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the House of Parliament, and which after all resulted in a 

 very unsatisfa6lory manner. As I have stated above, an 

 inlet under the eaves sufficiently large on the windward 

 side to admit 3000 cubic feet per person per hour and an 

 outlet on the other, give all that is necessary in this 

 climate where the wind blows so steadily from the one 

 quarter of the heavens. This is a natural method of 

 ventilation and is known as perflation. When this 5;- 

 adopted generally then will every one in this colony be 

 living supplied with pure air, the first requirement of 

 human life. 



Note — .The following would seem to be the lines on 

 which to work in order to get as cheaply and as quickly 

 as possible an improvement in the air. 



1. Cows should be banished from the towns and not 

 allowed to be stalled within a definite number of yards of 

 the nearest house. 



2. Plans for the ere6lion of houses should be sub- 

 mitted to the various governing bodies, as far as pra6li- 

 cable, and this is so for all the towns, and even for some 

 of the large villages. 



3. Windows should be insisted on in all human 

 habitations in such plans. The shutters should be for- 

 bidden. In ranges a good opening under the eaves must 

 be put in and a " cow mouth" would be advantageous. 

 The eaves can be lengthened a few inches to keep out rain. 



4. In laying out a new town or ward, as for instance 

 Bartica or the new ward in Georgetown, a definite limit 

 must be put to the number of houses placed on a lot, so 

 that the state of things that exists in some of the older 

 wards of Georgetown may never arise. The houses must 



