The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-30
DOCTOR To GIVE
HIS WHOLE TIME
New Plan for Government
Physician for City of
Honolulu.

Y
ing yesterday 91,;rnOOn. This aeti
was taken on a report by the comm
tee on gOvei nment physicians subm
ted by Dr. James T. Wayson and Ere
C. Smith. This report set out the di
fieuIties of the situation and the nee
of government physician whose who
time could be had. The report state
that what was needed was physlela
who would attend daily during give
hours at the dispensary, treating p
tients there; who would also visit a
their homes in eases of illness wher
otherwise no physician would be ealle
in, or where, if a physician is called i
ne win 90 without hope of eOmPensa
fion. Another duty for the government
physician is to attend at the homes 70
boys and girls of leprous parents; an'
finally that he shall make all medica
examinations and vaccinations required
in the public schools of the district Of
Honolulu. 1t was recommended thai
the salary be made $50.
DIR. Homer Hayes of Molokai was
appointed. DR.. Hayes has been for the
past eighteen months the government
physician on the Island of Molokai.
But he wrote a letter resigning that
position saying that after eighteen
months of effort to make both ends
meet he had been unable to even keep
himself well-mounted, necessity where
such long distances are traversed. His
resignation was accepted, and his APP
pointment to the new position was
made.
This appointment displaees DR.. A. n.
Sinclair, who has been in the service
of the board for a long time but who
could not give his whole time to the
work. A vote of appreciation for his
long and valuable services was adopted.
DIR. J. s. B. Pratt, general health and
sanitary officer, reported that the
health in Koolaupoko was about the
sar.e as in July Treatment was con-
ffnued in ten old cases and there were
sixteen new patients. Ninety-three
housa visits were made and nine office
visits. A distance of 225 miles was
travelled in visiting patients and seven
trims over the Pail were made.
Regarding the mosquito campaign DR..
Pratt says: Seventeen complaints in re-
gard to mosquitoes were received and
were investigated, the breeding places
located and abolished.
A number of persons have volunteer
ed the information that they have
noticed an improvement and in some
instances an entire absence of mosqui'
toes since the work has been inaugu-
rated.
The following is the report of the
detail work done in the mosquito cam
paign during August:
Cesspools oiled, 402-
Privy vaults oiled, 400
Holes and low places oiled, 24Os.
Swamps oiled, 201.
Ponds oiled, 8.
Troughs oiled, 81.
Reeeptaeles containing water turned
over, 4s6.
! Loads tin cans, bottle-, etc.. removed |
30 dump, 1912.
Gallons oil used, 1872.
Food Inspector Duncan made the |
following report concerning milk in
spection and soda water analysis:
! 1 respectfully present my report for
the months of July and August, 1905.
Mix samples examined, July, Homo
lulu, "a milk samples examined, July, |
Hawaii, II; adnlterated samples, four
from Hawai-. none from Honolulu.
Samples examined, August, Honolulu,
&C; samples below standard, August, .. |
Samples below standard were OBJ |
tanned from the following:
A. Riehards-Butter fat, %; total
solids, Ill; watered.
d. Teller-Butter fat, %; total
solids. 100; inferior quality.
G. HOlt-Butter fat, "a; total solids, |
11-0: partially SKINNED.
Hop On (restaurant)- ter fat |
9S; total solids, los; watered.
II. Davis-Butter fat, IS; total
solids, 1913; inferior quality.
Lin Kee (restaurant) -Butter fat,
81; total solids, los; watered.
Private eomplaint-Butter fat, Sc;
total solids. no; watered.
During part of June and all of July
the milk Inspector was absent on leave,
which accounts for the small number
of samples examined in July. During
that month Dr. Pratt and myself Sc
cured n few samples in order TO keep
np<O< Partial inspection. The large
number of samples below standard
during August is evidence that milk
inpectiep to be effective must be con-
tinGoNs.
Sixty samples of soda water were
examined during the period. Saecha-
rine was absent IN al eases. In a
sample Of ginger ale obtained from the
Consolidated Soda Works Salicylie acid
was detected. Tt was the only sam
pie in which an o5qricus substance
was detected. and its = sc, N my notice
TO the manufacturer, has been discon-