A.D. 1901.]
PUBLIC HEALTH.
[No. 10.
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tive districts for the purpose of ascertaining the sanitary condition, cleanliness, and good order thereof or of any part thereof, and of any partitions, mezzanine floors, stories, and cocklofts therein, or of any drains therein or in connexion therewith.
(2.) If it is requisite, for the purpose of ascertaining the sanitary condition of any domestic building or curtilage, to open the ground surface of any part thereof, any Inspector of Nuisances, in possession of authority, in writing signed by the Medical Officer of Health or by the Secretary of the Board, after giving not less than forty-eight hours' notice in writing, signed by either of the aforesaid officers, to the occupier or owner of such domestic building or curtilage of his intention to enter the same for the purpose of opening up the ground surface thereof, may so enter, with such assistants as may be necessary, and open the ground surface of such premises in any place or places he may deem fit, doing as little damage as may be.
(3.) If the material which has been used for covering such ground surface and the nature and thickness thereof are found satisfactory and in accordance with law, such ground surface shall be reinstated and made good by the Board at the public expense.
Authority to enter building in order to ascertain its
2. The Secretary of the Board shall, on the requisition of the Medical Officer of Health or by direction of the President of the Board, authorize in writing, in English and Chinese, one or more of the Board's officers to enter any domestic building, at any hour between 6 p.m. and midnight, for the purpose of ascertaining whether such building or any part thereof is in an overcrowded condition.
condition as to over-crowding.
Restriction on authority to
enter building
3. No officer of the Board shall, between the hours of midnight and 8 a.m., enter any domestic building for the purpose of ascertaining whether such building or any part thereof is in an overcrowded condition, without the written permission, in English and Chinese, of the Secretary, counter-signed by the President of the Board.
crowding.
PART XII.
DRAINAGE.
Explanatory Notes to By-Laws.
and caution-
A. The following notes convey, in general terms, the principles that should Preliminary guide the design and construction of house-drains. Before proceeding to lay
ary observa-
down in detail the instructions which should be attended to, in order to apply tions. the same satisfactorily, it must be observed that no code of instructions can possibly embrace every case that will occur. It must be remembered that no system of house-drainage that has yet been devised, or probably will ever be devised, does away with the necessity for care in use. The real remedy for the inconveniences which are too often experienced from house-drains lies,