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Report of the Sanitary Surveyor, for the year 1904.
SANITARY BOARD OFFICE,
HONGKONG, 10th February, 1905.
SIR, I have the honour to forward herewith my annual report for the year 1904.
1. Plans have been deposited and passed by me during the year for the drainage of 296 houses, the plans of 211 houses were carried forward from 1903, making a total of 507 in hand during the year.
2. The drainage of 197 houses has been completed, and the plans for 29 have been cancelled (amended plans having taken their place), leaving 281 to carry forward to 1905.
RE-DRAINAGE AND ADDITIONS.
3. In addition to the above, plans for re-drainage of or additions to the drain- age of 5× houses were carried forward from 1903, and new plans have been received for 266 houses, making a total of 324 for the year.
Of these, 215 have been completed and 19 cancelled (amended plans having taken their place), leaving 90 to be carried forward to 1905.
4. A summary of the above is appended in Tables A and B, and a com- parison of the new houses drains dealt with in previous years in Table C.
5. The drains of 223 houses have been tested and reported on, in consequence of complaints having been received regarding them,
Of this number, 89 required re-constructing, 95 repairing, and the remainder were found to be in order.
Notices were served on the owners of the above 184 houses calling upon them to execute the necessary work.
Of these, 170 have been complied with, and the remaining 14 are in hand. 15,725 houses have been visited by the Drainage Inspectors with the result that 2,876 drainage nuisances have been discovered.
Notices have been served in each case, on the owner or occupier, calling upon them to abate the nuisance.
All of them have been complied with, 150 nuisances have been referred to the Medical Officer of Health, and 277 to the Honourable Director of Public Works, to be dealt with by them.
271 choked drain traps on private property have been cleansed by the Drainage Foreinen.
WATER-CLOSETS AND URINALS.
6. During the past year, water-closets and urinals have been erected in the following buildings, by permission of the Board, and have been connected to the sewer:
Water-closets.
Urinals.
Alexandra Building,
..16
8
Electric Tramway Power Station,.
5
5
Sailors and Soldiers' Home,
5
3
Cricket Club Pavilion,
1
2
27
18
NEW BUILDINGS.
7. Certificates have been granted during the year, under Section 84 of Or- dinance 13 of 1901, for 137 houses certifying that they have been built in accordance with the provisions of that Ordinance.