Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-09-10
TIN CAN CRUSADE
DOES VAST GOOD

The City Sanitary Officer and In
spector OF Cemeteries makes the fol-
lowing report for August:
Six new cesspools have been located
and dug.
Seven buildings have been altered or
moved to conform to sanitary regula-
tons.
Four 4S-hour notices served and
nuisances abated.
Twelve restaurants. seven lodging
houses and one hotel applied for GER
tifcates OF sanitary condition to OBJ
tain licenses and all except one lodg-
ing house were found to be In good
shape and certificates were issued.
One certificate OF lodging house,
held over from last month, was issued.
Three lodging house certificates are
held until the places are put into san
itary shape There can be $50 adults
lodged in these buildings licensed No
arrests made during the month.
A vast deal Of good has been done
by the work in reducing the number
OF mosquitoes. More than a hundred
wagon loads OF tin cans. bottles and
crOckery have been cleaned up from
vacant lots. gulches and alleyways and
besides all this, quantities of rubbish
and garbage have been gotten rid Of.
The people generally have been will
ing to give advice and occasionally 10
help and between the two we have
managed to get considerable work done
which otherwise was practically i'm
possible. People have also gotten rid
OF more or less stagnant water and e.
paired and closed their cesspools and
drains on their premises.
My assistant and have made 1926
inspections during the month.
The Inspection of burlals, disinter-
ments and cemeteries generally has
been carried on. There Is now less
trouble because the cemetery super
intendents understand that the graves
must be the required depth before a
burial will DO allowed, and usually
have the grave ready some time before
not always the case and funerals hav,
had TO wait in some cases as long M
two hours before the hole is the re-
Quired depth.
AS for the breaking into and through
other collins in digging hole, | an
now working on set of regulations
to cover this offense which | hope t
have ready in Il short time for sub
mission TO the Board for action.
900 9 g q g @ o g o o @ g Q @ @
molesting the dead, exposes and break
open collins, causing IA stencil. or willis
so digging happens, as the came nigh
be, to strike dirt that might be in
fected with microbes.
rs the party guilty OF misdeme
amor because Of digging the hole
Surely not. Is the party guilty OF com
man nuisance because he exposed co..
fins and deComposed bodies /? Surel.
not, the party having received the au
thority to dig the hole from the Boar
of Health. win the party be guilty
It resulted in spreading OF the microbe
OF the most horrible disease? No jur
In the country would convict the part,
under such circumstances. To the sec
ond question-Ans. Under the circum
stances, 1t Is not common nuisance
but good results might follow II ar
rests are made.
1T must be admitted In this matter
that in the performance of Christia
duty lawful in all reSDects great harr
might result. How are then the evil
that might happen as above men
toned be dealt with? The Board G
Health acting judiciously under an
within the aforementioned section
can no doubt make means and ways q
stopping the burying OF the dead |
cemeteries where II is already CROWD
ed"
-NS