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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH MARCH, 1889.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 96.
The following Bye-Laws under The Public Health Ordinance, 1887, are published for general information.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th March, 1889.
Bye-Laws made by the Sanitary Board of Hongkong for the compulsory vacating of
infected premises, and the disinfection and purification of the same under the provisions of Sub-section 19 of Section 13 of The Public Health Ordinance, 1887.
1. In the following Bye-Laws the words "infected premises" mean and include any premises in which any person suffering from any infectious disease is or has been recently located.
The words "infectious disease mean and include Small-pox and such other diseases as may from time to time be defined by the Board by resolution for the purpose.
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2. On receipt of a certificate from a duly qualified Medical Practitioner that any person suffering any infectious disease is improperly lodged, the Sanitary Superintendent shall in case the said person is unwilling to be removed forthwith apply to a Magistrate for an order for the removal of such person under the provisions of Section 29 of the Ordinance.
3. When any person suffering from any infectious disease is willing to be removed to a hospital or other suitable place the Sanitary Superintendent shall with the assent of the patient take such mea- sures as he may deem necessary for the safe and convenient removal of the said patient.
4. When any person suffering from any infectious disease has been removed from any premises or has recovered or has died the Sanitary Superintendent shall with the assent of the occupiers of the infected premises take such steps as he may deem necessary for the disinfection and purification of the said premises.
5. In case of emergency or if for any reason the Sanitary Superintendent is unable to carry out the duties specified in the foregoing Bye-Laws any Officer of the Board authorized by the President for that purpose may act in his place.
Hongkong, 13th February, 1889.
Passed the Legislative Council on the 7th March, 1889.
WM. EDWARD CROW, Acting Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. -No. 97.
ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.
The following Annual Report of the Captain Superintendent of Police for 1888, which was laid before the Legislative Council on the 7th instant, is published for general information.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th March, 1889.
No. 31.
POLICE DEPARTMENT,
24th January, 1889.
SIR,--I have the honour to forward, for the information of His Excellency the Governor, the Criminal Statistics for the year 1888. They show that 8,114 cases were reported to the Police during the last year, being a decrease of 367 cases or 4.32 per cent on the return for 1887. In the sub- division of these cases into Serious Crimes (so-called) and Minor Offences a decrease of 141 cases or 5.47 per cent is found in Serious Crimes, and a decrease of 226 cases or 3.82 per cent in Minor Offences.
I have the honour to be,
The Honourable COLONIAL SECRETARY.
Sir
Your most obedient Servant,
W. M. DEANE, Captain Superintendent of Police.