, 1885-04-22

co Ioctlng ana saving the wafer mat COuiu
be got during rainfall; it is also the case
with many private buildings, even with
buildings occupied by the better classes,
not the small huts; tor instance in Kings
Street alone here in Christiansted, there is
plenty of roofing, but in many cases no
SpOuts. hence no water at all is collected.
He thought it should be made incumbent
on every proprietor In town to have 3
proper cistern to collect water everywhere.
Then again s 81 provides that Gin those
closets having a pit. this must not have q
greater depth than 4 feet" This is q
p0int to which he had specially called the
attention of the Government, to the effect
that pits should be done away with entire
ly; it is his strong conviction that it can
not be prevented hat pits of the sort must
be injurious 10 health, be they arranged
in whatever manner you like. Closets
should be arranged exclusively with move
able apparatuses to collect the focal matter
aud to have it removed. This be had re-
commended, but the Government had not
adopted it. In ) % there is this provision,
that the removal of the contents OF closets
shall be carried OH under the control Of
the Sanitary Police; the cdrting away
ought only to take place at night or early
in the morning 80" Of course theoreti.
cally he perfectly agreed in that arrange.
ment, but it will be practically impossible
in so far as the carting AVA at night is
concerned; people would scarcely be will.
ing to let heir houses and yards remain
open at all hours of the night to allow Of
the removal of closet. contents; certainly
it might be done also in the morning early,
but even then it would not always be suita-
BILE or agreeable; and he always looks
upon it as all unfortunate thing to enact
what is not practicable i'll the carrying out.
Next, s % says it is "fOrbidlen to keep
swine without having obtained the consent
of the Board of Health" 1t will be re-.
membered that some time ago all hOnoura.
BILE Member called attention to the large
number of swine kept in this town, and
from remarks that had appeared later in
the "ANis", it would appear that the mum.
Der is large also in Frederiksted. If he had
understood the honorable Member rightly,
he had meant that the keeping OF swine i'll
town ought not to be allowed at ALL.
(Lemming: YeS) in that he (Kalmer) per
fectly agreed, and his honorable Colleague
in The Commission would remember that
he had made a remark in that direction.
The honorable Secretary had referred to
the Sanitary Regulations for Randers; &C.
cording to those Regulations swine are
not to be kept at all i'll the town; and it
may be turned aud twisted as You like,
SWINE are nulSanCeS WHICH OuSnI HOG 10
be permitted ut all in town, being perni-
cious in more than one respect. He is per.
fectly aware that according to this same
section the Board can refuse permission to
have swine kept in town but in that way.
we would throw the whole unpleasant re-
SpOnsibility on the Board of Health, in
stead of at once making it a law that
swine are not to be kept within the pre-
cinctS of the town for if the Board were
to act us it, in his opinion, should, and
forbid the keeping of swine, the Board
would be mourning the whole displeasnre
of that part of the community whereas II
the prohibition be in the Regulations them
selves, the prevention could be carried ont
easier and more cleverly. 1t will be re-
membered that His Excellency the Go
vernon, who is now absent but will shortly
be here again, showed Il certain favoura-
Die inclination towards the owners of
swine and was not inclined to do away
with the keeping of those animals here;
sill it ought to be done as II necessity
In 81, second clause, there is a provisions
that "public and private hospitals, poor
houses, aSylums and prisons are placed
under the supervision of the Board" y; to
this he did not Exactly object as being
wrong, but he did not consider it necessary,
at least as far as Hospitals are concerned.
There are already Commissions especially