Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-03
CONDITIONS In
UPPER MANOA
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THE first place inspected was a
Japanese shack on the banks of the
east stream The family consists Of
-four persons, raising vegetables, dry
taro bananas, etc, which are sold tol
dealers downtown. They use a bar
rel privy situated near house The
contents of this privy are used TO fer
tilize the vegetables grown by this
gardener.
"A few yards down the valley from
the last described house Is n house oc-
cupied by a japanese, raising the same
vegetables, etc, as the family just
mentioned The family consists of five
persons. Their prlvy IL half buried
barrel, situated fifteen feet from the
stream. At present the barrel IL half
filed with water and sewage. While
some Of the contents might find exit
to the stream, the usual disposition Of
this material IL to fertlliZe the vege-
tables. etc, that are sold To downtown
dealers. Somewhat nearer the house,
and some seventy-flve feet removed
from the banks OF the stream. is an
other halfburled barrel, where feces
are collected. mixed with water and
garbage. This barrels contents are
also used on the vegetables as ferti-
, liZer
THE next shack IL occupied by q
Japanese and his wife. raising vege-
tables and selling them downtown.
| Their privy Is Just below their house,
| and within few feet from the banks
of Chinese dry taro patch. and only
n few feet removed from an irrigation
ditch, which supplies taro fields below
with water, az well as Wong Bucks
taro place. mentioned In other parts
/ of this report. II Is stated that the
contents of this barrel are emptied
into n shallow\hole dug into the earth.
but the care with which It Is collected
indicates II Is to he used as fertilizer.
just rs the previously mentioned ones
were admitted to be used. The occu-
pants family, in common with their
immediate neighbors, get their drink
ing water from this ditch. Occupant
states that this ditch water is good
and that he rarely takes the precau-
ton, which he apparently IL familiar
with, of boiling the water. but drinks
II directly from the ditch. The man
has been In Hawaii for over three
years.
Just below the last mentioned place
resides n Hawaiian family-man. wife
and four children growing dry-land
taro). Some little distance removed
from this mans house and towards the
stream is the privy, consisting of sim
ply n pit, covered over by shed, and
situated on the banks of an irrigated
taro patch, which Is one of the taro
ponds of Wong Buck, mentioned else
where In our report. Inquiry made OF
the family living here elucidates moth
ing other than that the man has been
sick since early In the year. and from
his appearance and description of
symptoms, he evidently suffers from
pulmonary tuberculosis.
THE next place down the valley. a
few yards removed from the Hawai-
ian's residence just described, Is a Chi
nese place. called the Hop Yick Com
pany, with three occupants. They
were all present at the time of our
visit. This Is the place of Wong Buck
referred to several times in this re-
port. one occupant Is Wong Buck
himself, and the other two are work
men of his. Their privy Is few feet
removed from the housed broken-uI
dry barrel-and II Is quite evident
from the appearances, that the con-
tents, with each rain, are washed into
the irrigation ditch supplying the tar'
ponds below. The taro pond supplies
according to Wong Buck, the follow
ing poi shops with taro;
Hong Yit, Beretana, near Mater
Il nifty Home; makai side of street.