THE SANITARY CONDITION OF FOXTON.

Manawatu Herald, 13 September 1892, Page 2

THE SANITARY CONDITION OF FOXTON.

; nuun TO THE EDITOR OF THE MANAWATU HgRAX/Dn , : Sir,— The only wa£.top people's ear, is>[^^g^iM}Jfj? S8 - In your issue odj-iihg Mhik was ipleased to see.jjhftt.y^ilja^j^ken up, 'the Sanitar^thq^sfioflji.^and you aippeal toJfhenaw.Gawpil to put the tbwn on a, igaad;; .sanitary footing. .This I hope and trust will ke done « * Whto'dipJath _ria made its appearance in thfl'itQWinj last autumn, Dr DsrmfeKT wrote, !( t©. i() -1jh» Borough Council p&inting,ou:t,J&^, necessity of compelling thepao^Le / _9 f 'k§& *^ r premises clean, asce^pifcs,Ms#-c.'*, ; were the breeding plaqffljjjlDffri'fflf* 1 " Hheria, and we know wjttft .sgrroff that this fell disease mmuAWAyi many of our little onef3 Xj %nft ( sflse y .o/ riper years, and this will.. flga^T b« repeated as soon as th§{ ,##[ dry weather sets* i^if^pme^ep^are not taken to seajithak. the, .PFn is kept r clean. Although jonie. families have i escaped this fell) disease last autumn, : the en^m^islStill in our midst and may ehter! their* houses next year and snaitbh 'a\_ay their little ones, therefore-iit -behoves the ratepayers tb bring some.-pre. sure to bear on the City Fathers-; to;.. dor their duty and see that the.fcawAia;_ppt on a good sanitary footings ■'$hws was some feeble &iferrtpVtG&&osMsko by-laws in connection >.. jritb jtbe.,.,Kpghtsoil question but nothing sati^tqry was done whethett ifcfwiis o_yang' (J tfl a fny defect in the bydkwg .th^rps^e^^i? the Council's inability tauflnfty^g' them, this still will*? h fw-upQiM proved. I would ( j*sy, to, tne new [ Council let them unite as one man and show the people that they have the welfare of the people and town atf&ai^O&^fTteifis&tb : Gillespie as Inspector of Nuisancesj andlgive Mm ikejppsy^rtp <#%eOTrr the by-laws bearing on the' nigntsoiiT question. I would ask Q4^. , cg^sfio^CT

Mr Editor, ate some people's life and [ henith to be sacrificed because others \ refuse to keep their premises clean ? I say no, ■ let the Council do thenduty, and all rightminded people will give them credit for doing so. Let us have no halt measures about this matter, 'When bur own lives and •our little ones are at stake. I say them let the law take its course. In <foys gone by Foxton used to be considered the healthiest little town on the west coast of the North Island, and many a family came from, the inljiud-.tpwns, to recruit their health and' dnjoy the fresh sea breeze pn'fche Jbekckat : the mouth of the river, and have a' good days fishing, ahd I hope to see this again, but let the people of Foxton make the place attractive so that people from inland may spend a few weeks in the summer to a-ecruit their health. I think MiEditor you will recollect that the Hate Dr Smith used , to say that Foxton w«s the most beastly healthy $lace he ever was in and left the place in disgust for fields fresh jand pastures new, as no medical titan could get a living in Foxton. .Hoping I have, not taken up too much of your valuable space.— l am. &c, Fwxtera, Sept, 12th;' 1892.