The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-01
BOARD OF HEALTH
HOLDS MEETING
LAUNDRIES AND BARBER SHOPS
RECEIVING THE ATTENTION OF
THE AUTHORITIES. ~


Health held yesterday afternoon, per-
mits were granted for the establish
ment of two wash houses to be built
and operated according to regulations
and specifications of the board. One OF
these is to be built by Y. Amin, who
expects to have twenty or more Chi
nese laundrymen associated with him
on a small scale; and the other is an
enterprise projected by Theodore Ricn-
ards, who claims to have application
from twenty-five laundrymen for
the use of the place he will build
These two concerns, together with one
taroena factory of DR.. Vile, on Liliha
street, will be probably the only ones
in the business. In granting the two
permits yesterday, the Board made a
proviso that in case either should not
be managed in accordance with the
rules of the board, it should be closed,
the other agreeing to enlarge sufficient.
ly to do the work of both.
In Honolulu, in order that sanitary
washing of clothes may be assured,
all the washing is required to be done
under supervision of the Board of
Health. Up to the time of the last
Legislature the government maintain
ed wash houses at Iwilei; but these
have been done away with, and the
business is thrown into private hanus,
though still under supervision of the
Health department.
In granting a permit to Y. Amin,
President Pinkham of the Board, ex-
planned the regulations which the
Board had insisted on, as follows:
I'VE stipulated the building should
have the floors, walls and division
walls to the height of about six feet
made of reinforced concrete smooth
finish, all corners to be rounded, the
grade such a building could be flush
ed out, the roof to over hang so as to
allow an arrangement of perfect ven
tilation. Hot water was to be fur
nished from a central heating plant.
1T was further stipulated there
should be no cooking, sleeping or hui
man habitation within the building.
'The number of rooms required
would be about forty
President Pinkham stated that the
Board was now preparing to see to the
strict enforcement of the law applying
to sanitation in barber shops, as en-
bodied in Act 20, Sessions Laws of
1907. These regulations will insure
customers of barber shops clean SER
vice, and reduce to minimum the
chances for the spread of disease.
In his message to the Board Presi-
dent Pinkham also touches on other
matters as follow:
Il am glad to present to you DR.. w.
d. Baldwin as a member Of the Board
of Health, succeeding DR.. James A. .Tuud
who certainly had more than his share
of gratuitous public duties, and in
tightening them states he enjoyed his
duties with you and did not wish to
avoid public service but his time was
unduly so occupied. / am sure we
have esteemed it a privilege to have
DR.. Judd with us and tender him such
sentiments.
Il herewith present a letter of with
drawal from DR.. w. G. Rogers who has
so kindly given his services at the dis
pensary to the indigents needing his
skill as a specialist in diseases of the
eye and ear The appreciative thanks
of the Board are due him.
plans have been made and the con-
struction will be at once begun of a
new building at the Insane Asylum
for forty patients.
This we design to relieve the old
Administration building so It can be
fitted up as an infirmary for the deteu,
ton under the sheriff's orders of per,
sons suffering from known temporary
ALTERATION or effects of liquor or drugs
for observation and treatment pending
a legal determination of their sanity.
THE annual report of the President
of the Board of Health for the year
ending June Both, 1907, has been com,
pleted and Transmitted TO the governor
of the Territory 1t carefully covers
the period. / understand all reports
will in the future conform to the
official period Of the United States gov