248 ANTIMOSQUITO LAWS 



openings except tlic drnw-ofF opening covered with wire 

 gauze (18 mesh to tlie incli), or with a piece of cheese cloth, 

 and all fountains, pools, ponds, or excavations, made for 

 any purpose whatever, in public or private property, which 

 may contain water, shall be kept stocked with mosquito- 

 destroying fish, or shall be kept covered with a film of 

 petroleum. 



(b) The occupier or owner of any premises shall keep such 

 premises free of stagnant water, liable to breed mosquitos, 

 and the presence of moscpiito larva? in any collection of 

 water, wherever situated, shall be sufficient evidence that 

 such water is stagnant. 



(r) The occupier or owner of any premises shall keep his 

 premises free of all articles (bottles \\hole or broken, old 

 tins, boxes, conch shells, &c.) which may contain water and 

 so become the breeding places of mosquitos, including 

 broken bottles on walls. 



(d) All watery cess-pits shall be disinfected or oiled and all 

 catch-pits cleaned out at least once a week. 



(e) All eaves-gutters and down-pipes shall be maintained in 

 good repair and free of obstruction so as to allow the ready 

 passage of water from the roofs of houses. 



(f) The District ^ledical Officer or anv person authorised by 

 him in writing shall have authority to enter anv premises 

 at any time between the hours of 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. for the 

 pui'pose of seeing that these Regulations are carried out. 



On August 30, 1907, a further notice was issued entitled : 

 Regulation for the Prevention of Yellow Fever 



Tlie Regulation No. 4, passed by the General Board of Health, 

 on April 24, 1907, is hereby rescinded, and the following regula- 

 tion is made in its place. 



4. AVliere any house or building or any part thereof is, in 

 conseijuence of the occurrence of any case of Yellow Fever, or 

 suspected case of Yellow Fever, ordered to be cleansed and dis- 

 infected (under the authority of section 8 of Ordinance No. 13 of 

 1905) such o{)eration shall include its fumigation to the satis- 

 faction of the Medical Officer, and so as to effectually destroy any 

 mosquitos therein, as well as the fumigation in like manner of 

 such of the houses or buildings in the immediate neighbourhood 

 thereof, as the said Medical Officer may certify in writing to be 



