for the Leper Settle
ment and the Insane Asylum, ais
for beef cattle, purchase of hides an
common carrier service for the former
DR.. D. S. Mccarthy, on favorabl
report of the board of medical exam
liners, was recommended for a licens
to practice, and on a request fror
DR.. L. S. Thompson, district physical
for Kau, DR.. Mccarthy was appointe
as his substitute during leave of al
sence.
A report of the medical member!
with draft of Lahaina sanitary regula
lions, was adopted.
Reports of the Honolulu sanitatio
officers and of Inspectors D. S. Bow
man of Hilo. and G. B. Schrader c
Wailuku, and L. M. Vetlesen of La