ANTIMOSQUITO LAWS 255 



VAT SCREENING IN GEORGETOVV^N 



Sir, — In reference to your paragraph in this morning's issue 

 about vat screening in Georgetown, I may mention for the in- 

 formation of the pubhc that inani/ hundred vats have ah'eady been 

 screened, notwithstanding your statement that only " a compara- 

 i'lvcly small number'''' have been so treated. 



It may be of some interest to those property owners still in 

 default to know that the following general order to Town Over- 

 seers was issued by me on Thursday : 



" As the days of grace allowed for vat screening exjiire to-day, 

 I shall be glad if the overseers will make out a return of all 

 vats screened and unscreened in their respective districts with 

 a view of instituting some prosecutions of recalcitrant owners and 

 occupiers, as an example to others ; and to show that it is intended 

 to enforce the vat screening regulations. 



" I expect these returns to be made from personal inspections 

 of the storage vessels, and not from casual inquiries made from 

 the householders."'"' — I am, six, etc., 



Luke M. Hill, 



Tozcn Siiperintendent, 



Town Hall, 

 July 16, 1909. 



■j By Ordinance 13, 1907, stress had been laid upon the necessity 



of drainage. The bye-Laws are as follows : 



DRAINAGE BYE-LAWS 



|,! FOR THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, IN THE COUNTY OF DEMERARA, 

 •i COLONY OF BRITISH GUIANA, WITH RESPECT TO THE DRAIN- 



p, AGE OF LOTS 



' MEMORANDUM 



The Public Health Ordinaxce, 1878 (now Local 

 Government Ordinan{!E No. 13, 1907), Enacts : 



<! 23. (174, new Ordinance 13, 1907.) The owner or, when 

 |1 required by the local authority, the occupier of every lot of land 

 ,*',| situate in a Town or Village district shall effectually drain the lot. 

 vi and for that purpose shall : 

 >' 1. Make such dams and drains on the lot as may be necessary 



for effectually draining the lot ; 

 \'. 2. Fill up all irregularities in the surface of the lot ; and 

 ' 3. Adjust the surface thereof, and if necessary raise the level 



j of the surface thereof, in such a manner — 



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