90. House-sewer construction.-Improvement
required.
692
This matter comes under the Sanitary Board. So far as can be ascertained, the standard in- structions have never been received.
Drains, Storm-water
91. Surface water channels or Nullahs should be open, but if covered should be easy of access for a man. They should be avoided at Kowloon and in the New Territory.
93. Drainage System to be completely revised.
94. Designing of drains-guiding principles
laid down
(a.) Abolish all unnecessary drains and reduce lengths of any that cannot be dispensed with to a minimum. (b.) Covered drains to be opened where
practicable.
(c.) Careful scavenging and manage- ment of sewers required to keep filth out of drains.
(d.) Flush branch drains with water of
streams above.
95. Maintenance and Scavenging to be en-
trusted to Medical Officer of Health.
New Works to be carried out as now by Public Works Department.
Record drawings to be first supplied to Medical Officer of Health and a draughts- man appointed to keep plans up to date.
Channels and Nullahs.
This is observed as far as practicable.
This is being gradually taken in band.
These are being carried out as far as practi- cable.
See remarks to No. 74.
Scavenging and Removal of Excreta.
96. Dry refuse in Sewers and Drains. Too
much finds its way into them.
Already referred to.
See No. 66.
House Construction
99. Insanitary Properties. General resump- tion and re-construction will have to be faced.
101. Taipingshan. Suggests advantage of locat- ing Medical School and dwellings for subordinate officials here.
102. Public Works Staff Refers to its inade-
quacy for work to be performed.
and Overcrowding.
Action is being taken to open up the crowded areas by resumption and pulling down of insani- tary buildings. This is now taking place in Kau U Fong and Mee Lun Lane.
Much of the land has been devoted to public purposes of the kind indicated.
The Staff has been materially increased since 1902.