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evinced on behalf of these poor people, and thej r were ordered to 
close their wells, the authorities allowed a certain company to 
dig wells around their buildings. He failed to see why a big 
corporation like the Electric Light Company should be favoured 
in preference to the poor people who lived in Woodbrook. 
Professor Carmodv said he should address himself to one 
part of the lecture, and that was the water supply of Trinidad. 
It was the habit of some persons to run down the character of 
the water supply of the colony. And no doubt those who had 
lands above the present reservoir for sale were interested m 
doing so, because they always found the Government a good 
purchaser. But from his experience of the water here as well a* 
in England he could say with confidence that the natural condi- 
tion of the water here was equal to if it did not surpass that or 
most of the towns in England. It was necessary to take their 
water supply from the upper part of the river to avoid contain' 
nation. Filter beds would be much more costly to maintain m 
Port-of-Spain than at Arima. Mr. Carmody then referred to the. 
fact that for very many years he had made monthly analyses <> 
samples of water from St. Ann’s and Maraval, and it was only 
occasionally that any abnormal conditions were found. Min' 
he wanted fo point out and draw special attention to was t ie 
polluted water in the wells. He noticed an instance where he 
tad made an analysis of water from a well, which was in suci 
condition as to cause him to wonder how some of the people wno 
drank from this well had not committed suicide. Mr. Carrno y 
also drew attention to the milk supplied to Port-of-Spain which 
came principally from Peru Village where people washed, dean 
and cooked with water from polluted wells from which then* 
•cattle also drank, lie instanced the fact that recently in ° ae 
yard m that village some four or five persons were struck 
•down with dysentery which it was proved had been caused by 
drinking bad water from the well. 
Mr. Rust drew attention to the fact that he had alluded to 
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Woodbrook and not to Peru Village. 
I ml end * t r.^1 •” ^ W * ' ' ? . sa ‘ r * this was a most important 
been del, W S l" 1U n’ ’VT’ ° f ilU the lectures which had recer 
as it inline r \ T Ult la ’ t,1Q most important to the commun 
m Se V 0 ""'':' 1 ' their health. He (the speaker) 1 
could bedew ; Uly (1 T ,hL ;ls to the abundance of water t 
although fcht had dT I" 8 ° Urces to found in- the isla 
of water \ ow • )eon told that they suflercd from w 
tor. Now his lecture Mr. Wrightson had jqfprmed tl 
