Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-10-13
UREFO0D TO
Be DISCUSSED
City Physician at Work On
Ordinance to Promote
Health.
WILL MAKE 1T STICK
IF GETS INTO COURT

Suggestions from several sources
as to provisions in the new health
ordinance that will be considered by
the Board of Supervisors will be put
before a special committee today.
With the active consideration OF
measures to protect Honolulu's food
stuffs, the campaign for health and
public safety will be fairly on.
The Board of Supervisors at its
last meeting named City Physician
Mackall and Supervisor Logan COM
mittee to draft an ordinance that will
force the covering Of foodstuffs now
exposed in the city markets. This af-
ternoon the provisions of the new
regulations will be taken up, with
Chemist Blanchard present Dr.
Mackall declared last night that the
ordinance will go into detail regard
ing the protection If foods, in order
to make It binding II i. should ever he
questioned in court
The ordinance will be so drawn, he
states, that violators of its rules can
be successfully prosecuted. His state
ment gives evidence that the Surer-
visors and the cits physician expect
to enforce 1t in letter and In spirit
and to make Honolulu's food-supply
what 1t ought to be, as good as any in
the world.
Good, But Can BE Bcttered.
AS matter of fact, Honolulu's
food is pretty good now" said Dir.
Mackall last night, But the meats,
fish and vegetables exposed for sale
in the market certainly should be
protected. The ordinance, II Is APP
parent from the preliminary work |
have done on it, cannot be a blanket
ordinance. 1t must specify various
kinds of vegetables that must be pro-
tected, and must be SO exact that we
can arrest man for violation of 1t
and when he is taken into court we
can prove specific case"
The city physician, who h familiar
with the successful health regulations
of practically every American munic-
ipality and has paid particular atten-
ton to milk and food supplies, says
that the new milk ordinance will be
enforced strictly, beginning about the
first Of the year The other ordinance,
which is now being prepared. will not
be ready for several days, but will be
enforced as soon as promulgated.
DIR. Mackall thinks that the most
available protection for food-stuffs
| right now is wire netting, probably of
copper. He says that gauZe Is not
advisable, because II gets soiled cas-
! lily, cannot be cleaned and Is less eff
cacious than wire screening. The
ideal cover is glass, but owing to the
expense involved, this will not be in
sisted upon for the present. ..
u u u :! u :: !; u :: :: .: :: ;; 8; u :, u
for the statistical countries $4,000
tons, or only 13.2% over last year. II
will be noted that =. o. LIGHTS latest
estimates for the last two crops are
also changed this week. Thus the fg.
ures for the last crop is now 6,1ss,0oo
tons, and for that preceding 6,543,s6
tons, while Otto LIGHTS latest figure
for the last crop is now 6,1o7 ,281 tons
and the Factories estimate 6,116,5oo
tons.
EUROPEAN BEET CROP. - From
+. o. LIGHTS monthly report of Sept.
&c. 1910: The weather during the last
days has been favorable for the beet
crop. It was in east early In west
later, beautiful sunny days, with cold
nights In most sections the stand
in the fields is reported as good, es.
pecially full and strong, and from pre-.
sent appearances one looks for a yield
of from 10 to Is per cent higher than
last year Owing to the recent rains
the sugar content has not increased
much and at present seems no higher
than last year. Should the present
warm, sunny weather continue the
sugar content will quickly improve
1t is well known what extraordinary
and unaccountable changes touching
The sugar content as well as the yield
the weather during the next six weeks
can effect greatly, and especially for
this reason must one take the present
OBSTINATE carefully