The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-04-24
YELLOW FEVER.
MOSQUITO
DOWNED
Health Board Hears Report from
Expert That for Past Year Ho-
nolulu Has Been Free from
Danger Of Dread Disease -
Many Other Important Matters
Of Business Are Transacted.

The territorial board Of health trans
acted grist Of business yeste-duy att
ernoon. DIR. j. $. b. Pratt presided,
with Ex-Governor George r. Carter, ID.
KalauokaIani sr., Prof. A. r. Keller
and |. NJ. stainback constituting the
necessary quorum. ls
After long discussion, on motion Of
Keller, seconded by Kalauokalani, the
executive officer of the board was an-
thorized to approve the permission
granted by J. w. Caldwell as superin-
tendent Of public works allowing Lib
by, McNeill & Libby to pump pine.
apple waste into the sewer. Marston
Campbell, who handled the matter for
the company, wrote that during the
nine months that the cannery Is not
in operation the Libby people will
guarantee to keep the sewer flnshed out
for its full length. During the canning
season, he said, the company wilI run
Al the solid waste through machines
which viii grind Il up fine. This will
he pumped into the sewer, using maxi
mum o. about SpQ,o0Q ealIons ,of wafer
per day as carrier for the waste The
company will install cast iron caps on
all manh0les between the cannefy and
the ocean, 50 as to prevent flooding the
streets with the sewage II will also
see to it that the manholes are flushed
and cleaned, provided any accumulation
Of pineapple waste backs up into them.
The board considered the proposal
good one, except that the 100000 gal
Ions a day ought to be a minimum In.
stead of a maximum quantum per day.
Pratt was authorized to suggest to
Caldwell this amendment when the
agreement is entered into.
Wants Medical Certificate.
Carter brought up the matter Of re-
quiring all teachers to supply medical
certificates showing that they are not
afflicted with any contagious or infec-
tious disease. He said that the law
now provides for an examination Of
teachers, but 1t is not observed, and
there seems 30 be no way of enforcing
it, Pratt said there ought TO be forms
prepared, something like those used by
the life insurance companiek. Carter
said he would like to see the Honolulu
Medical Association give their support
TO this practise. There have been sew
eral cases this year. Any change, he
said, would be better than the present
system.
The board took up the matter Of
keeping picnic parties and others or
from the watershed surrounding the
Nuuanu reservoirs, for sanitary reasons.
Carter said there ought to be high
barbed wire fence all around the place.
He said he counted twenty-f0ur differ
ent parties on a recent holiday, and
that il was a serious matter and one
that should be attended to. On motion
the matter of adequately protecting the
purity of the city water supply was re-
ferred to Attorney General Stainback.
Suspensions Are Approved.
Doctor Sehwallie Is action in suspend
ing three guards at the insane asylum
was approved. One guard, who was
found asleep on duty, was suspended
for one month. The other two were
dismissed for ineompetency.
The board authorized Doctor Pratt
10 appoint successor to Miss Ida +.
L'Orange, tuberculosis inspector on
Kauai, whose resignation takes effect
May i.
the board of health for the Island of
Lanai. The board has never had an
agent there.
Licenses 70 practise medicine in Ha-
wall were granted to Doctors Heppner,
Ayre and Dinsmore, and Doctor Dins
more was appointed acting governments
physician for Puma, vice DIR. Il. Irwin,
who has been granted leave of absence
for three months.
Doctor Pratt reported at length on
the mosquito control work Of the board.
For the entire period Of twelve months
ending April ! the percentage Of Ste
gomyia calopus, the yellow fever ear
rier, has been much below the six per
cent standard. Colonel Gorgas, who
has had charge of the mosquito control
work Ia Panama, has stated that there
is no danger of a country becoming i'm,
feeted with yellow fever so long az
ealopus Is held down 10 six per cent.
Hawaii is therefore clean, Doctor Pratt
said, as far as the danger Of intro
dueing this dread disease is concerned
The number of mosquitoes depends on
the number Of breeding places, and that
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