CO129-292 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [6-8] — Page 85

The extent of, and from

the annual Sanitary Reports forwarded in your despatch No. 150 of the 1st June last, that in spite of the steps which have been taken and with a view to its improvement

which

has passed between this

Department and the

Colony

the sanitary

condition of the

Colony

is deplorably bad indeed; and that in particular there is a

deplorable state of

overcrowding

in certain

districts of Victoria,

and

I am glad to know what steps have been

I have also seen

your Despatch No 197 of the

21st July last on the

subject of

the constitution

of the Sanitary Board

2. It is clear from the reports enclosed in

the former Despatch

what steps should be taken to remedy state of things.

3. You observe that

Dr. Clark refers in the

last paragraph of his

report:

first to a bill that has been introduced

into the Legislative

Council

on the 22nd

November last, in

consequence

of certain

recommendations of the

Sanitary Board, but which had not, at the date of his report, been passed into law. I should be glad to know for what

reason it was

considered inexpedient to

proceed with the

Measure

I have also

to ...