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I have the honor to forward to you a report : the result of my rounds with the Sanitary Inspectors for the information of His Excellency the Governor
As I have already stated in my report on the Inspection of Brothel, there are many things brought to notice that are equally applicable to private houses, such as bad drainages, deficient ventilation, foul privies, filthy condition of the houses, etc., but if I was astonished at the state of the brothels they did not at all prepare me for what I was to find in private houses.
Lo... one... was the case of the brothels before January; it is with the back slums of the town little or no supervision has been thought of over the Suspectors. The Inspectors of Brothels, Sanitary and Market Inspector have all been left pretty much to their own devices as I've shown and shall show.
For... does it... to have been within the province of my predecessors to do this work. Pigs are universally kept in the houses all over the town: the usual place for their reception being the kitchens, but they are by no means confined to that part of the house: as the droves are too large or the kitchen too small, they are kept in the ground floors, or upper stories; very favourite places for them is under the bed. I've seen four of the female division - the Chinese make divisions in one room, each division having...