Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-11-29
piNKHAM DISCUSSES
J, lOR AND WASHING

20 Wv lf'hih VI iiNhiNi 'N'iN'N"s
said:
The Loan Fund appropriations, Leg.
islativc Session, 1905, by Act 6. pro.
ided the sum of sl4,500.00 for new
laundries in Honolulu This sum was
intended t. replace the insanitary
wash houses owned by the govern.
ment at iwilci
The President of the Board present.
cd plans. dr avn through-thc courtesy
Ur the Won Hamm.YoWng Co.. Ltd. for
q first class disinfCcting steam wash.
ing and drying laundry, provided with
ihC most modern machinery.
1t WIS contemplated the Territor.
ial Government should own the build.
Ing only, the machinery to be owned
md operated by some organization Of
the laundrymen. which organization
should provide for accession to their
numbers. that no exclusion should be
practiCed.
Except washing, the other opera.
tions were to be continued as at pres
cnt. The plans were presented to the
Department of Public Works.
During the session of the Lcgisla.
turC. Session of 1907, by Act III the
right Ct washing for hire was extend.
ed CScCtIun 1868 Il. L. from govern
mont owned wash houses to those
designated in the Act as cor In such
! BUILDINGS MS maybe approved and dos.
,gnatpd by the Board of Health"
It would he almost an impOssibility
| 20 watch wash houses scattered all
ever the city. and certainly the cit.
! ;zons cannot wish q renewal or rCpC.
ution of conditions that have existed
at Iwiloi and formerly on the Nuuanu
stream.
Mr.. T.. G.. Keen. building inspector,
'Gtcr unrCmitung effort and patience
has succeeded In having excellent and
sanitary wash houses and aCCOmmO.
lations erected on Vineyard street
nd directly opposite on Liliha street
Provision Is made for thirty.si%
wash rooms CQualing the former mum.
ter at lwil"i.
These buildings are built Of con.
cote. With walls L inches thick and
shout c foot 6 inches high. AMI have
"pucrot" floors draining to an putsilC
"unCrCt" drain. Tho concrete IL re-.
uforccd with expanded metal. Above
the concrete the material Is wood with
corrugated iron roofing. The vCntil.
alton Is very ampic and openings on
ino street side arc screened.
In behalf Of public deccncy doors
and low windows are not permitted
on the street, nor Is habitatiOn or
cooking allowed within these build.
.ugs.
The waste wash water Is filtered
and the sOaTy substance Is extracted
before the water is discharged into
| Nuuanu river. Thirty.two of the thir
| ,y.six wash rooms are occupied.
The President of the Board relying
on the authority given in Act III
amending Section 1865 z. l.. has re.
SISTED all attempts to scatter laun.
cries.
The subject is now before the
Board by the application of one Sing
WO tor permission to erect wash
house on Fort street above School
street.
look Mt this as an entering wedge
TO scatter laundrics all over Honolulu.
1 would seem a question of the plac'
| ing of private rights over the general
good Of the community. The opinion
e the Attorney General has been
! sought
The Queen Hospital by its Vice
| President, the Hon. l.. +. Bishop, act.
ing on the conclusions of the oXccu'
tive committee and medical STAFF, have
in communication under date ol
| October 25th Informed the Board Of
! Health rs to the conditions regulating
! the treatment of disease in that instl'
tuition.
| LIST: 4 list of diseases prohibited.
End: An agreement 10 admit non
| contagious, nOn-infcCtlous diseases
! known to be iucurable nut requiring
alieviatiOn from some intcrcurrcnt
condition, with the understanding that
when relieved or their intercurrent
ailments they VIII be discharged OF
removed to some institution for incur
ablcs.
Bird; No limitations, except that OF
= failure Of accommodations so long
az the Queens Hospital Is legitimate
~ used and its care limited to thc
requirements of Legitimate mcdica
relief for intC.current disease III in
CIrabes rs designated in paragraph
No. ..
4th:-TEc QUccu's EC~pital is no
only willing but anxious to cooperate
with the Board of Health in the car,
Of the classes indicated and to &C
Commodato the Board in all possible
ways while it diligently seeks to pro
vide for such.
9Th: The Queens Hospital for fin
nncial and other reasons does not lav
or the establishment of an isolation
ward
The Queens Hospital Is an lnstitu
lion of great usefulness and the Pres
ident of the Board can only express