Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-05-26
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ci whcrl there afs ssTen covering
the city The-e other inspector. io5r-
for wrigglers also, and make reporth
IL they find any. II such are found
In places which mosquito inspectorst
have visited within two days. the
mosquito man Is called upon TO ex-
plain the reason he did not find
them. and thus the men are kept
everlastlnSly on Tie job. They know
that IL they do sllpshod work 1t IL
sure TO he found out by this cross
inspection. and so they dare not loaf
on the job II they wish to hold II.
These daily reports are distracted
upon large form which Is kept by
DR.. Pratt, each man being given a
page and the number OF his inspec-
lions every day during the month be-
ing entered upon Il. The chief thus
is keeping close tabs on all his men
all the time.
The inspections made include
house cutters, street cutters, stand
ing water. cesspools, privy vaults,
holes and low places, catch basins,
leaky fixtures, bananas. swamps.
ponds, troughs and tanks, tubs and
other receptacles, tin cans and bot
ties, water. barrels and vacant
houses. A report Is made as to the
total inspections, and this total is d.
vided into those places In which
wrigglers are found and those in
which there are none. Further on
the sheet are spaces 10 show what
was done in each inspection case,
such as ordered cleaned. oiled, drain
ed, emptied, collected, filled up, or
dered repaired, fixtures. screening.
mosquito fish, and gallons of oil
used. ~" H"-t fa q.
Each block of the whole city has
been mapped and blue print made
OF the streets, houses, swamps, low
lands, etc, and each house In every
block has a number.
An elaborate system of records Is
kept showing the owner of each
house and the tenant occupying It.,
II not the owner. In this way when
REPAIRS. such al the closing of use
less drains. are shown by the in
spection TO be imperative. the own
or Is at once communicated with, and
in nearly all instances he makes the
necessary repairs or alterations with:
out trouble.
Besides the work OF oil spraying,
all the large bodies of water, such
as ponds and streams, have been
stocked with "top-minnows." These
fish, about five hundred of them,
were brought from the United States
at the expense of the Territory. the
only expense which. 1t has incurred
during the present campaign.
The fish were gathered near Gal
weston. Tex. and shipped here In
cans, 100 To each can. and hut
Twenty seven died en- route. Their
strong point is the devouring OF
wrlgglers and in ponds and streams
their aid In the campaign Is invalu-
able, for 1t. would be almost impos-
sible TO spray such places with oil.
| The whole of the district OF Ho-
nolulu has been covered In this cam
paign. for which money has been
furnished until the close of the year.
II the results accomplished by that
time are found TO be commensurate
with the expense involved, 1t is I'M
derstood that money will be forth
coming for another twelve months
OF the work.
An idea OF the magnitude Of the
labor involved in the spraying with
oil may be gained from the figures OF
oil used during the past two months
these months being the only ones fol
which complete figures are available
During March, 1888 gallons of oil
were used. and last month this
amount had increased to 1881 gal
Ions. In the wet season, OF course,
more oil Is necessary than during
dry weather, so It is impossible, to
tell as yet the average monthly
amount that Is necessary to carry or
the work.
The work started was OF wholly Q
temporary character. but as oppor-
tunity Offers for doing permanent
work, DIR. Pratt and his assistants