Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-10-13
MOTT-SMITHON
HILO'S HEALTH
Board of Health President Is
Pleased With Results of
Campaign.


the Board of Health, while at Hilo,
in reference to the sanitary condi-
lions on Hawaii
The occasion of my last visit to
HilO and the Island of Hawaii was
Just about u year ago. Just prior
to that time there had been fur.
ther outbreak of sickness in HiloI
and vicinity. 1t then became obyi-
Gus to the Territorial Board of
Health that immediate steps should
be taken, not only In Hilo, where
Territorial funds were being expend.
ed for better sanitation, tut also in
the neighboring districts, and, I'M
fact, throughout the entire Hamakua
coast. The reasons whieh existed
ut that time fully justified and even
required that an extra effort be made
by, not only the health authorities,
but by the people of the districts.
On the occasion OF that visit | was
compelled to point out that not only
were the sanitary conditions Of Iiiio
general community. cut that an
equal menace existed in the planta
ton camps from Olaa to Kukuihaele.
That this observation was correct
was fully demonstrated later in the
year, under the most deplorable cir
cumstances.
In company with DR.. Pratt and
Mr.. Bowen, conferences were had
with the shippers wharf committee
and about every manager OF the
plantations within the districts men
toned. In addition to this, visits
were made to every plantation and
almost every plantation camp and the
conditions of such camps carefully
looked into. A plan was then for
mulated and submitted to the ship.
pers' wharf committee and to each
of the plantation managers, as well
as to the plantation agents in Ho.
nolulu, for the extension and appli-
cation of more efficient campaign
for better sanitation throughout the
entire district. To this plan almost
every individual and organization
mentioned lent ready assistance.
While few have been somewhat re-
luctant to adopt the plan, the neces-
sity and bene6ts os n are now grad.
ually becoming apparent to them, so
that nj the present time we have. a
fairly unIf,eJ effort toward hotter
sanitation.
pesr,ts Aro cood ...
Hence IL is that one os tho OH
iects Of this nv serond visit is Tn
Iook over the rround and In SEQ the
| results of the work started wear
ago can not helm expressing
great satisfaction over the results oh
tanned These resuIts are sucb that
surely all of those who have narticI-
mated I'm the work have cause To con.
gratulate themselves The work.
however has only lust begun. II
has bepun well and sbouId he con-
tinued with even greater effort.
There is no reason whv this side of
| the island should not he entirely
| cleared of all trouble, In this | in.
clude tvpboId and diphtheria. which
have gained somewhat of a foothold
| here. Nothing. however. can he ac-
! complished unless persistent efforts
are made in the future as in the
Dast.
! "On this visit I have noted the eff.
Gcicnt cleaning nm and better SAM
tation of that district of Uilo which
is known as Nippon Alley. among
other things. I went down the Ha.
makua coast as far as Laupahoehoe
and all along the line saw better
laborers' camps. as well as the es,
Establishment Of hospitaIs for ordinary
treatment and isolation hospitals
Throughout the whole district to
Waipio Valley the system of santa,