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fecal matter and to make excavations for a sewage system, 
would undoubtedly liberate a considerable quantity ot germ 
disease. But he proceeded to show how completely Ins views 
had been changed after a practical knowledge of the sanitary 
conditions of Port-of-Spain by- advocating a complete sewage 
system. Of course the question of expense was a '<'■} 1 cu 
one to deal with but lie thought they might take it as settled that 
a great deal of Port-of-Spain would be put in a position in which 
all f cecal and refuse matter would be carried away by water 
carriage right out to the Gulf away from the shore. Such a 
system was absolutely necessary to their safety. 
r- t „ nifpfl a lance at the Government, the Bor- 
»«»h Cou^rX r»d o»ner, end occupier,, tat e.pcci.ll, M the 
ttS i'rr-uld etate op to fee . .e.rfo, 
epidemic. 
Mr Syl Devenish closed the debate with observations on 
the sanitary building of houses which he said was greatly needed 
in the city. 
. • ti,„„i-orl fir Prada for his paper which 
Then the Chairman 1 • ^ observed Dr. Laurence- 
he again highly praised and lnc-ic. • sanitary point of view 
had denounced the barrack S}» e ra [ p () ; u t of view for he 
but it could also he denounced 1 -y e a great deal of 
found the barrack yard system resp^^^ t i, e barrack yards 
the crime of Port-of-Spam. Hq < them s0 that the police 
being made with thoroughfares " to the immorality 
could pass through and so act as a 
and crime that went on in them. 
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