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for killing vermin by immersion of mats and trestles. 6. Regarding the concreting of floors and other structural repairs I think that after a house has been put in order a certificate should he given absolving it from further Sanitary requirements for a period. 7. Where no cubicles exist a larger number of persons might be allowed to occupy a room than is permitted by present regulations. The allowance of 50 feet of floor area and 550 cubic feet of air is excessive when it is considered that for 8 months of the year the windows'

and doors remain open day and night.

8. Drains as far as possible should be abolished and

surface channels substituted.

9. Gratings to drain pipes should not be insisted upon

as the tenants smash them as soon as they are fixed.

10. Kitchen sinks are not used by Chinese, and should

not be required.

11. As instancing what can be done by ordinary cleansing

I may mention that plague was very bad during the years

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preceding 1901 in the Wharf Company's employees'

! quarters at Kowloon.

In 1901 they were overhauled, every rat and mouse

destroyed and every possible breeding place filled up, since which the premises have boon flooded with light

and air daily and every floor cleansed about once a

month.

The effect of these measures has been that only one case of plague has occurred during six plague seasons, notwithstanding that the disease has raged in the

neighbourhood.

It takes me one hour per week to inspect 84 floors (they are of course prepared for inspection) and

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