The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-06-23


up with the county attorney, aud he
believes that we can have this nuisance
abatod under the law rs n stands at
present but at all events we Will
be able 90 do so under the new rcgula-
tons which viii soon be In force.
shall. however. first take the matter
up with tho mill people, and 1 have
every hope that they will cooperate
with us in this respect
Expert In Charge.
"The mosquito campaign, and prob
ably also the rat campaign win be
placed in charge Of an expert, who will
be located here in Hilo. have offered
the position TO A. NJ. Aldrich, who
has for some time past been the health
inspector mt Honokaa, and no has ac-
cepted il. He will take charge Of his
new duties on July /.
Glad Of Amy Help.
owe have had mosquito campaigns
in the past, but they have not been
particularly successful as we had to
rely to very great extent on the volun-
tary support of the public, and while
this was in a measure given to us, the
effort to help us in our work was by
no means sufficiently general to be of
any material value. After July i,
when the new regulations go into effect,
we shall still be very glad to have the
voluntary cooperation Of the citizens,
but we are not going to be dependent
upon it as we have been in the past,
Ii we can not get the voluntary assist.
ance of the individual householders, we
will have their assistance anyhow, for
rrsa xxstll h, nj ~ nv In NO
to help us in many ways, mainly by
making them responsible for the eondi-
ton of their places from sanitary
point of view, and this will include u
provision that they must keep their
places free from mosquito breeding
pools.
1.-The limits of the zone will conform
as nearly ms possible to the city limits
legislature, but they will take in more
territory where this is found to be ad.
visable. By getting rid of all the breed
ing places within the area set aside.
we will practically make it free from
mosquitoes as well. 1t is possible that
some mosquitoes may breed in the pools
in the lava country at .Waiakea and
elsewhere, though / do not think that
but the mosquitoes from the outside
will not penetrate far into the zone
owing To the absence of places where
they can lay their eggs.
Mott-Smith to Tour.
''In this connection there is one i'm
poTtant sanitary feature which l will
take up with President of the Board
of Health Mott-Smith, who win come to
Hilo on a general inspection tour in
July. This is tho urgent necessity for
reclamation work in the swampy coun.
try mauka of Front street from POna.
hawai- street towards Waiolama. The
worst place is the lot owned by the
Territory between Ponahawai street
and the railroad track running from the
Hawaii Mill to the Mooheau Park.
This is the main mosquito breeding
place in town, and it is impossible to
combat the pest here by either fish
or oil owing to the dense vegetation
which covers the swamp. The only way
to handle this problem is to I'LL In the
entire lot. The Territory might do this
by pumping sand in front the ocean
and, as a matter of fact, Superintendent
Of Public Works MarstOn Campbell did
once suggest that this be done; or the
Territory might sell the lot subject to
condition that the purchaser must fill
it in within certain time. The
swamps on the Waiakea side of the
track are private property. They are
not quite as bad as mosquito ineubators
as the territorial lot, as there is more
water over them, and the top minnOW
will live in great parts of the area.
Still, there are many fine mosquito
hatcheries along the edges, and it
would certainly be best to have the
swamps filed. This would, on the other
hand, be a very expensive undertaking,
as the water would have to be drained
off through the old canal. This would
then have to be walled in, and this
would be very difficult, as there is
practically no solid bottom to IL.
81 have not been advised as yet how
great portion Of the money appro-
priated by the legislature for health
purposes will be given to Hilo, so /
can not say definitely just what more
we will do, but The Advertiser may
announce definitely that we win have
a cleaning up in Hilo which will amount
to something, and, also, that there win
be great shake.up among the board
. of health employees ON July j."