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The soldiers now employed are for special Plague Work and consist of three privates of the R. Welch Fusiliers and an Engineer to assist in house-to-house cleansing and limewashing.
They are employed for special work; it would be unreasonable to expect Government to maintain at all times a staff sufficient to deal with an epidemic.
C. This question as to the need of increased latrine accommodation has been urged upon the Government repeatedly by the Board ever since 1895.
In that year, Mr. Ram, Acting Secretary of the Board, reported on the inadequacy of the latrine accommodation to meet the requirements of the Colony, and the then Director of Public Works, Mr. F.A. Cooper, submitted a scheme to the Government whereby 2700 seats might be supplied, this making an allowance of one seat to every 30 persons, a none-too-liberal allowance in a climate like this.
This scheme is embodied in Appendix No.3 of the report of the Insanitary Properties Commission.
In 1896, on the 19th November, a report concerning the need of a public latrine at Ap Liu Chau was considered at the meeting