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duly authorized officer of the Sanitary Board, by causing to be thrown into every such receptacle after use a sufficient quantity of any such disinfectant as may be approved by the said Board. All floors and channels as well as all partitions, seats and other fittings of every latrine shall be frequently washed and cleansed with water to which some such disinfectant has been added.

24. During the prevalence in the Colony, or in any district thereof, of any of the aforesaid diseases any building or part of any building certified in writing by the Medical Officer of Health or by any legally qualified and registered medical practitioner, to be unfit for human habitation, even although the same may have been cleansed and disinfected, as provided in Bye-law 23, may be closed by order of the Sanitary Board during the prevalence of any of such diseases or for such less period as the Medical Officer of Health or such legally qualified and registered medical practitioner may certify to be necessary, and the occupants of the same may be reinoved, after 24 hours' notice has been given to the householder or occupier to vacate the premises, by the service of a notice, duly signed by the Secretary of the Sanitary Board, or by the posting of such notice upon any portion of the premises.

In no case shall such premises be re-occupied except under a certificate of the Sanitary Board signed by the Secretary that such premises are fit for human habitation.

The said Board may, when necessary, erect matsheds, or hire buildings or charter vessels and use them for the accommodation of the persons so removed,

25. Any officer of the Sanitary Board may, during the prevalence in the Colony or in any dis- trict thereof of any of the aforesaid diseases, and within such limits as may from time to time be de- fined by the said Board, make a house to house visitation for the purpose of inspecting the sanitary condition of any premises so visited and of all and every part thereof, and of ascertaining whether there is any person in or upon the said premises attacked or affected by any of the said disease or the body of any person who has died therefrom. If the premises so visited or any part thereof shall be found in a dirty or insanitary condition in the opinion of any such officer he shall report the same to the Medical Officer of Health or to any such other officer as may be appointed for that purpose by the Sanitary Board, with the approval of the Governor, who shall inspect such promises and if he considers them or any part thereof to be in a dirty or insanitary condition he may forthwith take steps to have all furniture and goods removed therefrom and to have the sail premises thoroughly cleansel and dis- infected by persons acting under his instructions; and whenever, in his opinion, it is necessary for the thorough cleansing and disinfection of such premises to do any or all of the following acts, nunely, to take down, remove from the premises or destroy any mezzanine floor, cockloft, partition, screen or other similar structure or fitting, or any portion thereof, or when in his opinion any mezzanine floor, cockloft, partition, screen, or other similar structure or fitting prevents the free access of light and air to the said premises, he shall forthwith have the same taken down, and if he considers the removal from the premises or the destruction thereof, or both, necessary in the interests of the public health, he shall forthwith cause the same to be removed from the premises or destroyed or both. Such des- truction shall be carried out with such precautions and in such manner and in such place as the said Board may from time to time direct.

Penalties.

26. Any person who shall commit any breach of any of the above Bye-laws shall on conviction thereof be liable to a penalty not exceeding $25 in every case.

Made by the Sanitary Board this 13th day of May, 1897.

Approved by the Legislative Council this 17th day of May, 1897.

HUGH MCCALLUM, Secretary.

J. G. T. BUCKLE, Clerk of Councils.

Appendix C.

1. RHEUMATIC FEVER, "HYPERPYREXIA."

A. P., Female. Aged 27.

RECOVERY.

Admitted on the 17th April with symptoms of acute rheumatism-pain, swelling and tenderness in the joints of the lower extremities followed in a few days by affection of the wrists and elbows, accompanied by fever.

The treatment consisted of Salicin internally and lead and opium fomentations to the affected joints. The patient progressed favourably until the 24th instant when the temperature in the morning was 102 F, this rose to 104° F by mid-day when eight grains of phenacetin were given, at 4 pm. it had risen to 105.4°, and us at 6 p.m. it was 106.8° and the patient was becoming delirious, sheets dipped in iced water were applied to the body and changed every few minutes, an ice bag was placed on the head and ice was gently rubbed over the skin of the body; by S p.m. the temperature had fallen to 103° F, and the patient was conscious; at 9.30 p.m. it was 100° F.