654.-That was in 1885?
A. Yes.
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By the Chairman.
By Dr. Young.
655.---But the fever has been worse during 1886 and 1887 than it was before?
A.--Yes, since about May 1886 and in 1887.
By Dr. Cantlie.
656.--Was that peculiar to the last two years?
A-I have been twenty-eight years in Hongkong and never knew fever before.
657.--But you have heard of fever?
A.--I have heard of it the last two years.
658.--But you have heard of fever in Hongkong before?
A.--At East Point, not at West Point. I have lived at West Point these last twenty-six years constantly.
659.--Do you think it peculiar ?
A.-I think it very peculiar the fever should come in the winter time.
660.--Why?
A. Because we never knew fever in the winter time.
661. And you think that peculiar?
A.--Yes, that is very peculiar, more especially at West Point.
By the Chairman.
662.-Have you anything to complain of with regard to the drainage near your
house?
A.-A great deal to complain of the bad smells coming from North-West by North facing my house.
By Dr. Cantlie.
663. Does the Tung Wah Hospital lie in that direction?
A.-No, that is a good distance from my house.
664. Does it lie in that direction?
A.-It lies North-East.
665. And you complain of the North-West?
A. Yes, when the wind is blowing from the North-West the obnoxious smells are something awful.
666.-What do you think they come from?
A. That nullah that has been converted into a sewer, the other side of Fairlea.
667.-When standing on the West side of that nullah, do you observe the same
smell?
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