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"2. The sewers should be thoroughly cleansed,
"and all accumulation of sewage matter be removed.
"3. All gully-holes should be properly trapped.
"4. When the sewers by their construction and
"position are a constant source of nuisance to the
"neighbourhood, by emitting foul and disgusting
"odours, they should be ventilated.
"5. As the water of surface wells is known to
"be the most constant and fertile source of Cholera,
"in this and the other countries of Europe, I
"recommend that all the wells of the Parish be kept
"under lock and key, as long as any tendency to
"Cholera exists. I would remind you here of the
"recommendation of the Report of your own
"Committee in 1855, in which you say, 'That not
" 'only on the ground of their liability to special
" 'contamination, but from the fact of their constant
" 'habitual and unavoidable impurity, the surface
" 'wells of the Parish be no longer allowed to be
" 'used for drinking purposes.'
"6. That in the prospect of a visitation of
"Cholera, the condition of cisterns and water-butts
"be especially attended to; and that when they are
"in direct communication with the effluvia of water"closets,
they be removed.
"7. That all those districts and localities
"where Cholera prevailed in 1854 be visited, with
"a special view to ascertain if any nuisances exist,
"which are likely to produce a predisposition to
"take the poison of Cholera."