in
may arise any service, however well equipped during periods
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of stress.
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C. Insufficiency of latrine accommodation for the
Chinese population. This deficiency has been urged by myself
and by the Sanitary Board upon the attention of the Government
at frequent intervals during the past few years.
D. Overcrowding the Chinese population. This is a
matter for which further legislation is most urgently needed.
A comparison of the population of the Health districts with
the number of houses in such districts shows clearly that there
can be very little overcrowding in the dwellings of the Chinese
but as the Principal Medical Officer most truly points out the
overcrowding of the dwellings or surface-overcrowding
is a most grave element of danger to the Colony. The remedy for
this however is not, as he suggests, a large staff, but legis-
lation on the lines urged upon the local Government during the
past 25 years by every Sanitarian and Sanitary Committee that
has had occasion to report upon the condition of the Colony
namely the compulsory provision of open spaces in connection
with all domestic buildings, and the limitation of the height
of