HONGKONG.
REPORT OF THE SANITARY SURVEYOR FOR 1892
93
No.
6
93
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor, on the 8th March, 1893.
1892.
SANITARY BOard Office, HONGKONG, January 26th, 1893.
SIR,-I have the honour to forward you the following report for the year ending December 31st,
1. The tables given below shew :—
(a) The work carried out during the past year.
(b) The work carried out since the passing of the Public Health Ordinance.
Table A.
No. of Houses!
YEAR.
No. of Houses Re-drained.
No. of Houses Plans of which have been cancelled.
for which
[No. of Houses
Total.
Plans have been received.
in hand.
1891,
80
74
154
198
44
1892, 1st Quarter,.
63
...
-2nd
131
14
-3rd
158
"
99
-4th
145
497
18
32
529
693
164
33
**
1889,
1890,
1891,
1892,
Totals,..
577
106
683
891
208
Table B.
YEAR.
No. of Houses for which Plans have been received.
No. of Houses re-drained.
Totals,..
No. of Houses Plans of which have been cancelled.
No. of Houses carried forward each year.
No, of New Houses certificated.
799
573
226
175
500
529
681
643
693
577
106
78880
190
409
30
198
475
208
228
2,673
2,322
148
1,287
2. Referring first to Table A. It will be seen that of the one hundred and ninety eight (198) houses incomplete at the close of 1891, eighty (80) have been finished and the plans for seventy- four (74) cancelled, leaving forty-four (44) to carry forward to 1893.
3. Of the six hundred and ninety-three (693) houses, plans for the re-drainage of which were received and duly passed in 1892, four hundred and ninety-seven (497) are finished, and the plans of thirty-two (32) have been cancelled leaving one hundred and sixty-four (164) to carry forward, which with the forty-four (44) of 1891 makes a total of two hundred and eight (208).
4. The drainage plans of a large number of houses have been cancelled during the past year; these have in almost every instance been those of new buildings and more than two-thirds () were deposited during or previous to the year 1891. They have been cancelled in consequence of fresh plans being deposited chiefly owing to alterations in the building plans.