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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH MARCH, 1898.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 109.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th March, 1898.
No. 4.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thurs lay, the 24th day of February, 1898.
PRESENT:
The Principal Civil Medical Officer, (Dr. JoHN MITFORD ATKINSON), President.
The Captain Superintendent of Police, (The Honourable FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.), Vice-President. The Medical Officer of Health, (Dr. FRANCIS WILLIAM CLark).
NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
ABSENT:
The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWART Lockhart).
The Director of Public Works, (The Honourable ROBERT DALY Ormsby).
Minutes. The minutes of meetings held on the 10th and 15th February, 1898, were read and confirmed.
Bubonic Plague.-A return showing the progress of Bubonic Plague in Bombay, from the 19th January to the 1st February, 1898, was laid on the table.
Milk. A report by the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon-which had been circulated to Members-on the subject of the Milk Supplies of the Colony, was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
Defective House-drains.-The Surveyor's reports-which had been circulated to Members-on the house-drains at Block No. 89 and at houses Nos. 120, 122, 124, 126 and 128, Shaukiwan, were laid on the table and a minute on the circulating cover of one of them read.
The President moved--
That the owners of these houses be called upon to carry out the works recommended by the Surveyor, such works
to be done in accordance with the laws governing house-drainage works.
The Medical Officer of Health seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Mortality Returns.-The returns for the weeks ended the 12th and 19th February, 1898, respectively, were laid on the table.
Bake-houses.-Teu applications for the registration of premises as Bake-houses were considered.
The President moved-
That the premises be registered as requested.
Mr. N. J. EDE seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
Licences. Two hundred and eleven applications for licences and renewal of licences to keep cattle and swine were
considered.
The President moved--
That the licences asked for be granted.
The Medical Officer of Health seconded. Question-put and agreed to.
Licence. An application-which had been circulated to Members--for a licence to sell fresh fish at Nos. 111 and 113, Tai-kok-tsui was considered.
Mr. N. J. EDE moved----
The Board advise that the licence asked for be granted up to the 31st December, 1898.
The President seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Water-closets. An application--which had been circulated to Members-for permission to erect three additional water-closets at the Sailors' Home was considered.
The President moved-
That the permission asked for be granted.
The Vice-President seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bubonic Plague.-A report by the Medical Officer of Health, concerning the action he had taken with regard to certain articles of food found in a house where two cases of Bubonic Plague had occurred, was read.
The President moved-
That the letter be transmitted to the Colonial Secretary advising that the articles destroyed be paid for in ac-
cordance with the valuation of them which had been made by the Medical Officer of Health.
The Medical Officer of Health seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.