The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-05-16
GOVERNOR FH[AR
GIVES APPROVAL


OF the ccasiaisr quarantine ht the ftd.
cfal authorities The members Of the
board present included Dr. wm. q
Hobby, j. y Morgan, n G. smith aud
David Kaihnokalnni. There we're pres
emit AZ the invitation or Mr.. Mott
Smith, Doctor Ramus. chief quarantine
Officer Of the United states public
health service, Dr. VIM. L. Moore for.
mer Governor George X. Carter chair.
man Of the sanitary commission. Or.
j. 8. y. Pratt, general health officer,
was also in attendance.
President Mott-Smith announced
that the purpose Of the meeting was
to consider what further steps were
necessary to be taken in view OF the
lifting of the United states quaran-
tine that day.
Chow long Is II since there has been
case of choIeraf" inquired Mr..
Carter.
Twenty days" was the reply.
"'Have you got to a point where you
can lift all quarantinei'' pursued the
former Governor.
"That's the point answered Mr..
MOtt-Smith. tShall we lift it, or if
not, how much shall we lift"
Consistent Action.
Doctor Ramus, being appealed to for
a statement, said the order he had re-
ceived from Washington was to discon-
tinue the coastwise quarantine. He re-
marked that it was twenty days since
there had been case, but by the time
the next steamer, the Mongolia, would
reach the Coast thirty-one days would
have elapsed. "The Coast is abso-
lutely safe within the thirty days, -
he remarked. However, he added,
"snee the surgeon-general has seen fit
to take off the quarantine as whole
after twenty days, it would be con-
sistent for the board of health to con-
slider that to apply to everything .
Taro Precautions.
President, MottSmith observed that
it would be necessary to continue GER
tain precautions up in Manoa Valley
with regard to taro. There was the
additional fact that the drainage from
Manoa stream having extended all over
the Waikiki district, and Honolulu har-
Dor being sort of sewage dumping
area for every vessel coming in, the
question was whether it would be wise
felt that those regarding the gathering
of shellish, MOSES, etc, should be
kept on. He felt, also, that the re-
strictions regarding taro should be left
as they were.
Former Governor Carter said:
In general way, as an outsider, L
should say the community would be all
the more willing to submit to the re-
strietions of quarantine if it recog-
nized that the board, at the first rea-
sonable opportunity, lifts the quaran-
tine. i can see no reason for extend
ing them beyond the present period,
particularly as we have the example
of the federal government reducing its
active quarantine. The public is
given to understand that the federal
government has removed its restric.
tions, and should think the board
of health would follow suit as far as il
is possible
Fishing Still TaBu.
81 do not think it wise to remove
the restrictions in force at present
against taro in view of the results ar
rived at by Doctor Gurrie and Mr.
Clegg,n said Doctor VHobdy. 81 dc
not think it is perhaps wise. at this
time to allow the taking of fish
MOSES, etc. With these exceptions
am personally in favor of lifting the
restrictions.
Doctor Moore stated he was very
much opposed to removing the restric
tons as to taking fish from the sup
posedly infected area.
Doctor Hobby moved that the regula
tions promulgated April Is be amended
as stated above.
This was carried unanimously.
Filling Operations
President Mott-smith then read an
important letter which he had just sent
to Territorial Surveyor w. L. Wall
dealing with the filling in of certain
lands. 1t is as follows;
The territorial board of health il
considering extensive filing operations
under act liz, S. L., 1911, in the dis
triet bounded by South, King and Ware
street and Ala Moana road.
"Will you kindly call the grade com
missioners together to establish sucl
grades as have not already been estab
lished, such grades to be established
with reference, among other eonsidera
tions, to the installation of an adeauat.
sewage system, if possible; and to fur
Dish this board with a list Of privat,
and public ownership and give thu
amount of ill necessary to bring sucl
ownerships to proper grade.
Mr.. Carter remarked that in taking
up the whole question of these fat
it would be an exceedingly difficult en-
cheering problem to decide to wha
point they could be filed in. If tn
drains could be built so that they woul,
4 lower the water foot it would redue
Immensely the cost of filling in.
President Mott-Smith thought i
would be good idea for the sanitar
commission to take up this question o
the establishing of these grades an
: the system to be followed of filing 0
drainage, as the case might DO.
Essential Action.
Mr.. Carter; ssFhe commission win b
glad to go into the subject with til
grade commissioners
President Mott-Smith: fsThis sectio
was picked out because OF the grea
number Of ponds. 1t was felt that tn