The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-18
HEALTH BOARD
Continued from Page One,)

/ a copy or a letter to the Superintend
| ent of Public Works on the same sinh
| ject. In these letters Mr.. Richard
/ said that he had written them pripci
| pally to make a record of the matter
When he built his laundries. instead o.
connecting them with the sewer. h,
had adopted a sewerage disposal pla1
suggested by the building INSPECTOR
and approved by the Board of Health
which he had been assured would sat
isfy every requirement of health anG
sanitation. Within six months it haC
proved a failure, and at an additional
expense of $1,000 he had connected
with the sewer at a rate fixed by tht
Superintendent of Public Works, He
accepted the situation, but should his
sewer rates be advanced in the future
unless as part of a genera advance
in rates, he reserved his right to re-
course on the Board of Health.
\ motion was made to file the let.
ter. DR.. WaysOn said that was all thew
could do. but that Orchards had a
kick coming, all right, as he had put
in the first sewage plant on the rec
ommendatiOn of an officer of the
board. -
The Board of Medical Examiners re-
ported that DIR. Francis Wong Leone
had passed successful examination
in medicine and surgery and was ad-
mitted to practise.
On Tai Brothers applied for a per
NIT for a laundry on Vineyard street,
and it was granted.
A map of the Molokai Settlement,
prepared by the Survey Department,
and showing the location of every
building, road and water pipe line in
the settlement was presented to the
board. A vote of thanks to the Sur
vey Department was adopted.
A couple of petitions from the set
one for kolua and the other
for the removal of a boy from the
Baldwin Home to live with his mother
were refused on a showing that it
would be better not to grant them.
The reports from the various depart
ments, of the work of the board for
the months of July and August were
During July in the mos
quito campaign 2341 cesspools, privy
vaults, holes and low places, swamps,
ponds, catch basins. and troughs, were
oiled; 719 receptacles containing water
were turned over; 931a loads OF tin
cans, bottles, and such like, were re-
moved to the dumps and 5S7 gallons
of oil were used. It is stated that in
the majority of the eesspools, privy
vaults, and receptacles containing wa
ter. wrigglers were found.
The report of the rat campaign shows
that more than a thousand rats a week
are now being caught. More than a
thousand traps are set daily, and the
shotgun campaign is going on. The
cost of catching rats has now been re-
1uced to less than ten cents apiece.
In Seattle during the campaign there
against plague the cost of catching rats
was about $3.50 each.
President Robinson announced the
standing committees:
Committee on Kalihi Receiving Sta
,ion-Dr. J. T. Wayson, J. F. Morgan.
Kapiolani Girls Home-Dr. J. T.
Nayson, F. C. Smith.
Insane Asylum. F. Morgan, F. O.
Smith, Dr. J. T. Wayson and DIR. c. A.
Peterson.
Molokai-The whole Board.
Government Dispensary-F. c. Smith,
Or. James T. Wayson.
Office and Morgue-C. R. Hemenway,
Or. ]. T. Wayson, d. Kalauokalani, f.
:. Smith.
KewalO and Kakaako-Dr. J. T. Way
on, c.. R. Hemenway, D. Kalauokalani.
Petitions. F. Morgan, DR.. J. T.
Nayson, D. Kalauokalanl
New Regulations-C r. Hemenway,
Or. J. T. Wayson, F, G. Smith.
Quarantine, Fumigation and Disinfec-
ion-Dr. J. T. Wayson, F. G. Smith,
7. F. Morgan.
Finances and Expenditures-F. g.
smith, c. R. Hemenway.
Revision of Rules and Regulations
Dr. J. T. Wayson, J. F. Morgan, f, g.
smith. c. r. Hemenway. !
Government Physicians and Reports
DIR. J. T. Wayson, F. G. Smith
Hospitals-Dr. J. T. WaysOn, F. c. !
smith.
Cemeteries-Dr J. T. Wayson, J. F.
Iorgan, d. Kalauokalani.
Ducks and Pig Ranches-D. Kalau-
kalani, J. F. Morgan, DR.. j. T. Way |
on.