The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-06-21
CRACKER FEAST
OF HEALTH BOARD
Members Award Numerous Con.
tracts Tor Supplies; Com
petition Proves Keen

Members Of the Territorial board Of
health at a meeting held Wednesday
afternoon enjoyed n feast on crackers
II was the regular time for awarding
the contracts 60 the various drms for
furnishing supplies to all the institu-
tions under tho jurisdiction Of the
board Of health for the next six
months
The members awarded the various
contracts for furnishing kerosene, lum-
her, ice and other supplies but so keen
was the competition for the bread con-
tracts by two baking companies that
each had furnished the members with
samples in order to try and prove 1t
should be given tho contract The
/ crackers were distributed among tho
members who decided IL was their
duty TO thoroughly sample them before
awarding the contract
Contracts Awarded.
"TIow are we going to judge the
quality of the crackers If we do not
taste themf'' asked Attorney General
Lindsay and all members agreed.
Finally the contract for the hard
cracker was awarded to Loves Bakery
and that for tho soda crackers to the
Honolulu Cracker Company.
The reading of several reports on
the work for the month of May also
occupied the attention of the board.
Besides President DR., Pratt and Sec
rotary Kirk b. Porter the members
present were Attorney General Alex
ander Lindsay, Jr., Fred G. Smith and
D. Kalanokalani.
Among the contracts awarded yes
terday were to Hoffschlaeger Company
for the tender for hides and TO the
Kalihi Taro and Land Company for
paiai for the settlement on Molokai.
The report of d. s. Bowman, chief
Bowman's Report.
sanitary inspector, concerning the
work done by the mosquito squad dur
ing the month of May on the Island of
Hawaii was as follows: Mosquito
breeding places destroyed and re-
moved, -S0 total inspections, 3S2; num-
Der of cesspools oiled, Ia number of
catch basins oiled, 1870; number of
ponds, pools, etc, oiled, 6; number of
ponds, pools, etc, drained, 10; house
cutters cleaned and repaired, 3Oj
loads of tin cans removed, 3.
The May report of Pure Food Com
missioner Edward b. Blanchard was
read and showed the following inter
esting results: Examined 36 samples,
of which 3 were below the standard;
examined 81 samples of ice cream, "a
below standard; examined samples
of butter, no adulteration; examined
~ soft drinks, no adulteration; ex-
amined samples "Near Beer, con-
tanned less than 2-per CT. Jn7s-alcohol;
examined "a samples coffee, no adul.
iteration; destroyed 50 packages food
stuffs; inspected IA provision stores
and 26 drug stores.
Pure olive Oil.
The April report of the food COM
missioner was as follows; Examined
81 samples of milk, below standard;
examined "a samples poi, below
standards examined 8 samples olive
, oil, no adulteration; examined sam
Piles butter, no adulteration; examined
samples soda water, all permitted
color; examined 2 samples ''near
beer,D / over per cent alcohol; ex-
amined samples coffee, no adultera-
ton; examined samples vanilla eX.
tract. no adulteration; examined
samples pure alcohol, not U, s. p; ex'
amined food colOrs, no adulteration.
The dispcnsary report as submitted
by p. r. Nugent, dispenser, showed the
/ following results on the work for the
past month; number cases treated, in.
Guiding various nationalities, 302;
number medical cases, 143; number
surgical cases, $50; number prescrip.
tions filled, III; number of eye treat
ments, "a.
Application for license to practice
! medicine was granted to Dr. G5a0fke
= W. Mccoy
A letter from John r. G.. Stokes,
curator of Bishop Museum, requesting
= the board to permit G. N. Forbes, Gu
ratio. of botany of Bishop Museum, to
enter the lands on Molokai under the
jurisdiction of the board of health for
= the purpose of the scientific study N
botany was referred to President DR..
+ Pratt with authority to act.
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