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By Dr. Yarr.
328. When did you change the drain?
A.-I think the new drain was finished about three months ago.
329.-So you were disconnected with that drain about three months ago?
A. Yes.
330. You have had a large experience of Hongkong, have you noticed that the fever has been more prevalent in the winter than before, that is during November and December?
worse.
A.-I think during the months of September, October and November, it has been
331. Did you notice anything peculiar about the fever being prolonged into winter this time?
A.-It did not seem to be any worse or better with myself, but I heard my neigh- bours complain.
332. One of the great complaints is, that the fever seems this year and last year to have been prolonged into the winter months, for some reason. We normally have fever in summer, but not in November and December.
A.-I cannot say it has been worse.
333.—This stone being out of the main sewer is the only complaint you have to make then as regards smells and sanitation?
A. That is the only complaint I have to make now. Before the drain about the house was in a very bad condition. When I opened it up I found it had been built of common China blue bricks, and these had become so sodden with sewage that you could put a piece of stick through them just like you could through butter, and the ground to a depth of 2 feet under them was perfectly black with sewage. Since the new drain was put in I have not had one servant ask to go away on account of fever.
By the Chairman.
334. Did you have this alteration made under professional advice?
A.-No, it was done under the supervision of Messrs. DANBY and LEIGH, but I did it on my own responsibility. I asked the landlord first, but he declined to do it. I thought I would have a look at it, and after I had seen it I decided to have a new drain.
By Dr. Manson.
335.-Have you had any case of typhoid fever in your house?
A.-No.
336.-Or any case of dysentery?
A.-Not that I know of, the coolies may have had it, but they never reported it.
337. Or sore throat or boils?
A.-No.
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