The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-04-18
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being surrounded BY Politician being politics"
Of health be c being b'deered every by those who
health is being n politics then the board health is in it to its meek
II having g eight for 'a s every time the legislature ven'' ning in
portion Of the that be done is political then the board Of
But it is unfair to say that tho board of health in politics. as that
phrase goes Hawaii The territorial
eompl certain results and work along snppoved by
people as class board Of health carrying openly
secretly opposed by Its effectiveness is measured
by opposition the ignorant But it has yet to be shown
organization the knowledge of its president and the approval
partisan of anything that has
before it. The employees of the board may among the active politicians
city they themselves and the organization
The board of health is today efficient body doing just much as
preserve community years
fortunately, guard
;S TN s 1glstns It has Sn mater for nrds when anv
looping of its work
succeeded curing appropriation asked for by the board
legislature of responsible yet
tackled motives mpugned such faer walaoh
capital Acher lodged the
declaration the effect that the lePrOy question not
only through ingenuity
These are samples of what the board has had to meet
politics
politicians consistently struggled the air of efficiency
his work should be is through
and due the uamn that have with
session of the Legislature
Admittedly health
fault lies with the but with those who have
crippled it, The board when has act gaining daily in efficiency
epidemic cholera of infection deaths
been
efficiency of the The epidemic
present
unqualified praise of the federal officials
that legislature session should repeal the
made for political gain and made
without health back in the hands OF
responsible the responsible work Of safeguarding public health
ling the duties with full power to carry them out
necessary, right look after
public health
thoroughly leaving possibility
another catastrophe being suffered by the business of Honolulu
this time
appear
the federal would in and
cleaning Honolulu filling draining killing
qo taking Mokai settlement generally doing what
skoudd do for
absolutely for supposng that the federal authorities
any epidemic threaten
the safety of the stationed in and around Honolulu for the
ports
in city
come health Territory might
authorities probably
of conserving the public health by enforcing sanitary regulations
the
the funds would make the matter of securing appropriations
o. the territorial Legislature any easier.
official president health
that body had the best it could but it had
it had.
way ciynot
epidemic Should the
control, yellow
military authorities would the diey That would
a
stamping of soldiers
necessarily
mean apy sanitation work on the other islands would simply
the
and possibly against the rest this island
staghou military commission for Oahu would tn
taxes probably only the elimination
rights might have the spending of the taxes the only compensation
consisting of a probable government
Keep the military of civil possible. On
of meeting the military dangeOm the civilians sndpoint-
place centralized body
health
ity and the funds