THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH MARCH, 1898.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 135.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
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T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th March, 1898.
No. 5.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 10th day of March, 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 24th February, and 3rd March, 1898, respectively, were read and
confirmed.
Disinfection of Articles in Pawnbrokers' Shops.--A correspondence-which had been circulated to Members having reference to the disinfection twice a year of wares in the Pawnbrokers' Shops in the Colony was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
A discussion ensued.
The President moved-
That all the wares in the Pawnbrokers' Shops in the Colony be disinfected twice a year.
The motion was not seconded.
Bubonic Plague.-A correspondence-which had been cirenlated to Members-concerning the destruction of certain articles found in a house infected with Bubonic Plague was laid on the table and a minute on the circulating cover read.
The Vice-President moved —
That the Colonial Secretary be informed that the circumstances connected with the case in question were
exceptional.
The Medical Officer of Health seconded. Question-put and agreed to.
Rinderpest.-An application-which had been circulated to Members-that a part of the premises which the Board had declared to be infected be released, was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
It was agreed that inasmuch as the Board had sanctioned, subject to certain conditions, the removal of milk from the premises in question no further action was required at present.
A report from the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon concerning the cremation of the carcase of a cow was read. A discussion ensued.
It was agreed that the next infected carcase should be burned.
Ordinance 17 of 1837.-A correspondence--which had been circulated to Members concerning the powers of the Board under the provisions of Bye-law 12 of Schedule A of Ordinance 17 of 1887, was considered.
The President moved-
The Board advise that the Ordinance be so amended as to enable the Board to prevent persons leaving a place
which the Board have declared to be infected.
Mr. N. J. EDE seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Report. A report from the Medical Officer of Health--which had been circulated to Members--advising that the ground floor rooms of No. 1 Chuk Hing Lane be declared mufit for human babitation, was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
The President moved--
That the rooms in question be declared unfit for human habitation.
Mr. N. J. EDE seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Defective House Drains.-The Surveyor's report-which had been circulated to Members-on the house-drains at Block No. 33, was laid on the table and a minute on the circulating cover read.
Mr. N. J. EDE 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 President seconded.
Question--pat and agreed to.
Mortality Returns.-The returns for the weeks ended the 26th February and 3rd March, 1898, respectively, were laid on the table.