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[Subsidiary]
L.N. 235/74.
L.N. 235/74.
CAP. 132] Funeral Parlour (Urban Council) By-laws
[1986 Ed.
(iii) the floor shall be laid with proper falls so that liquid may drain towards one or more vents in the walls of the room, and each such vent shall be so constructed as to discharge by way of a covered surface channel or waste pipe into one or more trapped gullies situated in the open air and within the curtilage of the funeral parlour and shall, at all times, be protected by a removable grating;
(iv) the internal surface of the walls shall be tiled or faced with smooth impervious material to a height of not less than 2 m;
(v) ventilation of the room in compliance with paragraph (a) shall be by a separate system of ventilation which has direct access to the open air and does not connect with or give or have access to any room in, or the means of ventilation of any other part of, the premises;
(vi) no window shall open, and no exhaust fan shall discharge, otherwise than directly into the open air at a height above ground level of not less than 2 m and so as to ensure that no nuisance is caused to any neighbouring or adjoining premises or in any public place;
(vii) every door shall be fitted with a self-closing device and screened or otherwise rendered fly-proof, and every window shall be screened or otherwise rendered fly-proof;
(viii) every door opening into any part of the premises to which the public have access shall be clearly marked on the outside in English and Chinese—
“NO ADMITTANCE
不准進入”;
(ix) not less than 1 embalming or preparation table shall be provided therein;
(x) the surface of every embalming or preparation table shall be not less than 1000 x 750 mm, and every such table shall be so sited in the room as to leave an unobstructed space of not less than 600 mm on every side thereof;
(xi) every such table shall be constructed of or lined with smooth impervious material and shall be fitted with a raised edge on every side not less than 50 mm in height, and the whole table shall slope towards one end so as to drain any liquid falling thereon towards a waste pipe or channel so constructed as to lead into the vents required by the provisions of sub-paragraph (iii) to be provided;
(xii) in respect of each such table, there shall be provided 1 wash-hand basin of glazed stoneware, which shall be supplied with water from the public mains or from such other source as the Council may approve and drain either into the vents required by the provisions of sub-paragraph (iii) to be provided or into a trapped gully situated in the open air and within the curtilage of the funeral parlour;
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