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Appendix No. 7.
Historical Review of Sanitary Administration in{the Colony.
Hongkong.
1. The earliest record of any sanitary administration of the Colony, is when Eiter's His- the Sanitary question was taken up by the Government and a Committee of Public tory of Health and Cleanliness was appointed in August, 1843, with authority to enforce Page 192. rigid sanitary rules amongst all classes of residents, but no effective measures were taken. Those rules were subsequently formulated by, Ordinance 5 of 1844.
2. Ordinance Number 14 of 1845 enacted inter alia that the occupier of Section 2. premises should not allow the accumulation of filth or other offensive substances within his premises. This was followed in 1856 by an Ordinance to regulate Chinese burials, and to prevent certain nuisances, within the Colony of Hongkong as follows.
12 of 1856.
3. "Such of the Orders and Regulations of the General Board of Health es- Ordinance tablished in London under Authority of the Acts of Parliament for the protection Section XIII. of the Public Health, or any of them, as shall be from time to time, by the Gov- ernor in Executive Council determined and notified, with such modifications there- of respectively as His Excellency in Council shall think fit to adopt, shall for such Time and to such Extent or with such Modifications as shall be so notified, extend to, and be enforced within this Colony under the Authority of this Ordin- ance."
Number 8
4. Under the Ordinance of Order and Cleanliness 1866 the Governor was Ordinance empowered to appoint a duly qualified Medical Practitioner to be Medical Inspector of 1866. of the Colony who shall perform such duties, connected with the Sanitary state Section 11. of the Colony as the Governor shall direct.
5. Although the Ordinance was repealed in the following year the above ninance section was re-enacted by the Amending Ordinance.
Number 9 of 1867. Section 13.
6. The Medical Inspector appears to have had no direct staff under him Blue Books until 1873 when a Chinainan was appointed Scavenger for all Departments under 1873 to 1878, Survey Department and this continued until 1878.
1879.
7. In 1879 four European Inspectors were appointed to Survey Department. Blue Book
8. The following year a Chief Inspector was added to these four.
Blue Book 1880.
Mr. OSBERT CHADWICK was commissioned to make a Report on the Sanitation 1881. of the Colony.
1883.
9. No further change seems to have been made until 1883, when a Sanitary Blue Department was created as a Sub Department of the Survey Department, under the directions of Mr. H. MCCALLUM who was designated Sanitary Inspector ".
of 1883.
10. In the same year "The Order and Cleanliness Amendment Ordinance Ordinance was passed whereby the Governor might constitute a permanent Sanitary Board Number 7 consisting of the Surveyor General, Registrar General, Colonial Surgeon and not Section 2. less than 2 other members to be appointed by the Governor, but as a matter of fact the Board consisted of 8 members.
1887, Page
11. Mr. H. MCCALLUM was Sanitary Inspector to the Sanitary Sub Depart Blue Book ment of Public Works Department and was a member and Honorary Secretary to the Sanitary Board.
(1,26).
1887. Page
12. The first appointment was a Medical Inspector. Mr. McCALLUM was Blue Book appointed a Sanitary Inspector. The other Inspectors were Inspectors of 915. Section
Nuisances.
11.