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315. You have always had fever in that house?
A.-Yes.
316.-Is it worse this year than before?
A.—It was very bad until I had the new drain made.,
317.—But was it worse in 1887 than formerly?
A.-I think it was rather worse.
318. But not much?
A.-I would not say it was much worse. I could not keep servants more than a couple of months; they always got sick and went away.
By Dr. Yarr.
319. You say they got sick until you got a drain made?
A.--Yes.
By Dr. Cantlie.
320. Why did you have that drain made?
A. On account of the bad smells about the house.
321.-Did you notice any smells after the drain was made?
A.--There is a little smell yet but I attribute that to an open sewer, that is about three hundred feet from my window. There is a stone taken up from the main sewer, I do not know for what purpose.
322.-The sewer runs up the hill side there?
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A. Yes.
By Dr. Yarr.
323.-Do you mean to Richmond Terrace?
A.-No, not that one, it runs between Mr. WorTON's house and Mr. Coughtrie's.
By Dr. Cantlie.
324.-Why was that stone taken up.
A.-I cannot tell. Sometimes the smell from it is very bad, at other times you don't perceive it.
325.-When was it taken up?
By Dr. Manson.
A.-I only noticed it two or three months ago, but I think it must have been opened before. You don't observe it unless you go close to that side of the house?
326.-But it was not up in 1884, 1885 and 1886?
A. The drain was not made then ?
327. Yet you had fever then?
A. The drain was carried along Caine Road and runs up to the right. It was only completed about two years ago.
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