The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-01-07
is UP TO- THE
SUPERVISORS
BOARD OF HEALTH ADDRESSES
THE COUNTY BOARD ABOUT
HEALTH OFFICERS.

The Board of Health yesterday APP
proved the draft of letter to Boards
of Supervisors, asking the latter to
make provision for the employment of
Health officers to take the place of the
government physicians. The letter
will be sent to each of the five county
boards.
A letter was received from Mrs. Kaa-
ialii HUI, asking that her husband be
sent to her at the Ieper settlement as
helper and that her four children,
whom she left on Hawaii, be also sent.
The woman stated that the children
were all affected with leprosy and that
the deputy sheriff of Kamauoha was
aware of The fact. Mrs. Hu said she
would rather see them taken care of
at the settlement than hiding them
selves in the woods
A report was received from City
Sanitary Officer Tracy, in which he
told of a reorganization of the force of
inspectors, all of them having been
changed to new districts. Dr. Cooper
explained in answer to a question from
Winston that the men were likely to be
more strict when less closely acquaint-
ed with the people they visited in their
inspection tours, hence the changes.
Tracy also reported the following new
difficulties encountered:
"In spite of the two fishmarkets, we
have had more trouble than ever with
fish-peddlers. Nine times out of ten
the fish hawked about by these men
are those which have lain on the slabs
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able owing to the presence of fresher
fish, and are then takenIby these ped
dlers and sold about the city. Inva-
riably these fish are unfit for food.
Three offenders have been caught vio-
lating the law by peddling fish and we
have prosecuted in court and secured
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 a plan
tation and was going to work in two
days. The other two were punished
wit hfnes and the costs of court.
"A 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 Iwilei,
though the ironing may be done any
where. These Japanese, however, were
working on such a small scale, washing
as a rule for one or more persons that
they hardly came within the pale of 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 eXcavatOT
service has been hard pushed to keep
Ieven and at times was unable to do So
We made one arrest and secured a
conviction and expect shortly to make
other, though evidence is hard to get.
, THE Government sewer in Nuuanu
avenue from Kullui street to the Queer
Hotel has been subscribed for by the
property owners, and if the entire sys'
tenn of the city is not completed by
funds appropriated for this purpose ii
/ the Loan Act this piece of sewer vii
be laid at private expense"
The matters were referred to DR.
Cooper and Attorney General Andrews
the committee having in charge con
: ference with the supervisors regarding
/ health officers.
; Plumbing Inspector Keen made a re
! port on the work Of his department
[ His report stated that by January tn
lsewage system had been extended til
it was in use by $4,000 people.
! One hundred and seven samples o
/ milk examined by r. A. Duncan, Foo
! commissioner, in December were re
lported with details Of analyses by tina