The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-29
MOSQUITO
CAMPAIGN
Government Help Is
Wanted For

The coming Legislature will be ask
ed to ofhcially recognize the crusade
against mosquitoes by making it a reg
ular bureau of some department of the
government. preferably the Board of
Health, and to make an appropriation
for it's maintenance.
The work has gone forward to such
an extent that the Citizens Mosquito
Committee. which began the work with
voluntary subscriptions from the pub
lie, feels that the city has been greatly
benefited by the work, and that the
government should now take hold OF
the matter and maintain the foothold
already gained against the pest.
This proposition was brought out yes
Terday afternoon at a meeting of the
Citizens Mosquito Committee. DR.. c.
r. Cooper. in the absence of L. E. Pink
ham, presided at the meeting which
was attended also by DIR. Day, DR.. J.
s. B. Pratt, Agent w. F. Hall, Dr.
L. E. cofer, D. L. Van Dine and W. A.
Bryan.
AGENT HALLS REPORT.
The report of Agent Hall on the
mosquito campaign work was as fol-
lows:
Mr. Chairman: I beg to report that
in the three months have been agent
for the committee have given a per
scnaI inspection to every house be-
{ tween Beretania, Alapai, Punahou
streets and the mountain. In several
sections of this district it was neces-
sary to make two and three house to
house inspections to finally locate the
nuisance While visiting this district
have found numerous containers such
as have been found during the progress
of this campaign well stocked with
mosquito larvae in their several stages
of development.
would like to call attention TO
new container, which 1 believe to be a
recent discovery and verifies work car
ried on in the United States, that IS,
as soon as one breeding place is de-
-stroyed the mosquito will seek others
and calls for continuous cooperation
of the citizens of this community to be
on the look out for new breeding places
The container I have above men
toned is the ordinary linseed oil tank
used as a flower stand about the ma
iority of premises. The oil tank is
well adapted for a flower stand and
as we'll for a breeding place for mos
quitoes, as it has at each end, fiange
or projection of about one inch and
holds enough water that seeps from
the flower pot to supply the neighbor-
hood with mosquitoes. This could be
overcome by making say half a dozen
holes in the top and bottom of the oil
tank.
Your agent has investigated COM
plants of numerous mosquitoes in GER
tain localities and found them in all
possible receptacles from a cesspool or
water tank down to an old shoe care
1essly thrown out in the yard. In all
/ have investigated over one hundred
complaints and as each complaint calls
for from one hour to days work
to find the source OF the trouble and
give the necessary instructions to abate
it, you can readily see that considerable
time was devoted to this kind of work
1t was found necessary to oil about
forty-five street catch basins two and
three times d month and several other
places such as the ditch on Kawaiahao
street from South to Ward streets.
AT WAIKIKI there were SIX pondS Wen
stocked with mosquito larvae, two
were cleaned of vegetable growth and
stocked with goldfish and four We're
cleaned, and eiti-er completely drained
or outlets deepened to allow a free flow
in and out of the ponds and thereby
destroying the larvae by allowing the
fish to have free access: to the ponds. |
I tried to work up the subscription for
this years expenses. but my time being |
taken up with other work, such as
keeping the records and decreasing the
mosquitoes. was compelled to drop
it for the present
The subscription list for this years
expenses is $1,000 per month and should
in my opinion be Increased considerable
to carry on the work with success
Respectfully submitted,
W. F. HALL.
Agent