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RESERVATION BY THE HON. MR. J. J. PATERSON.
I am in general agreement with the report but consider the Government should be urged to explore fully the possibility of Legislative action being taken to prevent the conversion of domestic premises into factories.
J. J. PATERSON.
RESERVATION BY DR. G. W. POPE, L.L.M.R.C.P., & S.I.,
D.P.H., R.C.P. & S.I.
I am in general agreement with the report but there are two points on which I regret to say I must express disagreement :-
(1) The type of house suggested in Appendix II is, in my opinion, not satisfactory. The reduction of the minimum height of floors to 8′ would, I consider, be a retrograde step. Further I consider that houses of this type would, if overcrowded, prove even worse than the modern type tenement as they are incapable of satisfactory through ventilation. Adequate means of ventilation are provided in the exist- ing buildings, their more general use is largely a matter of educa-
tion.
(2) I consider also that we should have taken this opportunity to urge upon Government the desirability of exploring the possibility of legislative action to prohibit the conversion of domestic premises to factory purposes, even if only as a temporary measure.
A.D. 1935.]
No. 2.
Appendix I.
PROCLAMATION.
G. W. POPE,
Health Officer.
Published in the Government Gazette of the 10th May, 1935.
[No. 2.
[L.S.] W. PEEL,
Governor.
By His Excellency Sir William Peel, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
WHEREAS by the second section of the Commissioners Powers Ordinance, 1886, it is enacted that the Governor in Council shall have power to nominate and appoint Commissioners under the Public Seal for the purpose of instituting, making, and conducting any enquiry that may be deemed advisable and for reporting thereon: