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He should be in the position of the Clerk to the 13.873

Urban Sanitary Authorities in England, and laid down

under the Public Health Acts in foros in England ↑

Yes, I should work with him in that position.

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He being the Secretary of the Board, and thereby its

mouthpiece 1

Yes. To a certain extent, of course that is done now.

The Board comes to a decision at a Heating, and the

Secretary writes to the X. O. H.

Of course the X. 0. H. and Executive Engineer and 13815

Secretary would probably be all of the same rank, and

they would work, harmoniously together, and there would

ba po question of any one being superior ↑

Gertainly. There never has been any question between

Mr Woodcock and myself. We all work very harmoniously.

The regulations as to cubicles were adopted principally

for the relief of overcrowding ↑

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gentleman, who drew up this new Ordinance, but I

rather gathered it was to stamp out plague, by

introducing these stringent measures. Of course,

overcrowding is one of the things it was aimed at.

That is the chief thing ?

Overcrowding, darkness, and bad ventilation.

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For the same reason, the area for each adult was also

increased to 600 aubio feet 7

Yes; no doubt it was the same fossen,

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If they were obeyed by the people, of course the

overcrowding would be considerably less - even 600

cubic feet is not sufficient for health purposes.

What do you think lo sufficient ?

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