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Removal of body of person
who has died
of small-pox, etc., for burial or cremation,
Removal of
person suffer-ing from diphtheria, etc., under the
Ordinance..
No. 10.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG [AD
[A.D. 1901
2.-(1.) The Board may remove or cause to be removed for cremation all bodies found in the Colony of persons who have died from the diseases specified in the last preceding By-Law, and may bury or cause the same to be buried or cremated, in accordance with the custom of the race to which the deceased belonged, in such place and in such manner and with such precautions as the Board may from time to time direct.
(2.) No person, unless acting under the written sanction or directions of the Secretary of the Board or of the Medical Officer of Health, shall remove or bury or cremate any such bodies.
3. On receipt of a certificate from a legally qualified medical practitioner that any person suffering from diphtheria, scarlet fever, enteric fever, beri-beri, puerperal fever, measles, whooping cough, or such other infectious disease as may from time to time be defined by the Board, by resolution for this purpose, is improperly lodged, the Medical Officer of Health shall, if the said person is unwilling to be removed forthwith, apply to a Magistrate for an order for the removal of such person under the provisions of the Public Health Ordinance, 1901.
Removal of person suffer-ing from diphtheria to hospital, etc.
4. When any person suffering from any of the diseases specified in the preceding By-Law is willing to be removed to a hospital or other suitable place, the Medical Officer of Health shall, with the assent of the patient, take such measures as he may deem necessary for the safe and convenient removal of the patient.
PART XXIII
SCAVENGING AND CONSERVANCY.
1. The general surface scavenging of the City of Victoria, the Hill Districts and the larger Villages in the Colony, and the removal of night soil and cognate matters from the Hill Districts, public buildings, and free and licensed latrines, shall be carried out by contractors in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contracts for the time being in force.
2. The servants of the various public sanitary contractors shall, while on work, wear such distinguishing badge as may from time to time be directed by the Board.
3. Except between the hours of 1 a.m. and 6 a.m., the conveyance of excretal matters along any public road or street is prohibited.
4. Except between the hours of midnight and 9 a.m., the conveyance of pig-wash or other noxious or offensive waters along any public road or street is prohibited.
5. Except in strong substantial buckets with closely fitting covers, the conveyance of excretal matters, pig-wash, or offensive waters along any public road or street is prohibited.