§ MR. STEPHENS (Middlesex, Hornsey)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been drawn to the prevalence, for a long period, of typhoid fever in Turk's Island; whether any, and, if any, what steps have been taken to ascertain the local sources of infection, and to deal with them; whether he is aware that the long-continued foul condition of the Red Salina Pond, arising from accumulation of dead fish and other organic matter in a state of decomposition, is most dangerous to the health of the town; and whether, as the cleaning of the Red Salina Pond could probably be carried out for a comparatively small sum, he will influence the authorities to carry out that work?
THE UNDER SECRETARY or STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. S. BUXTOX, Tower Hamlets, Poplar)My attention has not before been called to the matter; but the Governor will be asked for a Report.