The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-12-02

Relative to the class Of business
conducted, the establishments in
spected consisted of approximately
$50 stores; As eating places; "a bake
shops; 10 fishmarkets; 9 poi factor
les; IA beverage fountains; II meat
markets; 10 dairies; 13 vegetable
gardens; soda water works; drug
stores; candy factories; IL miscel-
laneous.
Many of the above mentioned class
es of business are carried on in COM
bination, under, one management, in
one building, such as store cafe and
bake shop; restaurant and bake shop
store and fountain; etc.
Valuable cooperation in the work
was given us by the sanitary in
spectors of the County of Maui, locat-
ed in the districts of Lahaina and
Hama. ~
Improvement Noted
On this tour, although the condl-
tions of the majority of places vfsat-
ed were found quite good and i'm
provements noted, yet many offenses
common to such places were detected
the most frequent of~which are as
follows:
AT some establishments Of a. this
nature, good many of the shelves
counters, show cases, food contain
ers, store rooms, kitchens, bake
tables, chopping blocks or utensils,
ETC., were found dirty, roach, fly or
mouse infected. Cats, or dogs were
present. Often, some of the places
were untidy from neglect, with un-
necessary rubbish about the premises
Causes for Complaint
Five prosecutions were conducted,
one Lahaina, two Kahului and two
Wailuku establishments and there
were two guilty pleads followed by
fines.
Severe warnings were issued to %
business concerns, 3 in Lahaina, 9 In
Wailuku, 4 in Kahului, 3 in Paia,
2 each in Hama and Kipahulu and one
each in Waihee, Camp 3, Pauwela
Keahua and Nahiku road. In each
instance the report gives the name OF
the concern and the cause or causes
of the complaints, the chief ones be
ing roach infested cases or refrigera
tors.
Dealing with dairies the report said
the Pioneer Mill Co., dairy at Homo
kowai is temporary pending the con
struction of a permanent, up-to-date
and thoroughly sanitary dairy. Still
the conditions were reasonably salts
factory under the circumstances, es
pecially the straining of the milk ant
absence of sediment Another dairy
in the Lahaina district was not salts
factory.
OF the larger dairies on this side
of the Island the report said:
On the farms of H. G. & 8. Co.
Puunene; Waihee Farm, Waihee
Grove Ranch. Haiku; and w. y
Pogue, Kailua, the dairies consist o.
modern buildings, quite we'll equip
ped. Milk is drawn by machinery ant
then passed through the clarifier. A
the Grove Ranch dairy, 1t is als'
pasteurized.
Three smaller dairies on this sid,
of the Island he found gave grounds
for severe structures on their conduct
He found practically all of the po
factories at fault In some respects
from not complying strictly with thu
boards building requirements to thu
use of old and decaying barrels ant
containers.
He visited one vegetable garden a
Lahaina and about dozen near Wal
luku. Found that at practically al
these places, the vegetables to be de
livered at the markets were washes
in the water of an open ditch. Thi
water was subject to pollution. o.
the premises of number of dealers
it was detected that human excret;
4 and urine was being collected to b.
used as fertilizer. The names o
these are as follows M. Kawakani
G. Makashima, X. Takani at Wailuk'
and Yamana at Lahaina. They wer'
all severely warned. @