THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD FEBRUARY, 1894.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.No. 43.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
G. T. M. OBRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
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Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd February, 1894.
No. 2.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 18th day of January, 1894.
PRESENT:
The Acting Registrar General, (The Honourable ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON), Vice-President. Dr. JAMES CANTLIE,
NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
The Acting Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM, Esquire).
The Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. PHILIP BERNARD CHENERY AYRES, C.M.G.).
JOHN DAVID HUMPHREYS, Esquire.
ABSENT:
The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, (HENRY BRIDGMAN HENDERSON LETHBRIDGE, Esquire). JOHN JOSEPH FRANCIS, Esquire, Q.C.
The Honouraue Dr. Ho Kai
LAU WAI CHUN, Esquire.
Minutes.-The minutes of a meeting held on the 4th day of January, 1894, were read and confirmed.
Water Supply.-A motion, of which notice had been given by Mr. FRANCIS, was postponed by agreement to the next Meeting of the Board, Mr. FRANCIS having notified the President that he was unable to attend upon this occasion.
Mortality Returns.-The returns for the weeks ended the 30th December, 1893, and 6th and 13th January, 1894, which had been circulat i to Members-were laid on the table.
House Drains.--Surveyor's report on condition of drains at Nos. 11 and 12, Kwai Wa Lane; Nos. 33, 35 and 37 Hillier Street; Nos. 267 to 293 (odd Nos.), Queen's Road Central; Nos. 82 to 104 (even Nos.) Jervois Street; and No. 16, Cleverley Street--which had been circulated to Members and the minutes on the circulating cover read-was laid on the table.
A discussion ensued.
The Acting Registrar General moved,-
That the Sanitary Surveyor's Report be adopted and that the owners of the houses be called upon to re-drain in
accordance with the requirements of the Public Health Ordinance and Bye-Laws made thereunder. Mr. EDE seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
The Bucket System.-A Report by the Acting Superintendent concerning complaints regarding the Bucket System-which had been circulated to Members and the minutes on the circulating cover read-was laid on the table.
A discussion ensued.
On Mr. EDE's motion it was agreed that the Acting Superintendent's Report be adopted with the exception of the suggestion numbered 1 re the carriage of pig-wash and urine through the streets.
Drainage Pipes.-A letter dated 6th January, 1894, from Messrs. BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE re the use of stone-ware pipes with bevelled joints instead of socketted pipes for the drainage of Marine Lot No. 1, Quarry Bay, was read.
A discussion ensued.
Mr. HUMPHREYS gave notice of his intention to move at the next meeting of the Board that the drainage bye-laws Nos. 29 and 30 be amended as follows:-
No. 29. Down-pipes, conveying rain-water from roofs, shall be constructed of cast or welded wrought-iron, or of well glazed stone-ware pipes, or of pipes constructed of such_material and pattern as may be approved by the Board, and when the down-pipe discharges into the house-drain it shall be completely disconnected therefrom, as described in bye-law No. 31, and fitted with a bend, shoe or pedestal pipe. ` Wherever practic- able, the rain-water down-pipes on the street side of buildings, shall be carried under the footpath and discharge into the side channel.
NOTE.—It is most important that such pipes should be completely disconnected from the sewers so that they cannot by any possibility serve as conduits for conducting sewer air up and into the dwelling. No. 30. Waste-pipes from baths, sinks and other similar appliances, on the upper floors of buildings shall be of cast-iron socketted pipes or wrought-iron welded-pipes with screwed joints coated with bituminous composition, or in the case of wrought-iron, galvanised; or of weli glazed stone-ware socketted pipes, or of pipes of other materials and pattern approved by the Board, securely jixed outside the wall, and provided, at each point of connection with a suitable head, and at their lower extremity with a bend, shoe or pedestal pipe. Åli joints of stone-ware pipos to be made in the manner provided for in bye-law 5.
NOTE.-Zine, tin-plate, rivetted or lap-jointed sheet-iron will not be approved.
Small-pox.-A notification of a case of small-pox was laid upon the table.
Small-pox.- -A notification by the Health Officer of a case of Small-pox on the S.S. Hanoi, and some remarks upon the same by the Colonial Surgeon together with a notice that steps for disinfection had been taken, was laid upon the table.
Adjournment.-The Board then adjourned till Thursday, the 1st day of February, 1894.
Read and confirmed this 1st day of February, 1894.
EDWARD A. RAM, Acting Secretary.
F. H. MAY,
for President.