Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-27
that DEAD HORSE
S7IRS UP WAIALAE
Carcass Rotted Two Days
And At Last 1t Was
Removed

at Is with q sense of the ludicrous
that waded through an article In the
morning paper where Mr.. Mott-Smith
end DIR. Pratt of the Board of Health
started In on hot campaign against
typhoid fever In particular and typhus
in general" said Kaimuki resident
yesterday to representative of the
Bul letin. when asked for an
explanation he continued: 1T is
not the Inauguration of the germ
hunting campaign that strikes me
along the funny line, for ] think 1t
Is a most laudabe move in the right
direction, and It is to be hoped that
the typhus campaign will be pushed
along further than couple of au-
tomobile trips. There Is no departS
ment of this Territorial government
that would attend to the business
In which 1t is engaged more strictly
than the Health Department Al
though our climate Is the finest In
the world, 1t is also climate that
will fast devslop germ IL that
germ is given half a chance. so
would think that the Health Depart
ment do well to adopt as a slogan
Eternal Vigilance is the Price of n
Healthy Community But are they
doing their duty In manner salts
factory to the public or are they do
ing II In a manner satisfactory to
| hnn alxya N In ha al
No wfor an explanation of my open
ing remark.
ION Fifth avenue. in thickly set
tied district of ,Palolo. an old horse.
which had presumably gathered up too
many beans, laid down and died.
This was on last Thursday morning
at about I O'Clock. or course It was
no time ut all until the telephone
was being freely used in an endcavor
to have the carcass removed. When
the Health Office was communicated
with regarding the removal they
stated that 1t was not In their line.
Just take note of that reply and the
subject In hand. The Health Once
referred all inquiries on the subject
to the Street and Garbage Depart
ment. This department was called
up, and as there were probably no
other departments to shove the Job
of onto they agreed to send wagon
out at once and remove the dead
animal.
Notwithstanding the fact that
the thermometer stood around in the
eighties, that carcass laid there all
day and all night and all the next
day until after 4 o'clock In the aft
ernoon. and 1t is an even bet that
It would be laying there yet had not
one Of the lady residents OF the
valley stopped her work and made a
trip to the Health Office. When she
reached that all-important Territor-
ial Office at twenty-five minutes past
two no one was in evidence except
the janitor, who was cleaning out,
and stated that everybody had gone
for the day. That was on Friday.
After considerable telephoning, and
with the assistance of some of the
city and county employees who are
not keeping better than banking
hours. somebody in authority was
rounded up. They seemed to be the
same person who was appealed to
he day before, because they replied
in some pretty sharp criticism In re-
gard to the way that department
was being attended to that he told
somebody or other they had better
go out and get the body. but guessed
they had forgot The Health De-
partment is no place for anyone who
forgets. especially in a case of this
kind.