. Rural sanitation in the tropics : being notes and observations in the Malay Archipelago, Panama and other lands. h plot. Thework of cutting grass is no longer done by theSanitary Department, but by the QuartermastersDepartment on requisition by the sanitary inspector,who sends in his requisitions on Monday mornings,stating the number of plots, the number of squareyards, the estimated cost, and whether to be doneby horse-mower or scythemen. The cost of the workis charged to the Sanitary Department. Miraflores, Monday, igtk May.—By the to Miraflores, where I was met by Mr Shrimpton,t
. Rural sanitation in the tropics : being notes and observations in the Malay Archipelago, Panama and other lands. h plot. Thework of cutting grass is no longer done by theSanitary Department, but by the QuartermastersDepartment on requisition by the sanitary inspector,who sends in his requisitions on Monday mornings,stating the number of plots, the number of squareyards, the estimated cost, and whether to be doneby horse-mower or scythemen. The cost of the workis charged to the Sanitary Department. Miraflores, Monday, igtk May.—By the to Miraflores, where I was met by Mr Shrimpton,the sanitary inspector. Near to his office we sawa well-burnt ditch. Oil is sprayed among the grassroots on the side of the ditch, and burned at the sametime. The grass is almost killed, while on the surfaceof the ground a deposit of heavy asphalt takes place,which delays the reappearance of the it does not entirely kill out the grass, itis certainly very effective in checking its some ditches asphalt was so thick that the sidelooked like an asphalt path. This can have re(iuired. c Q
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