At the ordinary meeting of the Sanitary Board held on the ult.. the pri up for discussion was the A report from Dr. pation of dead rats_w Jaid on the ible. Dr. Bell had examined the spleen and heart blood of 100 rats found dead, and of this number only two were found to be plague-infected. In a minute on the subject of rats the Governor ssu gested that professional ratcatchers might he got out from home, but the President in reply deprecated the experiment. They were now obtaining about 4,000 rats per month, and the munters were increasing. An English ratcatcher would have we kno ledge of the Chinese habits or language, and it wax doubtful whether he could be of much use. He recommended closer ratings for storm. drain all ceiling tions outside the and more concrete
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