112 PROCEEDINGS OE THE SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION. 
Borough, and for the prevention and suppression of all 
nuisances not already punishable by virtue of some Ordi- 
nance, such bye-laws to be approved by the Governor. 
In the year 1855 an Ordinance was passed for the estab- 
lishment of General and Local Boards of Health ; and the 
Borough Council was constituted a Local Board for Port-of- 
Spain. As such, it is charged with the duty of carrying out 
such orders and provisions as may be in force in the Borough. 
It has the power to appoint a Sanitary Inspector and other 
officers and servants and to make regulations for the duties 
and conduct of the same. 
The General Board of Health has power to make orders ; 
with regard to the sewerage of districts : with respect to 
the level and width of new streets, and provisions for their 
sewerage : with regard to the structure of new buildings in 
reference to their stability and the prevention of fires and 
the promotion of health : with reference to the sewerage of 
buildings, to water-closets, privies and cesspools : for the 
regulation of slaughter houses ; also of lodging houses, and 
the prevention of overcrowding in the same. 
Under clause 3rd of the Ordinance, the Governor may 
appoint a Secretary and Superintending Inspector ; and the 
Board may assign to the Superintending Inspector such 
duties as they may think fit. 
The General Board should meet for the despatch of busi- 
ness once, at the least, in each quarter, and oftener if need 
be. The duties of both the Sanitary and the Superintend- 
ing Inspectors are determined by Ordinance No. 24 of 1850, 
for promoting the public health. 
The Boards of Health and Municipal Ordinances are the 
only ones under which the Corporation has any action. 
There are, however, several other enactments which have 
