The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-06
CHIEF MOSQUITO CHASER
THROWS UP HIS JOB
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Board of Health.
"a circular letter has been sent ont
by DR.. Currie to the doctors of the
city, and they have been requested
to report cases of all kinds of fever
The physicians have also been asked
to screen all cases of fever till an
absolute test for yellow fever has
been made
"The twelve days necessary for the
incubation of the yellow fever germ
were up on Sunday. 1t takes from
/ two to six days for the person bitten
| by a yellow fever mosquito to become
ILL., Any time from tomorrow there
may possibly be other cases of the
fever"
In order to avoid complications, the
word district will not be used in con-
nection with the campaign-that is
as regards the larger blocks "Apana,"
/ the Hawaiian word, meaning the
same, will be used Six sub-headquar-
ters have been established, and they
are located as follows:
Apana No. AT the Kaimuki
pumping station.
Apana No. 2-Oahu College.
Apana No. 3-The government nurs-
cry.
Apana No. 4-Old Mills Institute,
Chaplain lane.
Apana No. 5-Bates and Nuuanu
; avenue.
Apana No 6-Kamehameha Schools.
Some of the old election booths
have been secured, and in these the
.ilieutenants will have their quarters
and the district overseers will report
to them at the close of each days
work The rate of pay was estab-
lished yesterday. Special lieutenants
will get Sc per day; district lieuten-
ants, S. per day; district Overseers,
$3.50 per day; laborers, 81 per day
A working day of nine hours will be
maintained, and there will be no over
time paid.
Out at the Waialae Boys School
the farm gang of fifty boys is busy
fighting the mosquito. Drains and
pools have been oiled, and all cans,
bottles and other possible containers
of water, have been carried away and
dumped.
Mastering of Forces.
.. over five hundred men gathered
-, around the judiciary building this
= morning and, although only one hun
!, bred of them were given employment
:, today, the whole lot will be in harness
by Thursday morning.
1t was decided that it would be bet
. ter to have the nOn-commissioned Of
p, licers go over their districts with a
=. few men, than to have the full squads
. following around, without any definite
idea of what they have to do.
Tomorrow each officer will have
" with him two men, The party will
= go over its district, and all the likely
spots for mosquitoes will be shown
the laborers. These men will on Wed
nesday be able to instruct other la.
a borers, while the latter in turn will
h spread the intelligence,
n Tomorrow morning fifty non-com
e missioued officers and one hundred la
4, borers will start out. On Wednesday
If three hundred men will be on the job
e and on Thursday two hundred more
n will be engaged. when the full force OF
five hundred men will be in the field
Of By tomorrow full supplies of drugs
1t spades, axes and knives will be avail
" able, and the fight will be on to &
ID finish. Drays and dump carts will also
n. be in readiness, and the work o.
in cleaning out the mosquito breedinl
re places can then be gone ahead with il
,s systematic manner.
The non-commlssioned officers vii
all be given Board of Health commits
sions, and they will have full powers
d They have been instructed as to wha
D. they are expected to do, the rules laiC
d down having been read to them.
v Twenty-eight non-commissioned OF
n hcers are from Schofeld Barracks; tn,
S balance Of the fifty are from the Ma
{. rine Corps, Fort shafter and For
r. Ruger
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