The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-01-08
LAUNDRY
PROBLEM.
The Public Wash.
houses Over.
crowded.

the report or the City sanitary otncer
at the meeting of the Board Of Health
yesterday. Following is the document:
| Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 81, 1908.
DR.. c. b. Cooper, President Board of
| Health.
| Sir: Following is the report of the
City Sanitary officer and Inspector of
Cemeteries for the months of Novem-
Der and December, 1908.
Owing to the reorganization of the
force during November, 1t has been
| difficult until the present time to make
| a report showing any results whatever.
! Each inspector was shifted into a
new district entirely and one man was
given entire charge Of the one hundred
and fifty hog ranches lying within the
four-mile limit; he also has supervision
of all swill wagons. Another inspector
has charge Of all applications of lodg-
Ing houses, hotels and restaurants for
certificates OF sanitary condition and
sees to 1t that each place is sanitary
before approving the certificate. the
inspectors in turn report for special
duty every afternoon, Saturday and
| Sunday included at 1 o'clock. They
are usually detailed to inspect one or
are made at the regulation depth. In
connection with this we are keeping
complete record of every burial show
ing the time OF burial, number of collins
exposed or broken open, amount of rock
| and water encountered and any other
notes relative to this matter. The fol
| low up" system of keeping track of the
work done by the inspectors has been
made more perfect and Is now mat
ter of record showing the date wnen
| the nuisance was first noted, its loca-
| ton and character, the party RESPONSE
| BILE, the tenants of the premises, the
| inspector to whom the nuisance was
| reported for abatement, the date re-
ported upon, and the time the matter
| was finished.
| In spite of the two flshmarkets, we
have had more trouble than ever with
fsh-peddlers. Nine times out of ten
the fish hawked about by these men
are those which have lain on the slabs
in the market until practically unsal-
able owing to the presence of fresher
fish, and are then taken by. these ped
dlers and sold about the city. Inva-
riably these fish are unfit for food.
Three offenders have been caught
violating the law by peddling fish and
we have prosecuted in court and secur-
ed a conviction in each case. One man
being a new hand at the business was
reprimanded and discharged upon his
showing that he had job on plan
tation and was going to work in two
days. The other two were punished
with fines and the costs of court.
new source of trouble which until
the last three months has assumed no
very great proportions is the number
of laundries which have been Started
principally in the large tenement
houses by Japanese. The law requires
that all washing for hire be done at
the Government wash-houses at Iwllei,
though the ironing may be done any
where. These Japanese, however, were
working on such a small scale, washing
as rule for one or more persons, that
they hardly came within the pale or the
law. A new phase developed which
has forced us to take action, and that
was that in places where there was no
sewer the cesspools were filled by these
washerwomen allowing the taps to run
full force for hours at a time. For
the last three months the excavator
service has been hard pushed to keep
even and at times was unable to do so.
We made one arrest and secured
conviction and expect shortly to make
others, though evidence is hard to get
The Government sewer in Nuuanu
avenue from Kukui street to the Queen !
Hotel has been subscribed for by the |
property owners, and If the entire sys-
TEN of the city is not completed by |
funds appropriated for this purpose in |
the Loan Act, this piece of sewer will |
be laid at private expense.
Very respectfully,
(SigneO C. II. TRACY.
City Sanitary officer and Inspector of
Cemeteries.
Mr.. Winston asked why the inspec-
tors We're changed round from one dis
trict to another.
DR.. Cooper gave the reply, which
seemed satisfactory to the questioner. to
the effect that an inspector was liable
to become less strict the more he be-
came acquainted with the residents Of
a district.
The president also spoke Of the wash
house question. An application had
been received from Japanese for
quarters In the wash-houses at Iwilei,
but the accommodations there were
full. Something should be done rather
than allow new laundries to be started
In residence sections. He suggested q
cottage in the vicinity for the appli-
cant, as temporary expedient. IL the
Government was going to run that de-
partment 1t ought to do 1t properly.
On motion OF Mr.. Winston, seconded
by Mr.. Smith. the matter was referred
to the committe appointed to confer
with the Board of Supervisors relative
to district physicians.
PNEUMONIA always results from
cold OF an attack OF influenza. Cham