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or river a trial wash-house, similar to those which have proved so successful at 
Conakry. It is only necessary that they should be of the simplest construc- 
tion, and connected and supplied with water from a public vat close by. 
Sanitary Administration of Belize. 
The Governor-in-Council constitutes the Central Board of Health (Section 
3, Public Health Ordinance, 1894). 
The District Board , with a medical officer or other health officer, may be 
appointed by the Governor-in-Council, the Local Board of Health (Section 12, 
Ordinance 30, 1894). The District Surveyor , appointed by the Governor, is 
the chief executive officer of the District Board, subject to the superior autho- 
rity of the Chairman of the Board, who is, ex-officio, the Colonial Secretary. 
1 he Governor appoints health officers, inspectors of nuisances, and such other 
officers as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the Health Ordi- 
nance, 1894, under the direction of the District Board. The Colonial Surgeon 
for the whole Colony and the Assistant Colonial Surgeons for their districts are 
health officers. 
1 he powers of the Central Board of Health, that is, of the Governor-in- 
Council, are very great, and control the sanitation of the Colony. The District 
Board becomes the Board of Health, and is entrusted with the carrying out 
of the provisions of the Health Ordinance in its district, it is essentially a local 
body in Belize. The Central Board therefore controls both local or internal 
sanitation through its executive the Local Boards, and the external sanitary 
protective measures for the Colony, viz., quarantine, through the special 
Quarantine Board in Belize, or through Local Boards of Health in other 
districts when entrusted with quarantine powers. 
Until this year the sanitary work has been almost wholly internal, and done 
through the Local Boards ; this year the Central Board was active with 
quarantine. 
The scope of the work under the District Board may be gauged by the fact 
that it has the following Committees : — Sanitary, Streets, Cemeteries, Mar- 
kets and Slaughter-house, Fire, Cays, Scrutiny and Improvements. The 
machinery which it possesses to carry out its sanitary duties, and it must 
not be forgotten that the District Board is the Local Board of Health, are 
as follows : — 
x. One Inspector of Nuisances, whose whole time is devoted to sanitary 
inspection, and who reports daily to the Colonial Surgeon. 
2. Two other Inspectors, one of whom at least has also other duties 
to perform. 
Thirteen scavengers. 
Five carts. 
For the purposes of sanitary inspection the town is divided into eight 
districts. Two inspectors are at work from Monday to Saturday. Each district 
takes three days. The eight districts are inspected in two weeks. The two 
inspectors work on opposite sides of the river. (According to statement 
furnished to Superintendent of Public Works, 1905.) 
