The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-04-18
NEW REGULATION
NOW IN EFFECT
VEGETABLES CANNOT NOW BE
PULLED IN niANoA
VALLEY.

Once more tho board Of health has
assumed the rights granted to Il In the
face Of threatening menace to the
public health and asserted its legsla-
tive rights in its defense. All restrie.
tions formerly in force have been REIN.
posed and others. the necessity of
which has been shown by recent dis
.coveries of the bacteriologists, have
also been placed in effect.
The most stringent regulation yet
adopted by the board in its fight
against the existing epidemic was
adopted 40 the meeting yesterday af-
ternoon and the sale or cultivation of
all vegetables raised by irrigation in
Manoa Valley is tabued. This i'm
cludes everything raised from the head
of the valley to the lower fringe OF
College Hills and applies to everyone.
The discovery that the infection origi-
mated in most part from the tarc
waters in this district is the reason fol
the action.
1t is not known to what extent the
water is infected or how much of it is
The evidence which traces the infec
ton there primarily is conclusive and
it but remains to ascertain the limits
Of the infection and take steps tC
stamp it out.
The other regulation placed into
effect yesterday reads as follows:
"Until further notice, the taking o.
fish, shellfsh, or any product of the sef
or water from the sea or any harbor
pond, river or stream situate N che
area inclosed within line drawn from
Diamond Head Light to the westeFl!
side of Kalihi Harbor entrance, theme
following the westerly side of Kalih
channel to the westerly boundary o
Moanalua, along slch boundary to tn,
ridge of the Koolau range of noun
tains, along such ridge to the easterl.
boundary of Waiomao, along such east
erly boundary and extension thereof Il
, straight line to Diamond Head Light
| District of Honolulu, Oahu, is strictl
/ prohibited.
: "All bathing and washing of clothe
) in the harbors, ponds, rivers an
/ streams of the above described area i
strictly prohibited"
5 The results of the laborious effort
of the medical inspectors to trace GU
/. the concentrating source have bee
} fraught with such important dlscoN
, cries that the board feels itself in
position to meet the entire situatio
I without any fear of a general spread
l The absolutely established fact tha
s moi has been the medium of transmii
1 sion and that the action taken in shut
0 ting up the POI shops gives the boar
( a strangle hold on the disease contrib
e ute to a splendid medical victory o
Q the part of the local authorities.
One more case developed yesterda.
e the one reported the night before bein
q diagnosed conclusi yely ss Asiatic cho
y era, thus making thee in all ia tn
g new series In each case tie infectio
s was traced to the poi shop on Sout
/ street which was allowed to open b
n the city health department, eith'
a through carelessness or design.
The poi bill which is now in the SCI
d ate, designed to give the board
g health final powers in the control
II these places, passed second reading we
ii terday. Kaieiopu fought the motion
IS reconsider on the ground that it WI
o out of order, appealing to the fio
o from the ruling of the president, whit
was sustained. Makekau voted wit
4 Kaleiopu.
p Chillingworth reasserted his star
that he did not believe in creating
IS dual authority, but explained that aft
l. visiting the shops for himself and lear
If ing of the conditions that still existt
le he felt justified in moving the reco
ID sideration Of the bill. 1t passed sc
1T ond reading with few dissenting vot
If and will most likely pass third readil
m tomorrow.
L