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578 Mr Bady Beljon.
And I got a contractor to fill them up. And when they
were filled up, I wrote to the Sanitary Board and said the ratholes were filled up "You had better send a Sanitary Inspector to see". Nobody came, and I went to the Sanitary Board office, and they said "You had better see the Sanitary Inspector of the District". And I left a note. Nobody turned up for two or three days more, and these houses were leaned out to a man who made complaint to me. went and saw the Sanitary Board. Some Chief Inspector said "Very well, you tell your tenant to put his furniture where it will be quite alright". The man who had leased the houses from me said "You ought to get some sanitary Board interpreter". He said "You dont know if you get some man who is in collusion or something. like that and the houses will be passed in no time”. Some days after that, I got some more ratnoles in the house, and I said "You go and engage that man who does not give any trouble" and he gave the man $12 a house t
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the contractor, and the thing was passed off quietly.
Shelton Hooper:- How many floors ?
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Two floors and a shop and backhouses.
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And the contractor you say gave him $12 a house ?
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To fill the holes in to the Sanitary Board's requireme .t., But he did not give that to the Inspector?
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No, unless he told me "you give that man $12 and I wil.
not have any trouble with the Sanitary Inspector".
Wa: any work done ?
I never saw the work done. I wrote a letter to the
Sanitary Board that I had filled up the holes and I would like to know whether it was done according to
their regulations.
But did you not think that was rather expensi75 ?
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Yes, there were four out of nineteen, houses that
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