Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-10-07

submitted the following report on his
Maui trip:
L. Pinkham, Esq,
President, Board of Health.
Sir:-Acting under your instructions
lett for Maui Sept. 18th at IL noon
and arrived at Lahaina at 7:15 p. IN.
That evening. saw Supervisor Henning
and DR.. Burt and made arrangements
for the following dav
In the morning and part of the aft
ernoon of Sept. 18th, inspected the
places which / had found in such bad
on my previous trip, in com.
pany with Deputy Sheriff Lindsey.
Policeman Laffey and Inspector Cock.
EFT. | considered, after as thorough
an inspection as the time would per
nit. that the inspector had been ut
tending to his duties and had accom-.
plished quite little.
In the afternoon. in company with
Or. Burt and Policeman Laffey, / Wis.
tied the Kaanapali makai camp and
found that little had been done. Upon
my return to Lahaina, | saw Manager
Scrimgeour and he assured me 1t
would be attended to at once. Delay
was due to their having three vessels
TO unload.
Sept. 18th. Left for Wailuku at 5:45
am. and upon arrival there was met by
Inspector George Weight and arranged
ior a general inspection of Market
street. Rain coming on after about
two hours work. the inspections had
10 be discontinued until Monday. Had
a conversation with Supervisor Corn.
well on the sanitary conditions of
Wailuku.
Sept. 18th. Spent all the morning
and part of the afternoon in inspect.
ing Wailuku, particularly Market
street, with Inspector Weight and ma.
king suggestions. Also inspected two
Of the Waikiki plantation camps near
Market street. In the afternoon made
a trip to Waihee and made q general
Inspection of the camps.
Sept. 10Th. Went to Kahului with
Inspector Weight and made an inspec.
lion of the Chinese and Japanese quar-.
ters and also the Kahului Camp. In
the afternoon. by appointment. inspec.
ted places with Supervisor Cornwell,
who seems to take an interest in san.
itary matters.
Sept. Goth. Left at 1920 for Spreck.
clsville with Inspector Weight. Vas
met by DR.. Dinegar and went on a
special train to the various camps OF
the II. c. & S. Co. and Puunene Hos
pltal and from there to Kihei to visi,
the camps there. Returned to catch
the steamer at Kahului at y. m. ioI
Honolulu via Lahaina.
Went ashore at Lahaina while tht
steamer was there and saw Supervisor
Hehning and DR.. Burt on several mat
ters. Left for Honolulu at about II
y. m. and arrived in Honolulu at 4: 81
q. m, September 2lst.
| The insanitary conditions In Wal
luku are mostly confined to both side'
of Market street and the adjacen
properties and are beyond description
The lots are narrow and not very deel
and are almost entirely covered will
| balance of the back yards, in many In
stances, are used for stabling horses
This does not apply to all the build
/ ings along Market street, as SOM
have been erected lately. and, with
! lew improvements, couls be put in
sanitary condition. A number of thes
buildings are very old, with the floor
| right on the ground and are about tw
/ 10 three feet below the level OF tn
street.
Very few of the places have sinks
most of them having a wooden bo
with hole and the water dischprge
IL lAn
wooden drain into cesspool.
The privies are old and open; the
are also very foul, and. in many In
stances, only a few feet away froI
sleeping apartments.
Almost all the cesspools are partia
ly open and some few Of them hav
wooden vents.
The two camps of the Wailuku plar
tation, referred to having been visite
on the 18th, were in a very insanitar
condition, with virtually no sanitary a
rangements in the way Of sinks Q
wash floors.
called on Manager Wells and b
promised to give the camps his atteI
ton.
Nearly every one of the old building
on Market street are owned by Mr.
Aluli. called on her and advised he
TO tear down the three worst ones, a
Il was impossible to put them in
sanitary condition. She asked for
few days in which to consider the ma
ter.
In regard to the sanitary conditio
of the Chin.se and Japanese quarter