Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-10-26

The Board of Health held regular
meeting yesterday afternoon, present
being President L. Z. Pinkham, DR..
wayson, F. c. Smith, DR.. Judd and
Abraham Fernandez.
President Pinkham submitted plans
for three cottages at the Kalihi Re.
ceiving Station, which were approved.
A petition was read from the IA.
laupapa Fishing Company asking per.
mission to run bakery shop. J. d.
McVeigh said this hui seemed to think
there was more money in baking than
in fishing. He was in favor of the
scheme as II was a good thing to have
the inmates do some kind of work
and could do no harm. The permits
sion was granted.
The following letter from Governor
Carter was read:
Executive Chamber,
Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct 90, 1905.
L. Z. Pinkham. Esq. President, Board
of Health, Territory OF Hawaii.
Dear Sir: Permit me to acknowl.
edge your No. 1925. October 20. |
herewith return the two copies of rules
and regulations under the title of
"Mosquito Prevention and Extermina.
tion," without my approval, for the
following reasons:
In the first place, while Section 991
of the Revised Laws authorize your
Board to make regulations respecting
nuisances, cause sof filth and causes
OF sickness, and there are further pro.
visions which require them to be pub.
lished and provide penalty for their
violation, yet should this authority be
invoked in the manner laid down by
these rules?
| 1t would appear to me that II you
desire to make the regulations of the
BOARD of Health respected and obeyed
they should only refer to those things
that are of grave importance and
would assist; in other words, near
those that can be practically enforced
Most of the regulations set forth II
this paper might prove very service
able printed on cards and distributed
the public being requested TO comply
with them in order TO do away with
the mosquitoes. But II they are mad,
part of your Rules and Regulations
and there is no way of enforcing them
would they not then cause loss o
respect for the Board?
On the other hand, an expression o
the Board of Health's opinion by ,
regulation which provides that al
ponds and pools of water, tanks, re
ceptacles, vases, cans. or anything
capable of holding water, or othe
places in which mosquitoes are breed
ing are causes of sickness and, there
fore, declared nuisances would be t
my mind better course to follow.
do not see how you are going I
invoke the authority OF law you hay
against person II he vacates a prem
Uses without emptying all the contain
ers Of water or protecting the waite
closet or tank so that the mosquitoe
can not breed therein. They are eel
tainly not nuisances at the time
vacates the premises. But on the oil
er hand, II you have regulation whic
provides that, in case mosquitoes ar
breeding there, then 1t is a nuisance
upon such an issue you might win on
Your Section 10 attempts to delegat
the authority of the Board to sui
ordinate officials, including the polio
officers of the counties. doubt whetl
er you can delegate such authority.
Your Section IL provides that all tar
fields found to be breeding places sha
be reported to the Board OF Healt
by the owners, occupiers, or officer
Of the Board OF Health or countie
Such a regulation will not make tn
owners report any further than the
do at present, and you have a statut
already making 1t the duty of certai
officials to report such matters.
The remaining regulations in regar
to the larvae.eating fish might be tai
. en- by some to be a usurpation OF lei
islative functions, although, OF cours
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