The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-06-30
ALL READY FOR
THE NEW START
BOARD or irnALTh DRAWS UP
PLAN ron THE JULY 1
REORGANIZATION.

The board OF health, at meeting
last night definitely decided upon tho
general policy Of appointment that Il
viii pursue hereafter, dating from tho
reorganization Of the board on July
first, under the increased powers and
appropriations which then 20 into Of.
feet. Capability viii be considered
above all things, and length of service
viii have no influence with the board
IL the usefulness Of the inspector is
found to be limited or IL there is
man undoubtedly moro fitted to hold
the position on the LIST of applicants.
/ President Mott-Smith called attention
to the fact that as they had one hun.
bred and Ave applications for four jobs
and as there are lot of good men
among them, there ought to be chance
to organize the best STAFF that has ever
carried on the sanitation work.
There will be sixteen sanitary inspec.
tors under the board Is direction after
July i, there being now twelve. Six
of those who are now on the sanitary
inspection force are regular board Of
health inspectors, the other Six being
employed by the county but under ter
ritor.al supervision by the agreement
of cooperation which the two health
departments have entered into. The
appointment of the inspectors lnder the
county funds rests with the supervisors
4 All six of the present sanitary in.
spectors VIII probably be retained, all
of them being conscientious workers
and standard of efficiency gradually
set that all of them win be required tC
come up to in the failure.
AS the shippers wharf tax contribu
ton to the mosquito campaign, which
now supports thirteen inspectors, come,
60 an end on June thirty, and as it i,
succeeded by territorial mosq tito ap
preparation that calls for ten mosquito
inspectors, there will have to be read
justment here also.
Those who have proved themselves
capable will, of course, be kept on. the
board also discussing the advisabilitS
of promoting the most deserving Of
them TO the foar extra sanitary inspec
tion positions. AS one of the MOSQUITO
men has resigned and as at least tive
were striker from the roll last nigh
as being the least competent of tn,
thirteen, extra men are left ON hand
and if any of the mosquito men ar,
promoted, their places will have to b.
filled by "new blood.''
The names of the new appointment
! and promotions will be announced thi
morning. The new appointments viii
be those of four sanitary inspectors
and in ease these are appointed iron
among the mosquito inspectors, cor
: responding number of appointment
/. will be necessary in the latter body
/ Fronk Cook, the district sanitar,
! inspector of this island has been mad
the chief sanitary inspector of Kaua
and will leave for his new position OF
|, July ]. This arrangement resultel
( from an agreement with the Kaua
delegates to the last legislature, whicl
established that position on the Gardei
Island. This viii leave Cook Is position
: also to be filed.
/: In the course of his remarks las
s night, the president called attention l.
= the fact that while the new powers an,
new health laws went into effect sew
eral months ago, the machinery to en-
o force them, namely the appropriations
y do not go into effect until July 1.
The only other matter taken up wa
n that of tenders for supplies for tn
J. next periods. As tenders were receive
y ON 1878 ITEMS the board Svaived tn
clerical work and empowered the pres
, ident to award the contract to the low
}. est aggregate bidder.
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