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Appendix B.
BYE-LAWS
Made under section 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1894.
1. The expressions building," "domestic building" and "street" as used in these bye-laws, or in any bye-law amending, or substituted for, or added to the same, shall, unless inconsistent with the context, have and include the meanings respectively set against them in section 2 of Ordinance 15 of
1894.
The expressions "householder," "occupier," "owner" and "vessel." as used in these bye-laws, or in any bye-law amending, or substitute for, or added to the same, shall, unless inconsistent with the context, have and include the meanings respectively set against them in section 3 of Ordinance 24 of 1887.
2. The material to be used for covering the ground surface of all domestic buildings shall be good lime or cement concrete at least 6 inches thick. finished off smooth to the satisfaction of the Sanitary Board. Provided always that the said Board may in its discretion exempt the owners of existing domestic buildings, the floors of which have a space between the ground floor and the ground surface, from carrying out the requirements of this bye-law.
3. The material to be used for covering the ground surface of every cook-house, latrine, back- yard, court-yard or other space on which slops may be thrown, shall be good lime or cement concrete or other impervious material to the satisfaction of the Sanitary Board at least 6 inches thick and in addition such material shall be finished off smooth with not less than 2 inches of cement concrete of the proportion of one part of cement to four parts of fine broken stone, or with granite slabs bedded and jointed in cement mortar or with hard burnt bricks or tiles bedded and jointed in cement mortar, or with such other material as shall be approved of by the said Board.
4. The ground surface of every cook-house, latrine, back-yard, court-yard, or other space on which slops may be thrown shall have a fall of not less than inch to 1 foot from the walls of the building towards the surface channel or other outlet for the drainage of such surface.
5. No court-yard or back-yard, which appertains to, or is used in connection with any domestic building, and which is at the time of the approval of these bye-laws by the Legislative Council, either wholly or partially open to the sky, shall be obstructed, in a vertical direction, either wholly or par- tially, or, if already partially so obstructed, be further so obstructed to any extent whatsoever, by the erection or fixture of any structure or object of any kind whatsoever, whether temporary or permanent, without the permission in writing of the Sanitary Board. Provided, nevertheless, that in cases where such back-yards exceed an area of 100 square feet in the case of buildings of two stories in height, and 150 square feet in the case of buildings of three or more stories in height, such back-yards need only be kept clear of obstructions (including bridges and covered ways) and fixtures, and open ver- tically to the sky throughout, to the extent of 100 and 150 square feet respectively.
One bridge or coverd way may, however, when such is necessary for giving access to buildings, be crected on each story, but such bridges or covered ways must be erected one over the other, and any such bridge or covered way shall not exceed 3 feet 6 inches in width unless the Sanitary Board gives permission in writing in any particular case for the erection of bridges or covered ways of greater width.
This bye-law shall apply to all cases in which it is proposed to substitute another court-yard or back-yard for any existing one.
6. The Medical Officer of Health, or such other officer as the Sanitary Board may appoint for this purpose, shall, within such limits as the said Board may from time to time define, cause to be measured the floor area and cubic capacity of all domestic buildings or parts thereof, and shall cause to be calculated the number of occupants that may lawfully pass the night in such buildings or any parts thereof in accordance with the provisions of section 9 of Ordinance 15 of 1894, and shall cause such number in English and Chinese to be fixed to such buildings or parts thereof in such manner as the said Board may from time to time direct.
7. The space required by section 8, sub-section (6), of Ordinance 15 of 1894, to be left above partitions shall not be enclosed except with wire netting, iron bars, lattice work or carved wood work, arranged in such a way as to leave at least two-thirds of such space open and as far as practicable evenly distributed.
8. The Secretary to the Sauitary Board shall, upon the requisition of the Medical Officer of Health, or by direction of the President of the said Board, authorise in writing, in English and Chinese, one or more of the Board's officers to enter any domestic building at any hour between 6 P.M. and inidnight, for the purpose of ascertaining whether such building or any part thereof is in an over- crowded condition.