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Selected Extracts from Instructions to Senior Inspector of Nuisances, Inspector of Nuisances, Head Watchmen and Watchmen.
(Source: The Hongkong Government Gazette, 23 June 1883, pp.538-544)
Instructions to the Senior Inspector of Nuisances
§5.
The Senior Inspector shall once a week, on irregular days, visit all the public latrines of the City and see that they are kept in a cleanly and orderly state by the Licencees, and that they are properly and systematically supervised by the Inspectors of Nuisances and native watchmen.
Instructions to the Inspectors of Nuisances
§38. Each Inspector of Nuisances will have two native Head Watchmen attached to his District, and such Head Watchmen shall carry out the instructions of the Inspectors of Nuisances in all sanitary matters, but more especially in the watchful supervision of the coolies of the Government Scavenging Contractor and Night-soil Removal Contractor, in the prevention and abatement of Nuisances generally, and the promotion of order and cleanliness in their respective Districts.
§39. Each Head Watchman shall have under his orders the watchmen of his district, who shall carry out such instructions in respect of Sanitary matters as they shall receive from the Head Watchmen and from the Inspectors of Nuisances.
§40. The Inspectors of Nuisances shall avoid, except in cases of emergency, giving any instructions to the Watchmen direct. They shall in preference communicate with the Head Watchmen, and hold the latter responsible for the actions and conduct of the Watchmen.
§41.
The Inspectors of Nuisances shall see that the Head Watchmen and Watchmen carry out the following instructions: