The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-10-30
TYPHOID FEVER
AND PLANTATIONS

President Robinson of the Board of
Health is going down to Kahuku plan.
tation today to personally look into
health conditions. There have been
seventy-three cases of typhoid fever
there during the present season, and
the infection is becoming widespread.
Reports of the sanitary conditions of
at least one of the laborers' camps on
the plantation, made by DIR. Pratt,
show serious state of affairs. An
extended report was made by him to
the board yesterday. II was accompa.
MED by photographs showing a source
of water supply liable to the worst con-
! tamination. Water closets are located
| over irrigating bitches from which wa.
ter for domestic purposes is taken.
| DIR. Pratt said I'M his report that tho
entire camp ought to be removed. ito
another location where proper drainage
and suitable water supply could BIO
obtained. If this could not be done he
recommended radical changes in the
means to be used for keeping the wa,
ter supply uncontaminated, and for pre-.
venting the spread of eontagion, +"
haulcal measures necessary. ga
The board has called the attention of
the directors of the company to 4 the
matter and expects the directors to
take measures that will prevent the ap.
palling mortality that has taken place
there in the past. President Robinson
| goes to the plantation himself to SEQ
| just what the situation is.
| DIR. Pratt also made n report on some
of the laborers camps at Waialua
plantation and made recommendations
for changes in some of these in order
to safeguard against insanitary condi.
lions and the spread of infection He
recommended especially that the plan
tation should employ an intelligent
sanitary officer to act under the direc.
ton of the plantation physician, to sec
that the camps were kept in sanitary
condition.
Typhoid on Hawaii.
DIR. Archer Irwin, reporting on the
same subject from the Island of Ha.
waii, in communication to the board
said:
| During the month there has been
| quite an epidemic of typhoid fever at
kamaee and Honohina and also mt Pa.
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paaloa amongst the Japanese laborers.
1 attribute it in every case to infected
water closets with flies as the carriers
of the contagion. Until the Board of
Health impresses on managers the need
of proper disposal of night soil, we
will have typhoid continually in la.
borers camps, more especially on those
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qua, Honolulu, petitioned the board to
enanse lhe name OF Corkserew Alley
10 orPheuh Lane. rms thoroughfare
runs from fort to Emma streets be-
nv nmeen peretania ana vineyard street.
lhey aiso want Few electric lights in
stated TO light the tortuous thorough,
iare Oh the suggestive name.
Also, they want the sewer pipe which
now EXTENDS only part OF the length
OF the street, extended through to<en-
apie connection with the sewer to be
nlaue ana cesspoois 10 be done away
"i'h'
| When the Dam is Done.
Chairman Hustace suggested that as
the naming of streets and sewerage
matters were under the control of tbe
Superintendent of Public Works the no.
tition had better be returned to the
petitioners with the suggestion tina,
they petition the board as to electric
lights only. Supervisor Archer said ~
would be impossible to give any more
electric lights now until the Nuuanu
dam was completed and the necessary
power connected up. Then they would
be able to supply about 700 new lights
but until then, none whatever.
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