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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD MARCH, 1895.
are any persons in or upon the said premises attacked or affected by the said diseases or who have died thereof. If the premises so visited or any part thereof shall be found in a dirty or insanitary condition in the opinion of the officer making such visitation, he may forthwith take steps to have the same thoroughly cleansed and disinfected by the staff of the said Board or by contractors or others specially appointed for that purpose. All dead bodies found on such premises shall be forthwith removed for burial, and all persons attacked or affected by such diseases be taken to the Hygeia or to such other place as may be appointed in pursuance of No. 17 of these Bye-laws.
23. All articles of clothing or bedding and all other articles whatsoever, which have been in contact with any person or body in any way affected by such diseases, shall be removed from any premises in which they are, or shall be found, by the officers or contractors of the Sanitary Board, in covered vehicles and with such precautions and in such manner as the said Board shall from time to time direct, and shall be thoroughly disinfected and then returned to the owner or owners thereof. No
persons, other than the officers or contractors of the said Board, shall remove or needlessly handle such articles until they have been removed and disinfected.
24. If in the opinion, duly certified in writing, of a duly authorised officer of the Sanitary Board, or of a legally qualified and registered medical practitioner, any bedding, clothing, furniture or other article cannot be effectively disinfected or ought for any sanitary reason to be destroyed, it shall be destroyed in such manner and in such place and with such precautions as the said Board may from time to time direct.
25. Every room or place in which any person attacked by such diseases or in which the body of any person who has died of such diseases shall have been, or shall be found, shall forthwith, after the removal therefrom of the diseased person or of the dead body, be thoroughly cleansed and disin- fected, as the Sanitary Board may direct; and- if in the opinion of a legally qualified and regis- tered medical practitioner it is desirable or necessary -the persons residing therein shall be removed. to such place as the Board may direct and there isolated and kept under observation until such time as they may be safely released, the furniture and effects thoroughly cleansed, disinfected or destroyed as the said Board may direct under the directions and supervision of the officers of the said Board, and the premises disinfected and cleansed as before mentioned before the ground or premises are re-occupied.
26. If in the opinion, duly certified in writing, of any legally qualified and registered medical practitioner authorised by the Sanitary Board any house or premises is or are in such a filthy con- dition as to be insanitary all the inhabitants shall be removed therefrom to some other premises and appointed by the Sanitary Board with such