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The Cnarrwax said that a common plan | rn Toronto was to build houses on the ground withont a cellar, Dr. Arixs said that he almost invariably noticed that an unpleasant smell pervaded these houses when they were well warmed. Dr. Wonrsaxax explained that this difficulty was entirely obviated by a system of venti-- iation which had been put in force in the Asylam, as Dr. O'Reilly could testify,. A stove pipe from below carried the vitiated air to the pipe in the upper part of the building. Dr. O'BRemaiy said that the system men-- tioned by Dr. Workman had been found perfectly satisfactory. After some further discussion, the follow. ing was adopted as the cireular to be sent to Clerks of Municipalities :-- 1. How far has your Council exercised any authority in relation to the public health, and if not, why not ? 2. What regulations thereon have been established, and annex a copy, 3. How far have such regulations been obscrved or enforced ? 4. What other means have been adopted in order to prévent or diminish causes of in-- jury to the public health ? b, What ars the means employed to dis-- pose of or remove refuse matter, whether solid or liquid, from inhabited places, specifying the different kinds of rethuse, such as sewago, excrements, or other filth, 6. What provisions exist for preventing infectious discases from -- spreading, and what, if any, hospital or other publiceac. commodation ecxists for this object, and to what exteat is vaccination and re--vaccina-- tion practised ? 4. What are the sources ol water supply for the inhabitaunts, and what is the quality, | and whetber pute or liable to be polluted, | such as from proximity of privies or from nature of stravilication of the soil ? 8. What are the means of drainage ? ' _ 9. What is the number of houses and rooms respectively tor the number of inhabi-- tants in your municipality, and means of warining and ventilation of such rooms, and the drainage and ventilation of the cellars ; | also whether the accommodation is sufiicient to prevent overcrowding. 10. What have been tie conditions of the public hcealth during the following years, dis-- tinguishing in each, and annex any statistics there may be, in the years 1875, 1876, and 18771 11. State with as much accuracy as pos-- sible the extent to which the following dis-- eases have prevailed during the said years rospectively :---Tv({:hoid or other similar fever, diphtheria, diarthcea, searlet fever, in-- fantile morta®ity, discases attributable to malaria, erysipelas, and consumption, 12, State the number of slaughter--houses, swine yards, cattlo yards, large poultry houses, hide houses, artificial manure manu-- [ factories, or other noxious trades ; also the distances between privies, cesspools, and wells for the water supply ; also what burial places exist within the limits of your muni-- cipality. '__The Committco then adjourned until Tuacsday, gunenpmenn: monrmmnenineonrnmntntnemmepmetmeren