The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-02-07
TO The HILLS.

having no HdldTldl IeNcT anu hOhe VI
the anopheles mosquito that propa-
gates the malady. A large quorum
OF the Hawaiian Medical Association.
considering the question, had. but one
mind in that gratifying conclusion.
Yet, as we have other species of the
pestiferous insect, we may one day
be visited by Mrs. Anopheles. This
possibility should lend a powerful
stimulus to the crusade against all
kinds of mosquitoes found here, which
was started through a citizen move
ment about two years ago. Though the
campaign has at times appeared to
languish-it certainly has lacked the
degree of popular enthusiasm at its
back which it should always have
there is no gainsaying the fact that the
nuisance mas been considerably di-
minished. Since whatever the good re-
suits may amount to are very much
due to the enlistment of individuals
In the cause, to the extent of taking
measures for protecting their own
homes, there is good reason for hoping
that complete extirpation of the pest,
might be realized by means of more
strenuous missionary work among in
telligent householders and some en-
HANGED official pressure upon the peo-
! pie who lack intelligence. AS to the
| latter part of the campaign, 1t ought
| to mean but the addition of a single
item to the details of sanitary inspec-
ton, namely, the treating as a nui-
sance of any still water receptacles
found upon private grounds equally
with any disease breeding refuse.
| Thus far depression to improve an
occasion. The immediate Significance
Of the discussion held by the medical
gentlemen on malaria is its repetition
of lesson that has been periodically
read to the people of Honolulu for Some
years past. This is the hygienic adj
| visibility of going to the hills envir-
oning the city for homes. The cloud
of miasmatic vapor which DIR. Herbert
spoke about does not rise to great
height, being absent from the median
slopes of Punchbowl excepting in rare
Gains. 1t is strongly present upon the
plains that extend in a very slight
gradient back from the reefs. No doubt
the morning mist is held somewhat by
the profuse tropical foliage that, in its
prime function, constitutes the chief
beauty of the older residence sections.
Although the local fever that is attrib-
uted to paludai civilizations is not q
particularly dangerous malady, it is
bad enough to be avoided by all ra-
tional means. Living at a goodly ele-
walton above the lower, or coral bench,
of the town plot has for some time been
recognized as means of immunity
! from febrile affections of the human
system. Gradually the people have
been moving their residences up into
the foothills and the slopes of the val
I ley sides, this movement of population
having occasionally been accelerated
by the opening of new residence tracts.
With the large proportion of Orient
ais and natives Of the laboring class in
the population of Honolulu, probably
| ii would he idle to imagine time
when the fiat ground adjacent to the
sea and harbor frontage will not be
numerously inhabited. Therefore, in
sanitary conditions in which these PEG.
pie live, will, to the degree wherein
they are neglected, constitute a menace
from the inviting of epidemics that,
when they come, are liable to spread
beyond the confines wherein they orig
mated For the people living in the
hills must come down to the marts
and exchanges near tidewater. mo
man liveth to himself" is a scriptural
maxim that has never greater force
than when applied to the sanitary con-
ditions of community.
Thereby another lesson from the med
ical gentlemen's discussion of fevers is
to be learned and put into practical
effect. The sanitation of the city ought
to be made, in times when no danger
Immediately threatens, one of the chief
concerns Of the Government and Of the |.
mercantile and Industrial organiza-
tons. 1t should be ascertained by sci
entific inquiry whether the matutinal
vapors indicated at the doctors meet
ing cannot be minimized, If not abol-
ished, by extending the drainage sys-
TEN. If anything is lacking toward the
prevention of sewer gas exhalations. 1t
should be discovered and the remedies
applied. The poorer classes should be
fully warned of the dangers of sleep
ing close to the ground. There is a
building regulation to establish mini
! mum height of house floors from the
ground and it should be vigorously en-
| forced. Swampy and damp ground
ought to be condemned against becom-
ing home sites.
To the hills! This advice to all who
can go there. 3,
To the greatest attainable height of
sanitary science let the authorities. rep
resenting the governing people. strive
to reach. In protecting the helpless
and shiftless We do protect ourselves.
EVIL communication always did cor
rupt good manners. Note that a San
Francisco police commissioner has been
summarily removed from office for i'm