Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-18

deaths resulting are as follows: Pneu.
rnonfa, 415; tuberculosis, 349. CASTRO
enteritfs, EOS; nephritis, IA: bron-
chitis, ia. cancer, III: yalYular dis
ease OF the heart i2S: meningitis,
100: apopIexy, l13: marasmus infan-
Tile, o.; enteritis, 90; premature birth,
10; ,conyulsiOns. 81: speticeniia, 43;
enteric fever ~ This Is total Of
2.l07 for the fifteen principal causes
OF death.
Many Children Die.
The deaths OF children under FIVE
years or age were 1876, which Is 43.4s
per cent Of the entire mortality Of
the territory. Pneumonia again led
this list, as q cause OF death.
The nadonalities having the largest
infant mortality we're as follows:
japanese. 1877; Hawaiian, 24S; Portu-
guese, 1ai; Filipino, 1Is; part Hawaii
an. I13. This includes as infants
children under I'VE years Of age.
The deaths by accident, violence,
and 90 on we're less by eight than the
number In 1914. or this number, Ho-
nolnIu alone had 90. and death was
produced through various causes, such
as aaphyxiatfon, automobiles, burns.
and scalds, crushing drowning, cleo
trio car. electricity falls. firearms,
horses and vehicles. machinery, pois.
oiis, railroad, shocks following opera.
uons, homicide, suicide and legal exc.
cution. The deaths in Honolulu from
leprosy decreased by 20, and from tub.
erculcsis by So from tie year before.
The so-caIed .childrenss diseases
are very slight In this country the
report says, because OF the mild CHI
mate. Many OF the cases were So
slight that they were never reported
to doctor In all, 1880 cases were
reported, which is q decrease OF fiye
from the previous year.
According to the report, special at
tentIon has been paid TO the cases OF
typhoid Iayer In children and the
sanitary engineer has been instructed
to follow up each case and report upon
1t, securing all data possible to aid in
the prevention Of the disease.
Typhoid was investigated thorough
" in adults, as we'll as In children.
Contrary to the experience elsewhere,
water and milk do not play &c import
ant part here in the spread Of the
disease as do files and carriers. Dur
ing the year there we're 153 cases OF
typhoid, with AZ deaths. This made
81 less cases and Il less deaths than
In the previous year. In connection
With the study Of the disease num-
Der OF charts were prepared showing
the different phases of It on the va
rious islands and for the territory. Il
was found that the territory has q
very small death rate from the dis
ease, the rate being but. SO, while in
most Of the states the average Is
per cenk.
Pineapple Waste Problem.
One Of the most important mat.
sers Investigated during the year,
says the report, lis the method of dis
posal OF pineapple waste. The four
canneries Of Honolulu handle about
ia. 900 tons OF fruit yearly. V. this
amount about so per cent is waste
which, II not properly cared for, soon
becomes q nuisance. Incineration was
found to be the proper method OF
handling this waste. Two Of the pine.
apple companies have installed incin-
orators which are working success
fully. third has one almost com
pleted. while the fourth has not yet
started.
IN regard to the island of Hawaii,
the report states that the general san.
itary conditions there show marked
improvement. Chief Sanitary Inspec-
tor Bowman has beer tireless in his
efforts to improve conditions and he
has been able to secure the hearty
cooperation of the plantations as well
as valued assistance from the Hilo
shippers wharf committee.
The work accomplished was, for the
most part, on plantations, and in Hilo,
although all the smaller villages and
settlements have received attention.
Sanitary work has been done also IN
fish inspection, anti-rat and mosquito
campaigns and in the issuing OF plumb
ing permits under the supervision OF |
the sanitary engineer.
ON the island Of Maui, Inspector 0s- |
mer was assisted by three county and
nine plantation inspectors and has had |
the hearty cooperation OF plantation
managers, which has been largely re-
sponsibIe for effective work on the ISL
and. The report makes remark con-
corning the water supply at Waikiki
which, 1t says, needs improvement
Inspector Cook worked on the island |
or kauai and the work has gone on |
steadily. Special note is made OF inn |
provements in sewage disposal |
There is much to- be accomplished,
says the report, in the improvement
OF the sanitary condition of small set
elements. What improvements have
been made In these places have tend
ed TO lessen sickness markedly.
g. p. Cooke Gets Praise. -e
Special mention is made of the
work of Hon. George p. Cooke on the
island of MoIokai by whose coopera-
ton sanitary work has been carried
out. A total of $50 inspections were
made on the island during the year.
The campaign for the elimination
or mosquitoes throughout the islands
has gone on we'll, says the report.
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