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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD JULY, 1897.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 270.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd July, 1897.
No. 12.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 17th day of June, 1897.
PRESENT:
The Acting Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. JOHN MITFord Atkinson), President.
The Captain Superintendent of Police, (The Honourable FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.), Vice-President. The Acting Director of Public Works, (The Honourable WILLIAM CHATHAM),
The Medical Officer of Health, (Dr. FRANCIS WILLIAM CLARK),
ABSENT:
The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART). NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
Minutes. The minutes of meetings held on the 3rd June, 1897, were read and confirmed.
Motion.
The Medical Officer of Health addressed the Board and moved---
That the bye-laws--with the exception of bye-law No. 4-which were made by the Sanitary Board under section 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1894, on the 19th and 28th days of March, 1895, and approved by the Legis- lative Council on the 20th day of March and the 4th day of April, 1895, respectively, and which were published in Government Notifications Nos. 111 and 134 of 1895, be repealed as from the 22nd May, 1897, being the date of the publication of the new bye-laws as set forth in Government Notification No. 201 of
1897.
The President seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bye-law. A bye-law to be made under section 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1894 was read.
The President moved―
That the bye-law be made and transmitted to the Colonial Secretary for the approval of the Legislative Council
in the usual manner.
The Medical Officer of Health seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bubonic Plague.-A return showing the progress of Bubonic Plague iu Bombay and suburbs, from the 4th to the 18th May, 1897, was laid on the table.
Bubonic Plague.--A return showing the progress of Bubonic Plague in Tainan, Formosa, from the 19th to the 26th May, 1897, was laid on the table.
Hospital. A correspondence-which had been circulated to Members having reference to a hospital which is being erected on the confines of the Colony was considered.
The President moved-
That this Board recommends the Government to communicate with the Viceroy of Cunton, with a view to the prevention of the building, now in course of erection at Sham-shui-po, being used as a Hospital as it is likely to prove a source of danger to the Public Health of this Colony,
The Honourable Acting Director of Public Works seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Latrine. An application for a grant of land on which to erect a latrine to meet the requirements of the inhabitants of Tai-kok-tsui was considered.
The President moved—
That the application be refused.
The Medical Officer of Health seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Water-closet.-Au application for permission to erect a water-closet and three urinals at the Masonic Hall, in Zetland Street, was considered.
table.
The Vice-President moved-
That the permission asked for be granted, subject to the conditions specified by the Surveyor in his minute dated
the 2nd June, 1897.
The Medical Officer of Health seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Mortality Returns.-The returns for the weeks ended the 5th and 12th June, respectively, were laid on the
Public Laundries.-Nineteen applications that certain promises be registered as public laundries, in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance 24 of 1887 and the bye-laws made thereunder, were considered.
The President moved--
That the premises be registered as requested.
The Medical Officer of Health seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.