The sanitary question in Malta. Remarks and suggestions to the Honorable elective members of the Council of Government.

Abstract

The Sanitary Question, &c .

“This is not the cause of faction or of party but of the common interest of every man in Malta."

The petition of the people of Malta to the British Parliament, moved in a Committee, carried by acclamation on July 2, 1879, and forwarded to its destination with 8661 signatures on the 31st of the same month, is to be laid, shortly, before the House of Commons, with the view of promoting the solution of the questions therein contained; questions undoubtedly of paramount importance for securing the rights and ensuring the general well-being of the inhabitants of these islands. The third and last prayer of that Petition is worded thus:-"That the vote passed on the 10th March 1879, by the majority of the Official Members, against the unanimous opposition of the Elected Members, for remodelling the Drainage of the Fortified Towns of Malta, be revoked”. [Excerpt]