interpreted by Governor Sir Henry Pottinger seeking, in preference, the Counsel and assistance
of
the
for the
proper professional offices provided
for this purpose by Her Majesty's
Government,
who by their Experience and technical
training
are
likely to be better acquainted
with the principles of Public hygiene than
the Reverend Dr Eitel and the Chinese,
the only persons Consulted.
The Board of Inquiry
of Snoring which
the Sanitary Committee, urge on Your Lordship, in
addition to that specified in paragraph
5 of this letter) are the following:
(c) the
the dispirited action
of the head of sanitary officers of the Colony, and the relaxed surveillance
of
the Nuisance Inspectors.
Reference
(ii) the spread of insanitary
human habitations by rich Chinese land owners.
SCAVENGING CONTRACT,
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