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A. External air to the ground floors of 9a and 3,--the windows of the latter "marked B being insufficient." The next thing is "an enlargement of the window area, "opening in to the external air, to the ground floor of No. 7, it at present not being 'equal to one tenth of the floor area." The next thing, "glazing to the extent of one "twentieth of the floor area to the first floor of No. 7, and both floors of No. 9," and then another thing, "kitchen accommodation to the ground and first floors of No. "9a," that is his minute.
Q.--And that is dated the 4th October?
A. Yes, 4th October.
Q-To the Medical Officer of Health?
A. Yes.
Q-Now, please proceed. What happened after that?
A. The papers were returned to me by the Medical Officer of Health.
Q. On what date?
A. On the same day.
Q.--And what action did the Building Authority take?
A. I returned them to him.
Q.-To whom?
A. To the Medical Officer of Health with a minute "I presume you will serve notices with regard to these matters".
Q. And there it ended?
A. The notices were issued.
Q.--What is the date of that?
A. That was on the 5th.
Q. And it passed out of your hands to the Medical Officer of Health?
A. Yes.
Q.--Now then, does it recite there what the Medical Officer of Health did after the 5th?
A. He sent it to the Secretary to issue notices.
Q.-Now, Mr. Chatham, plans were sent to you as admitted on the 1st August, as Building Authority?
A. Yes.
Q.-And so far as the Building Authority was concerned, he was not able to say whe- ther it was in accordance,-whether those plans were in accordance with the Ordinance, by his staff, but you had to sent out to the Medical Officer of Health who had to employ a Sanitary Inspector to make a report to him, to report to you as to whether they complied with the section over which you have got jurisdiction ?
A.—I am obliged to send all plans to the Medical Officer of Health.