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Report of the Sanitary Surveyor for the
year
1898.
SANITARY BOARD OFFICES, HONGKONG, 31st December, 1898.
SIR,-I have the honour to forward herewith my annual report for the year 1898 :-
NEW HOUSE Drains.
1. Plans have been deposited and passed by me during the year for the drainage of 738 houses. The plans of 590 houses were carried forward from 1897, making a total of 1,328 in hand during the
year.
2. The drainage of 768 houses has been completed and the plans for 97 houses have been cancelled during the year, leaving 463 carried forward to 1899.
3. In addition to the above repairs and additions notices for repairs or additions to the drainage arrangements of 62 houses were carried forward from 1897 and new notices for 447 were received, making a total of 509 for the year; of these 417 have been completed, 3 have been cancelled, leaving 89 to be carried forward to 1899.
4. A summary of the above is appended in tables A. B. and C.
INSPECTION OF EXISTING PRIVATE DRAINS.
5. The drains of 670 houses have been inspected; of this number 259 required reconstructing, 385 amending, and 26 were found to be in order.
Notices have been served on the owners of 644 houses to carry out the necessary work; of this number 545 have been completed and the remainder are due for completion by the end of this month.
Since the commencement of inspections 7,976 have been inspected up to date.
Number of houses for which notices have been served... 6,118 Number of houses that have complied with notices...... 5,824 Number of houses with regard to which plans or notices
for re-drainage or repairs have been submitted...... 5,720 Number of houses in which the drains have been found
defective:-old drains.......
new drains.
WATER CLOSETS,
3,921) 4,344
7. During the past year water-closets and urinals have been erected by permission of the Board and connected to the house drains in the following buildings:-
Praya West, Sailors' Home
Queen's Road Central, Hongkong Hotel ... Zetland Street, Masonic Hall....
16, Queen's Road Central
Water-closets.
Urinals.
3 seats.
6
11
1
22
3 1
19
New Praya Central, E. E. Telegraph Co.... 2
Total,.........12 seats.
6
8. Water-closets and urinals which had been erected without the sanction of the Board in the following buildings have been removed :-
39, Caine Road
27, Gage Street
21, Cochrane Street
Water-closets.
4 seats. 2
Urinals.
2
1
6 seats.
3
NEW BUILDINGS.
9. Certificates have been granted during the year to 367 new houses and 6 additions certifying that they have been built in accordance with the provision of section 74 of Ordinance 24 of 1887.
CEMETERIES.
Extensions have been made to Mount Caroline and Mount Davis Cemeteries-
Mount Caroline, graves Mount Davis, graves
GENERAL.
700 200
The number of houses redrained (vide table B) this year is 768 against 1,201 last year. The reason for this is-1st, That the Assistant Sanitary Surveyor and a clerk were seconded for plague duties for sometime. 2nd, That the majority of houses redrained are European or detached houses and not in blocks of 20 or 30 in which latter case about 100 can be inspected in a day.