The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-07-18
Campaign Starts in HilO
and win Extend to
Plantations.
LIST OF INSPECTORS
Will Fill in the Swamps
and Also Furnish
Up Hawaii.
(Mail Special to The Advertisor.J

(Mail Special to The Advertiser)
HILo, J.lly 14.-Hilo is to come in
for a sanitation campaign along the
lines being planned for Honolulu. The
swamp lands of the city are to be
drained or filed in, the nuisances are
to be abated and things are to be do
ing generally.
Chief Sanitary Inspector D., S. Bow
man returned last Wednesday from HO-
nolulu, having landed at Kallua and
coming overland in his automobile
through Kona and Kau where he had
several matters Of pablic health b1si-
ness to transact. While in Honolulu
Bowman had number of conferences
with the president of thu board of
health, E. A. Mott-Smith, and with 9TH
er health authorities, and as result
he is now going right ahead with his
big health campaign, the share which
this island is to receive of the big
$25O,000 Appropriation made by the
legislature furnishing the sinews of
war, which have heretofore prevented
the carrying on Of as thorough health
campaign as Bowman would have liked
to conduct.
One of the main matters to be taken
UP win be the abolishing of the various
swamps and water holes which abound
within the city limits of Hilo. Bow
man has been instructed to secure data
with regard to all these places, to de-
termine whether they are insanitary by
reason of the fact that they act as
breeding places for mosquitoes, or if they
for any other reason are a menace to
the public health. When this has beer
done the owners of insanitary property
will be compelled to place it in proper
shape. If they fail to do so, the health
officials will go ahead with the worl
on their own hook, being enabled to d.
so by the new appropriation, and if it ii
found necessary, condemnation proceed
ings will be instituted.
Public Land Plan.
ttWe are getting these data not only
in regard to private property, but il
regard to government property a
WE'LL said Bowman last week. either
is every probability that the govern
ment viii in the near future dispose o
all of its lands In Hilo which are fount
to be in an insanitary condition. The,
win be sold at public auction with
clause compelling the purchaser to I'll
them in or take such other steps a
may be needed to place them in a SAM
tary condition.
worst swamp is, of course
that makai of the canal and ON tn
Waiakea side of POnahawai street. TIL
matter of what shall be done in re
spect to this swamp is now up to 81
perintendent Of Public Works Marsto
Campbell, and it will be laid befor
him in detail when he arrives here
take part in the meeting of the bel
road commission, and then the deeisio
as to what is to be done with it will b
made.
"It is practically impossible to q
this entire swamp, as in many place
you get no bottom for over thirty fee
It viii probably be found best TO &
out as far rs Is practicable and the
: to put in a retaining wall. Then til
deep portion which would remain shoul
be cleared of weeds and allowed
remain as a lake.
1.-THE mosquito campaign wor
which has been done during the pas
1CW NE1lB HAS bihONu 1AIoCAl " NC Us
full in several respects. Thus there al
no mosquitoes bred in the pools an
swamps which we stocked with mil
nows, and where the minnow could liv
The only places where you find ii
mosquito wigglers are those where IL
growth of tule and weeds Is SO deni
that the fish cannot live there.
Plantations Included.
ssWhile was in Honolulu it W;
also decided to extend the sanital
campaign all over the island. At pre-
emit there are sanitary inspectors on.
on the plantations between HhlO an
Waipio, but soon every plantation {
Hawaii win have its inspector. Thu
applies also to the plantations in Ka
and KOhala, aud appointments WI
soon be male to provide inspectors f
these.p
Since the new appropriation has ;
come available the board Of heal
force has been re0Tganized, 50 that
IL now In its entirsty as follows;
ID. 8. Bowman, chief sanitary inspe
tor; ]. 3. Cae5res, district sanitary !
speetor for East Hawaii; also IL char
Of rat eaIdRigni A. n. Aldrieh, distri
sanitary Inspector for West hawa
also IL charge Of mosquito eampaig
Edward Namahaln, sanitary inspects
cily of Iiil0i 5. ~. Aake, keepeg az
aniine station and sanitary inspeeto
John Kakae, general Inspector, Hll
DaYid RuIn, general Inspector, fill
Wm. Hlaek, laboratory aHalsianii a.
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