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Particularly, the filthy deposit from the clinics and latrines would become most offensive. Again, in places where the police compel the tenants to sweep the drains in front of their premises, the evil resulting from that is perhaps in the end worse than the former, for they invariably deposit the refuse sweepings of their slaughter-houses, wood shavings, manure and chips, sugar cane, and refuse of very portable kind into the small drains in connection with the sewers, so that they become blocked up, and when they are most required they are inefficient.
This practice I have in vain tried to rectify, and until more stringent and summary powers are made legal the evil will not be abated.
As regards the drainage of the Lower Bazaar, about which complaints have been made, the causes enumerated above operate in a more remarkable degree, for there the streets are perfectly levelled, the whole area has been reclaimed from the sea, and the drains are all built upon unconsolidated ground. Some rectified settlements occur, but the ground subsidence lately has resulted from the practice of discharging rubbish over the sea wall, and to this the attention of the Police has repeatedly been drawn, but as the force is small, the practice has not been abated in any degree that I can perceive; and it is with the utmost difficulty I have been enabled to keep the drains free, as when once the mouth of the drain is blocked up, the deposit accumulates to such a degree.
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decosme-porticularly, the filly deposit from the Clinics tiones Hould become most offensive : again, in places where the fiolice compel the tenends to prep the Drovins in front of their linares, the ent resulting from that is perhaps in the end worse than the former, for they invariably deposit the refuse Seresings of their sleeper, word. Mindings, montivantid
ships, Sugar come, and inthish of very povable
kind into the small drains in Comestione with the Anvers, so that they become blocked up, and when they are most required they are inefficent.
This practice. I have in rain 5 rectify, tringent and Summary forces is made legal the evil will not be abortect. As regards the drainage of the Lover Bazaar, about which complaints
tried to
and until a more
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have been made, the causes enumerated
above refor in a more remarkable degre for there the streets are perfectly loved, the whole area how been reclaimed fron the sex, and the drains
care all built
spon imemisolidated granid, and
sluch. Shove rectified
Settlements recur
ces some our possible; but the grout cance of mivel if to the dramage ture lately has resulted from the formativo of dis charging rubbish over the for wall, and to this the attention of the Plive- has repeatedly been drawn, but as the "force " in small, the practican lions not.
" been abated in any degree that I can perceive; and it is with the utmost diffiently I have been quabled to keep the drains free
as when mee
the
sunith of the drain is blocked up, the deposit acumulates to such a degree
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