THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH OCTOBER, 1891.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 434.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
925
W. M. GOODMAN,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th October, 1891.
No. 19.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Friday, the 2nd day of October, 1891:-
PRESENT:
The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART), Vice-President.
The Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. Pиilip Bernard Chenery Ayres).
The Acting Surveyor General, (FRANCIS ARTHUR COOPER, Esquire).
The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, (GEORGE HORSPOOL, Esquire).
JOHN DAVID HUMPHREYS, Esquire.
JOHN JOSEPH FRANCIS, Esquire, Q.C.
ABSENT:
The Surveyor General (Honourable SAMUEL BROWN), President.
The Honourable Dr. Ho Kai.
Dr. JAMES CANTLIE.
NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
Woo LIN YUEN, Esquire.
In the absence of the President the Vice-President presided.
Minutes.-The minutes of a meeting held on the 18th day of September, 1891, were read, amended, and confirmed.
Mr. HUMPHREYS addressed the Board and moved that, The Colonial Surgeon, the Honourable Ho Kat and Dr. CANTLIE be requested to act as a Committee to consider the question of the suitability or otherwise of the Hygeia as a Hospital for the reception of cases of infectious disease occurring in the city and amongst the shipping.
The motion was not seconded..
Member absent from Colony.-A letter from Mr.'WOO LIN YUEN stating that owing to the state of his health he would be absent from the Colony for about a month or two was read.
Small-pox.-The Vice-President read a notification from the Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital, stating that three cases of small-pox which had occurred on board the S.S. Bellerophon, were under treatment in the Hygeia.
A discussion ensued.
Water Analyses.-A report--which had been circulated to Members of the Analyses of Taitam and Pok-fu-lam waters drawn from the respective mains during the month of September, was laid on the table and a minute on the circu- lating cover read.
Mortality Returns.-The returns for the weeks ended the 19th and 26th September, 1891, respectively-which had been circulated to Members-were laid on the table, and a minute on the circulating cover read.
Nuisance from Trade Operations.-A letter of complaint-which had been circulated to Members-regarding a nuisance arising from the drying, &c. of fish in the vicinity of the Government Civil Hospital, was laid on the table.
A discussion ensued..
It was agreed that the Secretary should serve the necessary notices calling on those causing the nuisance to abate it and to prevent its recurrence.
Hospital for Infectious Diseases.-Mr. FRANCIS addressed the Board and withdrew the motions standing in his name on the Order of the Day.
Latrine. An application from a Mr. CHANG SZ YUNE for permission to construct a public Latrine at No. 11, Lower Lascar Row, was laid on the table. It was agreed that the application be refused.
The Vice-President informed the Board that the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon had applied for fourteen days' leave of absence to enable him to proceed to Saigon to observe the manner in which the Vaccine Institute there is worked and that His Excellency the Governor had been pleased to grant the leave.
Adjournment.-The Board theu adjourned till Friday, the 16th day of October, 1891.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
President.
Read and confirmed this 16th day of October, 1891.
HUGH MCCALLUM,
Secretary.