Mr. Gardner. Have you ever contemplated the purification of your sewage in any way?
Mr. Evanson. We have never considered it.
Mr. Gardner. You have never had it under consideration?
Mr. Evanson. No.
Mr. Gardner. In your opinion, would it be a difficult thing to do?
Mr. Evanson. No; I think we could treat it all right. Prescott has been most fortunate in that we have not had any experience of an epidemic of any kind. Brockville has been troubled with typhoid for some years, but we have been free from it. We never attempted to chlorinate the water until Brockville had an epidemic a few years ago, and we chlorinated the water as a precaution. At present we have not a case of fever in Prescott. You will find that the fever cases in Prescott are much below the average.
Mr. Magrath. You are satisfied?
Mr. Evanson. We are satisfied with the conditions as they exist at present.
Mr. Gardner. How long have you been treating your water?
Mr. Evanson. Since the epidemic in Brockville we have been treating it most of the time. I regret that the medical health officer of the municipality could not come here to-day. I may state that the quantity of chlorine we put into the water is lowered at certain seasons of the year.