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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23rd MAY, 1891.
Registration of houses.
Licensing of keepers.
Do.
False applica- tion for registration
or licensing.
Amizing signboards,
c.
Separation of sexed.
Good order.
Ventilation.
Cleansing and lime washing.
Cleanliness,
&c.
Do.
Infectious, contagious, and
communicable diseases.
5. When the Sanitary Board is satisfied that a house sought to be registered as a common lodging-house is suitable for such a purpose, it shall inform the Registrar General accordingly who may then register such house as a common lodging-house.
6. Before any person can be licensed as a keeper of a common lodging-house, an application must be made to the Registrar General and such application must be accom- panied by a certificate of character from one or more house- holders to be approved of by the Registrar General.- who shall give security for the carrying out of the Regu- lations by the Licensed Keeper.
7. When the Registrar General is satisfied with the character of an applicant for a licence to keep a common lodging-house he may issue a licence to such applicant accordingly.
8. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall reduce the number of lodgers in any room of his common lodging- house upon receiving notice in writing from the Sanitary Board stating the cause for making such reduction, and the period for which it shall continue in force.
9. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall affix and keep in a conspicuous position on the outside of his common lodging-house a board having painted on it in English and Chinese in legible white letters and characters not less than two inches long, on a black ground, the words "Registered Lodging-House. He shall also affix and keep in a conspicuous place in each room, a board having painted on it in English and Chinese the number of persons the room is registered to accommodate.
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10. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall not permit males and females above ten years of age respect- ively to occupy the same sleeping apartment except in the cases of husband and wife, and parents and children, and he shall not allow any person to occupy his house for im- moral purposes.
11. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall not knowingly permit persons of bad character to lodge in his house and he shall maintain and enforce good order and decorum therein; and he shall also keep a Register of the name, occupation and native place of each lodger.
12. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall cause the windows of each of the sleeping rooms to be kept open to their full width for at least four hours each day, unless prevented by inclement weather or by the illness of any person occupying any of the rooms.
13. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall cause the internal walls and ceilings of every part of his house to be thoroughly cleansed and lime-washed during the sixth and twelfth months of the Chinese year.
14. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall at all times keep his premises in a clean and wholesome condition, and the fittings of the sleeping rooms shall be maintained by him in a thorough state of repair. He shall cause every room, passage and stair to be thoroughly swept at least once a day.
15. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall cause all filth and house refuse or other offensive matter to be removed from his premises daily.
16. If any person in a common lodging-house becomes ill from any infectious, contagious, or communicable disease, the keeper of such common lodging-house shall forthwithi give notice thereof to the Inspector of Nuisances in whose district the lodging-house is situated, or to the nearest Police Station or to the Registrar General, and the keeper of such common lodging-house shall cause the house to be vacated and shall allow the bedding, clothing, and other articles used by the infected person to be destroyed or dis- infected and the house to be fumigated, disinfected and lime-washed, at the public expense, in such manner as the Sanitary Board may direct.
17. These bye-laws will come into force on and after the 1st day of August, 1891.
Made by the Sanitary Board on the 13th day of March, 1891, and amended on the 2nd day of April, 1891.
HUGH MCCALLUM,
Secretary.
Approved by the Legislative Council, this 22nd day of
May,
1891.
A. M. THOMSON, Acting Clerk of Councile.