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that the present pans be removed, and a cemented closet with
a proper fall and water-supply, which should be trapped
within a short distance of the seat, be substituted: at the same
time the roof should be so constructed as to admit of proper
ventilation.
Although this will in some degree remedy the evil, yet it
will not prevent the existence of fever and other ailments,
inasmuch as the rooms are very small, densely populated, and
imperfectly ventilated; and so long as there is no power to
interfere where rooms are overcrowded, so long will fever
prevail, although every other sanitary precaution may be taken.
During the month 31 houses have been inspected in St. John's,
many in a very filthy state: the details will be found in
Inspector Wood's Report. It has also been necessary to attend
at the Police Court, in consequence of a quantity of fish having
been seized by Inspector Wood, which was totally unfit for
human food; the Magistrate upon the evidence fined the
owner 20s.
In compliance with an application from the Government
requesting a Return of all places inspected since January 1857,
I have prepared a Return containing all the information they
required.
I would beg to suggest that, as the Reports are now printed
Quarterly, the Tables should be condensed into one Quarterly
Sheet.
I have the honor to be,
Gentlemen,
Your faithful Servant,
BARNARD HOLT.
5, Parliament Street,
July, 1858.