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If however, every inhabitant would place a small amount
of disinfectant (say solution of permanganate of potash) daily
into the drain or closet, a sewer would be comparatively free
from odour.
Cow Houses and Dairies.
As milk should constitute the solo diet of infants, and
is the frequent diet of invalids, and forms a portion of the
daily diet of all classes of society, it becomes of serious
importance that this nutritious food should be of pure quality.
The surroundings of cow houses and dairies should bo
kept scrupulously clean, and any sick animal should be removed
from contact with healthy ones, and the milk should
be thrown awav.
The attendance upon cows by those who have recently
been the subject of epidemic diseases, should be forbidden.
The water used for scalding and washing cans must bo
of a pure description. *
The requirements for cow-houses are, that—They must
be well ventilated and lighted. That there must bo a cubic
space of not less than 800 feet per cow; the sides and flooring
must be of some solid and impervious description;
proper paving and drainage of the cow house and adjoining
yard; a good water supply; a properly constructed dung
pit, and a clean, covered, impervious receptacle for grains.
The cow-houses must be cleansed, and the manure removed
thcrehom, twice daily; and all refuse removed therefrom at
least three times a week before 7 a.m.
The Board's Hospital.
Our well-situated, excellent and well-appointed little