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condition; but since Dr Wilame

departure from the shores of

China,

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Your

Excellency has spared

pains in devising, plane for remedying of these evile,

the

for instance. the construction of

the "Catch Water drain" which

you

have ordered to be sunte all

along the base

the lown,

which

of

the hill above

2.0

admirably

then

adapted to prevent the quantity of Water (which e Constantly escaping from the Hill) spreading, over the entire surface of the grand immediately above the Town, and which formerly

that part

Kept .

Swans -

conducted

by

perfect

t

2,,

Now all the water is

of the

this

Drain into proper channels,

and the

he ground is quite dry.

Also the magnificent granite

drains which

heave

Your Engineer

skilfully constructed throughout the town itself.__ All these improvements have

manifestly exhibited their Sanatory influence

OLL

the

C..

inhabitants of the Solander

as

to cause the mortality to be Reduced from 10 per cent (see- 19) 1⁄2 W's book page 164/ to 5,

A2

stated in the tables drawn

to the end of 1845;

eep by

me

and In

here be permitted

to add that although the in sick list is still as great this

year

CI

the lack, yet the deather

much diminished, the Endemic diseases have greatly

and

decreased