The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-08-25
PRESIDENT PRATT
CALLS TO ORDER
Board Of Health Plunpes Into
Business and KewaIo
LowIands.

Tho first meeting Of the board Of
health under the presidency Of Dr.. J.
s. y. Pratt, yesterday afternoon, 70.
suited in general 'getting down TO
busincrs," and the formulation Of q
definite policy on the FIRST important
question which came before Il. This
was the notice of an intention to turn
down the application Of J. Alfred Ma.
COON for ten building permits on some
Kewalo fat lands.
The board was actuated by the prin.
ciple that those lands, and lands like
them (two feet above sea level), are
not suitable places for human being
to live I'm.
the board took trip down TO the
choice spot in the center Of Kewnio at
President Pratt's request to assist him
in deciding on the important question
which has here arisen for the first time,
but which gives promises Of recurring
frequently in the future. Under new
laws now IN effect, all permits for
buildings have to be considered by the
board of health and passed before any
building can be erected. The law obi
gates the board to refuse any appilca-
ton for q permit, If in its estimation,
the site is not suitable for the purpose
for which the building is intended. The
law does not say that in so many words
but that was the construction the board
put on it yesterday as it viewed these
particular premises.
For Magoon village.
The application was for ten build
ings (if such title is deserved), to
cost about 1926 apiece in two lines of
1--WE each separated by a tmrteen.foot
roadway. On each side are ponds of
She very worst variety. They are COW
cred with green scum and what land
there is around them presents very
inhospitable appearance. The place is
two feet nine inches above high water
level.
Fhe board without moment Is hesi-
tation, expressed a unanimous opinion
that this was not ga fit and suitable
location for human habitation and
there wac IA general chorus of denial
to the question as to whether a permit
ought to be granted. At this iuncture
one of the members asked who the
applicant is.
~. Alfred Magoon, remarked the
president.
There was a second chorus express
ing understanding 1t was further
pointed out that the plan called for
but one common cesspool for the ten
buildings although Magoon is quoted
as being willing to construct two If
one does not prove sufficient
Dismal Failures.
The cesspool plan calls for a depth
of twelve feet, by which it is hoped
that the underground tidefow will
carry the refuse out to sea. Doctor
Hobby led an attack on this principle,
and it was decided that tide-level cess
pools will have scant chance of souar.
ing themselves with the sanitarians
hereafter, as n few examples in other
parts of the city have been dismal
failures.
The board did not condemn the prop
osition off hand, however, and Mr.
MagoOn will be invited before the
board, probably at its next meeting, 4
week from today, to answer questions
and throw a more hattering light oil
his little plan for village midst til,
Kewalo ponds, if he can.
AT President Pratt's suggestion, tn,
board has decided to meet once week
~ in order to keep in closer touch will
routine matters and full opinion will
probably be invited in all such matter
as the Magoon affair hereafter.
New Sanitary Inspector.
Routine matters disposed of yester
day include the appointment of Palmer
p Woods as sanitary inspector for ;
Kohala plantation under the supervi
sion of Chief Sanitary Inspector Bow
man of the big island, the granting o.
licenses to practise to Doctors Car
Ramus and f. M. Marshall, on the rec
ommendatiOn of the board of medica
examiners, and the read ng of com
munications between the board and tn,
Maui officials over the withdrawal o
government physician from the Kuli
district.
This action was owing to the faihr
of the legislature to pass an item o
appropriation for this district and tn
board and the county Of Maui are try
ing to cooperate wlth each other il
| remadying the need, by the reapportion
ment of the districts of other govern
.ment physicians.
Tents for Patients.
4 Two cases of tuberculosis have beer
reported from the Boys Industrial
School at waialee, and President Pratt
reported conference between himself
and Superintendent Pope Of the depart
ment of public instruction regarding
4 lit, 1t was decided that the boar,
would send out a couple Of the tents
is uses in emergency quarantine mat
ters and the boys would be isolated
sufficiently to prevent infection. The
board approved the action
The entire board also paid an oficia
visit to the news morgue which hai
just been completed by the installation
Of the great refrigeratoTs Doctor
Hobby pronounced il the best equip
ped morgue he had ever seen and Z
model to the country. The plans hav,
been drawn and the construction ear
ried out with every Necessity in mind
There Is not square corner In The
building, even where floor or ceiling
meets the wall, and the whole can b,
wished down with the greatest OF