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when the tenants removed, and thus gave rise to endless trouble and confusion. No less than 2,054 separate dwellings, (i. e., floors of tenement houses) have during the year been carefully measured, unl the available accommodation of each calculated, and then painted upon the wall, and it is hoped that by the end of the present year, the great majority of the tenement houses will have been so dealt with; the tenants of these dwellings will then have no excuse for overcrowding, and the provisions of the law can if necessary be enforced for its prevention.
BYE-LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
During the past year the Board has revised and remodelled the bye-laws which were made in March 1895 under section 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1894, and have amended one of the bye-laws relating to the importation of cattle.
Bye-laws have also been made by the Board and approved by the Legislative Commeil for the regulation of offensive trades, and for the periodical cleansing and lime-washing of tenement dwellings while other bye-laws have been made for the regulation and sanitary maintenance of Opium Divans, Matshed-dwellings and Bakehouses.
INTERMENTS.
The following number of interments of Chinese have been recorded during the year :—
Chinese cemeteries of city,
57
Plague Cemetery,
Roman Catholic,
"J
Shaukiwan,
Aberdeen,
""
Stanley,
Shek-0,
"1
Kowloon,
17
2,338
1,078
1,211
238
161
56
11
328
5,421
The total number of deaths among Chinese during the year was 5,601, so that 180 bodies have been removed from the Colony for interment upon the mainland.
Seventy-six permits for the disinterment of human remains, in accordance with the usual Chinese custom, were issued during the year, but in no case is a permit issued until at least seven years have elapsed from the date of death, and the disinterment of bodies that have died from any of the infectious diseases is, under no circumstances, permitted.
PROSECUTIONS.
The following is a return of the prosecutions that were instituted during the year by myself and the Inspectors of Nuisances acting under my instructions
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Summonses. Convictions. - Penalties.
Remarks.
Occupation of basements, -
23
23
Cocklofts and cubicles,.
168
164
375.00 2,121.25
Unlicensed Common Lodging-houses,..
85
63
1,374.00
Overcrowding in Common Lodging-houses,.
48
42
Obstruction of backyards,
40
37
550,00 394.00
2 cases withdrawn. 2 defend-
ants absconded.
9 abscondel, I withdrawn, 10
(opium divans) dismissed.
1 absconded.
1 absconded, 2 not proven.
Obstruction of streets,
1
1
10.00
Causing nuisances:—
In bakery,
On private premises,.
In pigsties,
82
79
1
2
In Common lodging-houses,
32
32
In public latrines
10
10
In public streets,
In Crown land,
In barbour,
Notification of infectious disease,
K-220040
1
495.00 20.00 10.00
8 absconded.
374.00
79.00
8
25.00
6.00
5:00
6
140.00
Keeping swine without a licence,
81
74
155.25
Theft from rubbish depôt,
1
1 security recommended to be
estreated (C. L. H.)
7 withdrawn
plied with.
|14 dys, bard lab. Arrest.
bye-laws com-
Sleeping in common kitchen,
17
16
116,00
1 absconded.
Sleeping in public laundry,
1
15.00
Adulteration of milk,
3
100.00
Selling vegetables within proscribed limits,.
14
16.00
Failure to close wells,
5
5
50.00
Using public latrine as domestic dwelling,..
1
5.00
TOTAL,..
630
589
6,435.50