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so much to a common fund and having a scavenger in constant attendance with air tight receptacles, so that as soon as a pail has been used it can be emptied into this receptacle which is screwed down and carried away morning and evening.
33. Do you think that would be sufficient as far as the house itself is concerned, independently of its surroundings?
A. Yes, I think that is all.
33a. And your bath-room water, do you think it would contaminate the ground if it were escaping?
A.-I think not.
34. So you think if the coolies' latrine were removed?
A.-I think the sanitation would be greatly improved. The water from my bath- room is not so greatly polluted I hope as all that. If it flowed over the hill it would encourage vegetation and be absorbed.
35. And there is the kitchen refuse?
A.-Well, that is supposed to be put in a basket and taken away every morning at five o'clock.
36. But there is the water from the kitchen?
A.-Well, particles of food do escape and get down that pipe on to the hill. 37.--You think, sir, that Breezy Point might be reported in a sanitary condition provided the coolies latrine were removed?
A.-I think something should be done to the coolie house. It is shut in by my house and by a dead wall at the back and side, and the servants have complained to me that in the summer it has been so hot they could not stay in it.
38.-But the escape of water from the bath-room and the kitchen could not do any harm ?
A.-I think it should not do. If it is merely water in which vegetables have been washed I think it would not hurt.
39.-Do you think it would improve that hill if it were planted?
A.—I would recommend planting certainly. I think it essentially necessary.
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is one of the sanitary measures I would strongly recommend.
40.-Is your house raised, that is has it a basement?
A. Yes.
41.-It is not occupied?
A.-No.
42.-Is it ventilated?
A.--Yes.
43.--Is it damp?
A.-No.
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