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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD APRIL, 1898.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a special meeting held on Thursday, the 14th day of April, 1898.
PRESENT:
The Principal Civil Medical Officer, (Dr. JonN MITFORD ATKINSON), President.
The Captain Superintendent of Police, (The Honourable FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.), Vice-President.
The Director of Public Works, (The Honourable Robert DALY ORMSBY),
The Acting Registrar General, (ARTHUR WIMBOLT BREWIN, Esquire).
The Medical Officer of Health, (Dr. FRANCIS WILLIAM Clark).
NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
Bubonic Plagne.--The President addressed the Board and moved--
That the Villages in British Kowloon be declared areas infected with Bubonic Plague.
The Medical Officer of Health seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
It was further agreed that a letter be addressed to the Colonial Secretary informing him that the above districts had been declared by the Board to be infected with Bubonic Plague, and requesting the authority of the Government to obtain such additional assistance as may be accessary for house to house visitation and cleansing in these districts.
The President addressed the Board and moved
That this Board recommends the Government to communicate with the Viceroy of Canton with a view of ascertaining whether persons suffering from Bubonic Plague can be prohibited from coming to this Colony, from the Kwang Tung province,
Mr. N. J. Ede seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
The President addressed the Board and moved---
That the Regulations made by the Board in March, 1896, with reference to the removal of cases of Bubonic Plague,
and the bodies of persons dead of that disease, from the Colony be adopted for the current year.
The Medical Officer of Health seconded.
The Captain Superintendent of Police addressed the Board and moyed--as an amendment to the motion-
That the removal of Plague patients from this Colony be permitted by the Board from certain specified wharves where officers of the Board will be on duty to obtain the addresses of these patients, and that matsheds be crected at the wharees for their temporary reception.
Mr. N. J. Ede seconded.
The Acting Registrar General addressed the Board. The Director of Public Works addressed the Board. The Medical Officer of Health addressed the Board.
The Board divided.
Ayes,
The Captain Superintendent of Police, The Acting Registrar General.
Mr. N. J. EDE.
The Director of Public Works did not vote,
Amendment carried.
The President addressed the Board and moved-
Noes,
The President.
The Medical Officer of Health.
That the Board requests the Government to authorize them to cremate the bodies of all persons found dead of Playne
in the streets.
The Director of Public Works secondled.
The Captain Superintendent of Police addressed the Board.
The Medical Officer of Health addressed the Board.
The Bourd divided.
The President.
Ayes.
The Director of Public Works.
Noes.
The Captain Superintendent of Police. The Acting Registrar General.
Mr. N. J. EDE.
The Medical O Hear of Health pointed out that the resolution was contrary to Bye-law 19 made muder section 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1994, and did not vote.
Motion carried.
Adjournment.-The Board then adjourned.
Read and confirmed this 21st day of April, 1898.
FRANCIS W. CLARK,
Acting Secretary.
J. M. ATKINSON,
Tresident.