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Sanitary Surveyor's Report for 1895.
SANITARY BOARD ROOM, HONGKONG, January 28th, 1896.
SIR,--I have the honour to forward herewith my annual report for the year 1895.
1. Tables are appended shewing the amount of work done since the Public Health Ordinance came into force with particulars of the work done during the past year.
2. Plans for the re-drainage of 2,815 houses were deposited and passed by me during the year as being in accordance with the provisions of the Public Health Ordinance.
3. The re-drainage of 1,889 houses has been completed and the plans of 44 houses cancelled during the year, leaving 1,449 houses to carry forward to 1896.
4. In addition to the above, notices have been received for repairs or additions to the drainage
' arrangements of 158 houses; 115 have been completed and 43 are carried forward.
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5. The work done during each Quarter is shewn in Table A. A large increase took place in the second and subsequent Quarters in consequence of notices served on owners of property after the inspection of their houses.
6. Of the houses carried forward as incomplete, 482 (or one-third) are new buildings still in course of erection and a good proportion of the others are nearly complete.
7. In consequence of certain incompetent persons undertaking drainage works a list was made out in September 1895 of persons approved by the Board under section 49, Ordinance 24 of 1887, to do this work. This step has already been effectual in securing better and more careful work; in order to maintain this improvement I am of opinion that the list should be revised not less frequently
than once a year.
8. During the past year water closets were fixed and connected to the house drains by permis- sion of the Board in No. 9 Praya Central (two); No. 14 Arbuthnot Road (one to replace existing apparatus); The Sailors' Home (two); and urinals fitted in No. 9 Praya Central (two) and in No. 6 Praya Central (one).
9. Certificates have been granted under section 74, Ordinance 24 of 1887, for 131 houses as baving been built in accordance with the provisions of that Ordinance.
10. The records have been maintained and are complete to date.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
J. ROWLAND CROOK,
Sanitary Surveyor.
H. MCCALLUM, Esq.,
Secretary Sanitary Board.
Table A.
Year.
No. of houses
re-drained.
No. of houses plans of which have been cancelled.
No. of houses
Total.
for which plans have been
received.
No. of houses in hand.
1895.
1894
1st Quarter, 2nd
122
Plans carried
"?
3rd
forward from
57
4th
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1
...
65
104
10
99
367
11
378
567
189
1895
1st Quarter, 2nd
16
309
214
879
Plans depo-
"
3rd
623
sited during
""
4th
669 1,522
22
10
990
23
33
1,555
637 2,815
1,260
*
Totals,
1,889
:
44
1,933
3,382
1,449