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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH JULY, 1895.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 322.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary,
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Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th July, 1895.
No. 19.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 4th day of July, 1895.
PRESENT:
The Director of Public Works, (The Honourable FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER), President.
The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, (WILLIAM Charles HOLLAND HASTINGS, Esquire, R.N.).
The Acting Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. JAMES ALFRED Lowson), Vice-President.
The Acting Medical Officer of Health, (Surgeon-Major WESTCOTT, A.M.S.).
NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
ABSENT:
The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART).
Minutes.-The minutes of a Meeting held on the 20th day of June, 1995, were read and confirmed. Motion.—The Acting Colonial Surgeon addressed the Board and moved—-
That a report be supplied to the Board as to the numerous insanitary places in the Colony which can be dealt with under bye-laws 28, 29 and 30 made under section 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1894, and that the Board request the Government to call on the Acting Medicul Officer of Health to furnish it at the earliest possible
moment.
Mr. EDE seconded.
A discussion ensned.
Question-put and agreed to.
Motion. The Acting Colonial Surgeon addressed the Board and moved--
That the Secretary be instructed to compile in a small hand-book all the Ordinances and bye-laws relating to
sanitary matters in the Colony,
The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police seconded. Question--put and agreed to.
Water Analyses.-The Analyst's reports on samples of water drawn from the Taitam aud Pokfulam mains during the month of June were laid on the table.
Basements.A letter-which had been circulated to Members-from Mr. A. DENISON, requesting to be informed if certain proposed alterations to basement floors would render such floors suitable for human habitation, was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
It was agreed that Mr. DENISON be informed that no general approval can be given to his proposal but that any appli- cation made with reference to any specilied house or houses will receive due considération.
Well. A petition from Messrs. Kwok Tsz Ho and Wose HOK-NAM praying that the notice served on them to close a well at 36, Jervois Street be reviewed, was considered.
The President moved
That Messrs. Kwok Tsz and Wong Hok-nam be informed that the notice served on them must be complied with. The Acting Colonial Surgeon seconded,
Question-put and agreed to.
Bubonic Plague.-Three reports-which had been circulated to Members--from the Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, having reference to cases of bubonic plague which had occurred at Holland Street and Heung Laue were laid on the table.
Reports-The Assistant Surveyor's reports on the condition of the house drains of the houses in Blocks 57, 61, 62, 70, 71, 82, 83 and 84 were laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating covers read.
The President moved—
That the owners of the houses situated in these Blocks be called on to execute the works recommended in the
Surveyor's reports in accordance with the Ordinances and bye-laws governing such works.
The Medical Officer of Health seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Mortality Returns. The returns-which had been circulated to Members--for the weeks onded the 22nd and - 29th June, respectively, were laid on the table and a minute on the circulating cover of one of them read.
Nuisance. A liter from the representative of the owners of Kowloon Farm Lot No. 12 having reference to the notice which had been served on her to abate a unisance on this lot was read.
The President addressed the Board and moved-
That the motion agreed to at the lust meeting of the Board with regard to the nuisance on this Farm Lot be
adhered to, and that Mrs. Alves be so informed.
The Acting Colonial Surgeon seconded,
Question-put and agreed to.