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of the sanitary condition of the town. Immediately on my arrival, 
September 1 8th, 1 set about a systematic examination of the “ Lots, together 
with Mr. Burchell, whose assistance was of the greatest importance. As a result 
of this preliminary joint survey, which included an inspection of 345 lots and 
an examination of 643 barrels, 173 vats, 7 9 ' ron tan ^ s anc ^ 3 ° we ^ s > we drew 
up an additional emergency joint memorandum — the paragraph dealing with the 
water reading as follows : — 
Pa ragraph 1 1. — Yards may contain : — 
1. Wooden vats. 
2. Iron tanks. 
3. Barrels. 
4. Tin receptacles. 
5. Jars, tins, bottles, and doreys. 
6 . Wells. 
At the present time, with a very few individual exceptions, these are not screened in any way 
and breed mosquitoes in great numbers. The number of barrels and tins is very large. 
The tins should be abolished. The barrels should at once be covered with cheese cloth, nailed 
on, and a spigot inserted. 
In the case of barrels where movable spouts are used, battens must be nailed on the top of the 
barrel to protect the screen, and damaged screens must be immediately repaired. I he iron tanks 
must be protected at the inlet with copper wire gauze of at least 18 meshes to the inch properly fixed 
in position. The wells should be filled in. 
All the worn-out and holed iron tanks to be at once removed from premises and destroyed. 
All the wooden vats to be permanently screened with copper gauze so as to render exit or entry 
of the mosquito impossible. 
The overflow to be protected with a permanent screen of copper gauze. 
The intake pipes to be screened in a similar manner. 
All odd receptacles such as jars, broken crockery, condensed milk tins and rubbish, which form 
receptacles for water, to be at once burned or removed. 
All doreys, good or discarded, when in compounds, should be placed keel up. 
On September 25th Mr. Burchell and myself met the District Board and 
usefully discussed the various items in the above paragraph. \\ e drew the 
attention of the Board to the fact that the Yellow bever Mosquito was 
breeding in large numbers in the water receptacles, that the oiling was 
inefficient, and that numerous odd receptacles and much rubbish was to be found 
in many of the yards. We urged the importance of at once proceeding 
with regulations dealing with the control and protection of the water supply, 
pointing out that it was imperative to devise practical measures for screening the 
water supply with a view of protecting against yellow fever, that the storage of 
water be reduced to a system as simple as possible, and that miscellaneous 
means of storage be done away with. 
A second meeting took place on October 2nd between Mr. Burchell and 
myself, and a representative Committee of business men, to discuss with us 
certain features of the water supply problem. I he water supply Ordinance 
(No. 29 of 1894) was made the basis for the discussion, and the following series 
of resolutions were unanimously agreed to by those who had met to discuss the 
question with us : — 
(a.) That a pipe system is the best solution of the question of water supply 
for Belize, but failing that being obtained at a reasonable cost, the Committee 
would have to take up the question of some other means of supply. 
(b.) That failing a pipe system, the Committee believe a system of supply 
by tanks or cisterns is best. 
(c ) That the owner of every building used primarily as a dwelling house 
