HONGKONG.
No. 38
1907
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO CONSIDER AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS FOR DEALING WITH THE CUBICLE QUESTION.
LETTER TO THE SANITARY BOARD ON THE SAME SUBJECT.
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor,
REPORT.
Recommendations agreed to by the Committee appointed by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government to enquire into and report upon the Cubicle question generally.
1. Cubicles must be permitted in houses.
2. As regards construction of cubicles, wood, metal or other material approved by the Building Authority should be laid down as the rule, subject to such being painted, white- washed or otherwise kept clean to the satisfaction of the Sanitary Board.
3. As regards dimensions of such, the present limits prescribed by Section 154 should be adhered to, with the discretion presently existing and exercised by the Sanitary Board but without the necessity for the consent of the Governor in Council.
4. The conditions of the construction and maintenance of cubicles in existing houses should be left to the discretion of the Sanitary Board, without reference to the Governor in Council.
In the above connection the Board, is recommended to exercise to the full extent its discretion provided for in the proviso to Section 154 of the Principal Ordinance in the direction of permitting as many cubicles as is expedient on all floors including the ground floor after inspection of the premises by competent officers.
The number of cubicles allowed on each floor should be painted up conspicuously on such floor.
5. An addition should be made to the law in the shape of a proviso to Section 46, viz.:-- Any room not containing a cubicle may be inhabited to the extent of one adult person to every 30 square feet of floor space and 330 cubic feet of air space.
Sub-section 153 (6) 3 should be amended to permit the occupation of an accountant's office in a shop by not more than two persons at night.