Windsor & Richmond Gazette, Saturday, March 10, 1900 - page 4 Correspondence. The Pigeon Scare To the Editor - Sir, - Will you permit me space in your excellent paper to ask the Windsor Council if they have taken any active steps to prevent the plague getting a foothold in this town. They cannot say that Windsor is in a proper sanitary condition. It is not - far from it. We have open drains, that horrible cess-pit system, and many other things that are far from healthy. Why cannot the Council, like the Burwood one, purchase some powerful disinfectant and give it to those who cannot afford to buy proper means to have their premises cleansed. Can they not send around proper men to see that disinfectants are freely used ? It is an awful thing to see the plague spreading on all sides, and still that lazy set of men called the Council will not move hand or foot to prevent that fearful scourge from taking root in our own town. Hoping that they'll attend to this most important matter, -- I am, &c., Zeno