The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-05-16
should Report Mosquitoeg.

them for the last several years.
Should Report Mosquitoes.
"That is one of the difficulties in
the mosquito work-people won't re-
port. If person is troubled with mos
quitoes around his place we will, if ne
notifies us at the board Of health head
quarters, send out and try to find out
where the trouble is"
In order that the public can get
an adequate line on what is being done
and may know what is planned, Presi-
dent Mott-Smith will, at called meet
ing of the board of health ON Mon
day afternoon, present the following
report:
Comprehensive Report.
To the Members of the Board of
Health, Honolulu.
Gentlemen:-The late outbreaks of
scarlet fever, cholera and smallpox
have demonstrated to the community
what has long been known to your
board, the necessity of cleaning up the
Territory and putting its house in
order.
That Hawaii is under the constant
menace of introduction of contagious
and virulent diseases from the endemic
foci of the Orient has become a gem
orally accepted fact, bit, unfortu-
nately, driven in, only by actual intro
duction. The possibility of introduce
tion of yellow fever has also become
present concern. Malaria is dawn
ing on public consciousness. Tubercu-
lOsis is claiming public attention. 1t is
unnecessary to specify further.
No advantage, however, should be
: taken Of the present unsettled condi-
: tion of the public mind This is no
time to merely whitewash Honolulu or
: the Territory. This is the time to be-
gin lasting campaign for the better
: ment Of the sanitary conditions of the
; Territory, to preserve its fair name,
and to keep it a healthy, as we'll as
> beautiful, place to live in, and to do
it consistently and persistently for all
: time. The public should be made to
realize that, and that there is no tenn
!, porary campaign in view. We have
: had too many flash-in-tMe-pan cam
!. paigns in Hawaii heretofore.
: With Lasting Purpose.
i The legislature,o of 1911 has given you
powers. It passed upwards Of twenty
acts relating to health matters, some
Of them wide and important in theil
. scope. The new laws were designed Il
: not only abate, but to prevent nui
9 sances; to afford the means and pro
cedure of filing low and insanitary
v lands; to secure greater protection
q against the occurrence of contagious
!. and communicable diseases, and to af
l. ford many other facilities for the pro
$. lection of public health. 1t is our duty
e to put these laws into operation DELHI
J. erately and earnestly and with lasting
n purpose. And it is to be borne il
i. mind that neither these laws nor tn
present appropriations viii carry on
lie every idea of our good citizens. TIL
N sanitary commission has been create,
't for purpose.
b. Sewerage is to be taken care o
he through the department of p1bli
a. works. One hundred and fifty thou
t. sand dollars is appropriated for thi
re purpose. This will not become avail
re able until the bonds are Aoated, i
O. the meantime extensive plans are be
ing laid for the expenditure of tn
money An Improvement in the waite
" works system, with an appropriation
ID of FIVE hundred thousand dollars, is t
10 be provided il the coming two year
to under the same department. This ais
at viii await the floating of the bond
n The power and facilities for openin
ne new roads has been given to the couI
ne ties, and particularly the City an
IN County of Honolulu. By a wise 81
penditure of money the municipalit
re mayfopen up and drain, for residentii
or purposes, many Of the wet lands of til
De city of Honolulu. The people, if the
will maintain their interest, can brin
this subject with unerring force to th
"a attention Of the supervisors now.
at Revolving Fund.
lg A revolving fund of $25O,000 for fl
IS. ing low and insanitary lands has bee
re placed at the disposal of the board O
lg health. The first inBtallment of $l25
900 does not become available unit
TX June /, 1911, and the remainder o
at February l, 1912. This fund is il
re tended to be used to force propert
10 owners to fill in low and insanitar
an lands at their own expense. Can
b. be that two months hence every poss
I'D BILE legal objection win be interpose
ne against the operation of this fund
s; Shall we now throw it haphazard int
ne project just to satisfy popula
clamor, or pursue a well considere
sh plan for Its application and eoDserv
~ its usefulness to the fullest extent. A
as abatement of nuisance act with a lie
~ provision has been passed. How wi
the application of that act be receive
y six months hence If we abuse its al
q, plication now3 These laws should b
x put into operation slowly and with
no deadly earnestness which means feal
TX less application and fight, not onl
for the next two months or two week
but for the next two years, and ionge
a. II necessary.
=. During the past two years much hi
ii been done In health and sanitation
nj Leprosy, tuberculosis, vital statistic
=. handling Of contagious diseases, plai
So tation sanitation, mosquito and n
work, are among the many subject
IA which have received attention and I
IL which Improvement has been secures
or In city sanitation, outside Of foufir
Ia work, the following special resnlia ha,
n been obtained 10 the last month";
b. Special Reanita
e. Trent Trust Company Cyrus Gre,