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A. Yes, there is no latrine, it is only a receptacle taken away every day.
106. Is there any drain?
By the Chairman.
A. There is drainage for the bath water. It goes into a drain which is discon- nected.
107.-You mean there is an open space between?
A.--No it goes into what is called a catch-pit or gully.
108.-But it is quite open?
A. Yes, it is open to the air.
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By Dr. Cantlie.
109. Have you observed any smell from that shaft?
A. I have once or twice and I have called attention to it.
110.--Would you say it is trapped?
A. Yes, it is trapped below.
111.-It has no charcoal top?
'A.-No. It has been choked once. I wrote about it and they put it right. All the water overflowed into the road below.
112.-Which was choked?
A.-The pipe down below.
113. Is the wall behind your house concrete?
A.-No, it is decomposed granite.
114.-Is it often saturated with moisture.
A. Yes, during the raining season.
115. And everything is dripping with damp?
A.It is always damp in wet weather.
By Dr. Manson.
116.--You heard Dr. LEWER describe the attacks as being characterised by fainting and vomiting, had Mrs. BROOKE any of these attacks of fainting?
A. She had fainting, but that is constitutional with her.
117.-Was the prostration extreme?
A. Yes, ultimately.
118.-And vomiting?
A.--Yes, she had vomiting, in fact, that was what was the worst part of it, because she could not keep down either sustenance or medicine.
By Dr. Cantlie.
119.-You would not express an opinion then on your wife's illness?