1969 Ed.]
Merchant Shipping (Minimum Passenger Space) Regulations.
[CAP. 281
N 29
[Subsidiary]
(5) No fresh water storage tank shall be fitted below a deep tank not used for storing water of similar purity.
(6) No piping other than for a fresh water delivery system shall pass through a fresh water storage tank.
(7) The internal structure of every fresh water storage or service tank shall be such as to facilitate draining and cleaning thereof.
(8) All access manholes to fresh water storage tanks shall be sited clear of any sewerage tank, piping or other source of contamination and shall, if situate on a tank crown, be fitted with raised coamings or spurn waters.
(9) Every air pipe and filling pipe to any such tank shall be led well clear of the deck and any other source of contamination.
(10) Any pump used for delivering fresh water shall, except in case of emergency, be reserved exclusively for that purpose.
(11) There shall be fitted, independent of the main fresh water supply system, an adequate number of drinking water stations, fitted with suitable draw-off taps and suitably distributed, for the use of unberthed passengers.
(12) Such drinking fresh water draw-off-taps shall be provided in addition to those provided in galleys and in washing accommodation.
(13) For the purposes of paragraph (11), the number of drinking water stations shall be deemed to be adequate if there is provided not less than one for every 200 unberthed passengers or part thereof that the ship is certificated to carry or is intended to carry, whichever is the greater number.
(14) There shall be fitted to each such drinking water system filtering equipment approved by the Director.
32. (1) In every ship to which these regulations apply engaged in voyages of more than 48 hours duration, a properly constructed hospital, separate from the passenger and crew accommodation, shall be provided.
(2) A separate dispensary, fitted with lockers, shelves and drawers for medical equipment in accordance with the Merchant Shipping Medical Scales and fitted with a full length settee or examination table, shall be provided adjacent to each hospital.
(3) All hospital accommodation shall be situated in one part of the ship so that, if circumstances require it, the entire space of the hospital accommodation may be used for isolation purposes.
Hospitals and dispensaries, generally.