The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-07
ALIVE IF It
IS HEADLESS
DR.. Mays Presides
Over Health
Board.
Expressions of Esteem
Toward the Retired
President.
New Settlement Entsrprises.-Clean
Paper Money Insane
Asylum Report.

DR.. w. H. Mays presided at the
meeting of the Board of Health yester-
day, with him being present Dr.. c. B.
Cooper, Fred. C. Smith, Mark P. Rob-
inson, John G. Lane and Deputy Attor-
ney General Peters. c. CharIock, secre-
tary. was in attendance, also DR.. ]. s.
B. Pratt. city sanitary officer
PETITIONS.
Al petition from E. A. GaIaspo, with
a letter from Superintendent =. D. Nc
Weigh, was granted. 1t was for per-
mission to conduct a bakery at Kala-
wac and to deliver bread anywhere in
the Settlement.
A petition of Kanikau and Harvest.
asking permission to open a new fish
market at the Settlement, was granted
on the favorable report of superintend-
emit Mcveigh The stipulation was in
ciuded that the same privileges be
given to the petitioners as Thos. K.
Nathaniel enjoyed.
samuel e. Woolley. president of Ha-
waiian Mission of Church of Jesus
Christ Of Latter Day Saints. wrote for
permission to Elders David Johnson
and VIM NJ. waddoups to go to the
settlement and remain about seven
days, for the purpose of defeating
new house of worship. On motion of
DIR. Cooper the request was granted.
CLEAN PAPER MONEY.
Clarence E. Dawson, secretary of the
Post Check Currency Bureau. wash
ington. D. c., wrote letter to secre-
tary Charlock, which was ordered to
be filed and acknowledged. Besides
thanking the Board for its courtesy,
the writer said:
I'VE duly received your kind favor of
the 5th, quoting the resolutions adopt
ed by the Board of Health of Hawaii,
with reference to the hygienic advan-
tages that would be derived from the
adoption of the Post Check System.
The Board is to be congratulated upon
the progressive stand it takes in urging
the adoption OF a measure which would
not only furnish the people a much
needed postal convenience, but would,
as you state in the resolutions, with
draw paper money from circulation be-
fore it becomes foul and a source of in
lection. It is indeed an important
hygienic measure and the health
boards of number Of States and a
large number of medical publications
of prominence have, in the last few
months, devoted much time and atten-
ton to the proposed legislation. and
many have Joined us in urging favor
able action by Congress. We
are very glad to be able to number
the Board of Health of Hawaii among
these
THE INSANE ASYLUM.
The quarterly report of the Insane
Asylum rendered by Dr. H. c. Slog-
gett, medical superintendent, was read
and filed. 1t showed a total of It's
patients, 1872 males and 4S females,
divided by nationalities as follows:
Hawaiians A. Chinese SO, Portuguese
e. Japanese "a, American z, English 2,
German g. Norwegian 2, French 1, East
Indian I, West Indian 1, Manila 1, Gen.
tral American 1, S. S. Islands 8, Gill
bert Islands 8, Polish 1, Porto Rican z,
part Hawaiian 6, Scotch 1.
During the quarter 1, 18 were recejv-
ed, 20 discharged and 4 died.
PLUMBING AND SEWERS.
E. G. Keen, inspector of buildings.
plumbing and house sewers, reported
the work of his Office for the month
of March as follows:
Plumbing plans fled and permits is
sued for same, 43.
Number of pieces of plumbing work
finished and accented 30
Number of fixtures placed, as above,
90.
Sewer connections made, 20.
Forty (40) houses were connected to
the sewer during the month, 80 of
which were upon the line of the new
sewer.
Fourteen Q4) building permits were
received and approved.
During the month II building sites
We're inspected, % inspections made of
buildings under construction. 20 in
spections made where interior changes
We're being made
A total of 2O4 inspections were made
during the month of which $50 were
of plumbing.
OTHER REPORTS.
The letter of Dr. c. L. Stow, Hilo, of
which the substance was previously
given in the Advertiser. was read and
ordered to be acknowledged by the
secretary.
h I. Moore, superintendent of Loeb
View pearl City, cemetery, wrote a
letter informing the Board of its sys-
tenn Of marking graves so that each one
would always be capable of identifica-
ton. 14Ew
DR.. Cooper expressed the opinion that |
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