The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-09-17
MARKET At
WA|LUKU
Another Candi.
date for Food
Commissioner.
Consideration of Needs
of Sanitation in
Other Towns.
Cemetery Questions Come Up.
Missionary OF Physical and
Spiritual Help Rejected.

Waikiki is likely soon to have fish
market established, which will do away
| with the unregulated peddling of that
| article of food about town. William
| Kukona, fish inspector at Wailuku,
| wrote to the Board of Health asking
| for permission to start the market,
| owners. The request was readily
granted by the Board, whose members
all agreed it was a good thing for the
Maui metropolis.
| Those present were: DR.. c. B. Cooper,
president; Fred C. Smith, DR.. w. H.
Mays, Mark P. Robinson, S. K. Kane
and E. c. Winston, members; DIR. j.
S. B. Pratt, chief health officer; C.
Charlock. secretary; and Miss Mae
Weir, stenographer.
VARIOUS HILO MATTERS.
w. H. Jones, veterinary surgeon, sent
and veterinarian at Hilo which was ac-
cepted. The president was instructed
to communicate with Veterinarian Eliot
as to his taking the position. A sal
airy of $50 per month as Inspector of
animals was available from the Depart
ment of Public Works.
| President Cooper reported on the Hilo
| ditch question. He had seen Super
intendent of Public Works Cooper and
consulted with DR.. Pratt. No funds
We're available, but it was decided to
ask the government to employ prison
ers to clean out the ditch to the sea.
| The president also reported that nc
of repairs to the Hilo hospital This
condition was due to an oversight OF
the representatives of the district il
the Legislature.
MALULANI HOSPITAL.
Another report was made by thu
president for Dr. Mays and himself
, committee on the rules for the Malu
lani hospital, Waikiki, recommending
several amendments. The rule pro
posed by the trustees to give free treat
! ment to INDECENT native Hawaiian
should be made applicable to the in
digent of all nationalities, otherwise tn
government subsidy would not be pay
! able. It was advised the fee be mad
SO day for patients occupying rooms
: The exclusion of delirium tremens pa
: tents recommended was cut out a
being inhuman. 1t was asked that Dr.
: Armitage be placed upon the honorar
Z staff of the hospital
I All three reports were accepted
CEMETERIES.
DR.. Mays asked for more time for tn
committee on A. L. Perry's propose
3 cemetery site at Kapiolani tract, Ka
lihi. At the same time he had n
hesitation in saying that he was op
. posed to the multiplication of GENE
teries especially when body could b
sent to Pearl City cemetery for on
dollar. Time was granted.
The Board discussed the matter of
charge for disinterment permits, refer
ring it to the Attorney General for al
opinion as to the Boards power
MAUI MATTERS.
DR.. Pratt read his recommendation
on the districts of Lahaina, Wailuku
and Kahului. They made a distinction
in regulations as for the towns proper
and the outlying country sections. Il
was voted to refer the recommended
tons to the Attorney General
L. NJ. Vetlesen was chosen as health
inspector at Lahaina. there having
been three other applicants.
SERVICES NOT REQUIRED.
n. ]. Young wrote from Los Angeles
California, asking for permission to live
at the Molokai settlement He said
he was a missionary and preacher OF
the Church of the Nazarenes. All he
desired was somewhere to sleep at the
place and transportation to the Islands
He had no other purpose than the
physical and spiritual benefit of the
afflicted.
Mr.. Robinson moved. seconded by
Mr. Winston, that the request be de-
MED according to the UNMARRIED practice
of the Board with regard to all such
applications. Carried.
The petition of j. K. Kauai for a
permit to go to the Settlement was
granted under the usual restrictions
FOOD COMMISSIONER
r. A. Duncan sent in an application
for the vacant position of Food Com
| missioner. He held the degree of
Bachelor of Science from the Univer-
sfty of California. j. T. Crawley, su-
perintendent of the Hawaiian Fertilizer
Co, certified that Mr.. Duncan had been
chemist in that companys laboratory
since some time in 1902 and given full
satisfaction there.
President Cooper mentioned that the
Board had now applications from two
good men. 1t was voted to refer the
applications to the medical members