CO129-094 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1863 [11-10] — Page 212

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of

ordure than

any

Colonial drain, if

the

but for the internal cleanliness

of

Chinese

System of the latter is to

w

undergo

a.

total

change, intercepting Sewers, Tanks, deodorants

* might produce satisfactory results. -

Without further preface I proceed

w

ti remark upon

such

of

the

paragraples

in

which I differ from the Committee. To the remainder I give my cordial assent, more expecially to that relating to Police, for whatever be done by Government eventually, and whatever traps, drains, Privies, or Dustbins

be built,

rule is necess

a more stringent rule is

than that now ade

of

adopted for

necessary the maintenance

cleanliness, habits of decency, or the

dinary rules of common sense, and...

not only

Measures

are

these essential in

regard.

d

to-

for mere outward cleanliness,

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houses, and the prevention of overcrowding therein.. I consider that much more--~-

sickness is generated; in such places than

is ever

produced from an untrapped drain,

4 contain which receives and discharges little more

than surface water.

Par 44...

surfne

It is remarkable that so

persons submitted

few

ances or nuisances.

any grievances

for the consideration of the Committee, if they had been of auch a crying description" as stated to be the case in a subsequent

paragraph I forward

Reme

presume

others would have

ward also. The

firal:

Muisance

is remedied by the Police. The second

is cansed by insufficient water at present,

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