BUBONIC PLAGUE.
(To the Editor.) "; Sir, —In the intei-ests of the health, of this city, it is quite time some-:-: notice was taken of the damniing up", of the drainage flowing from urey ■ Lynn into Cox's Creek. What is the ' use of the City Council taking niea&g ures to clean the city one side of the' | road if the Grey Lynn Council alloWa : the drainage from over 600 houses on-If the Surrey Hills to De dammed up;; with dogs gradually rotting in thesun. Let the Health Officer, Dr. King, ■ go at once and inspect this reeking; fever-creating nuisance before wehave bubonic plague in^its worst form - in our midst. Urine, house slops, etc.; ■ - dammed up is not conducive to the ' health of any community.—l am, etc;,-. REX;;: ["Health" writes' to similar effect,^ If a nuisance exists in the locality1 complained of, those afEected by it should petition the City Council on the subject.—Ed E.S.]
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 62, 14 March 1900, Page 2
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