April 20, 19031
HONGKONG SANITARY. BOARD. ↑
held A meeting of the Slitary Board was on the 9th inst. in the Board Room, Hon. Dr. J. M.Atkinson, Principal Civil Medical Officer (President) presided, and there were also present Capt. E. W Lyons, Acting Captain Superintendent of Police; Colonel Webb, B.A.M.C.; Mr. Fang Wa Chun, Mr. Lau Chu Pak, Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., Mr. A. Rumjan, and Mr. G. Woodoook (Secretary).
NEW CEMETERY FOH. CHINESE. Correspondende was submitted relative to ́s cemetery for Chinese near Kowloon City.
The PRESIDENT said it appeared from a report he had recived from the Medical Officer of Health that there were at present in existence two cemeteries for Kowloon City-one at Ho Sheng Po and the other at Sai Yu Shek. The former cemetery was already full, and the Medical Officer of Health had recom- In the latter mended that it be blused. there was room for four or five hundred more burials at least, and the President said he proposed to move that the Board recommend the Governor in Council to select a site for a cemetery for Kowloon City from the plan which he laid on the table. The site was to the north of the city, and the limits would be given by the Public Works Department.
Mr. Fuse WA CHUN-May I ask how far this cemetery is from Kowloon City ?
The FEESIDENT It is close to it, within easy distance. It his already been used as a cemetery.
The PRESIDENT'S motion was seconded by Mr. FUNG WA CHUN and agreed to.
BAIYINGPOON MARKET.
Correspondence was laid on the table relative to the limits of Saiyingpoon Market. This included a letter from Inspector H. G. Baker to the Acting Captain Superintendent of Police suggesting an extension of the limits as means of clearing all vegetable hawkers out of Torsim Street and Rinacker Street; making the eastern boundary Eastern Street, the western boundary Western Street, and the northern boundary Des Voeux Road; the hawkers congre- gated in these streets in large numbers, had quite a market, and were a nuisance to the neigh- bourhood. This letter was passed to the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon who thought Inspector Baker's suggestion an excellent one and recom- mended its adoption, adding that the present boundaries are too near the market, with the result that the place is overrun by hawkers to the detriment of the business of the markët stall-holders.
The PRESIDENT said it appeared that the present boundaries of the market were too near the market itself, and the result was that the place was overrun by hawkers, to the detriment of people who had stalls in the market. The suggested new boundaries were:~On the east, Eastern Street; on the west, Western Street; and on the north, Des Voar Road. The President then formally moved that there be the
limits.
Mr. RUMJAHN seconded, and the motion
was carried.
WELL AT TUNG WAH HOSPITAL.
Further correspondence was laid on the table dealing with the closing of the well at the Tung Wah Hospital.
Mr. C. Mol. Messer, Acting Registrar- General, wrote on behalf of the Committee of the Hospital requesting the Board to recon- sider the question of closing the well at the Tang Wah Hospital. This water was required solely for washing clothing and cleansing the promises. Under the present circumstances the hospital was dependent on the Government supply, which was intermittent and insufficient. The President in asking members to states their views minuted: The objection to this wall is more that from its position and structure it is liable to contamination. This matter has already been twice considered by the Board."
+
Mr, A. Rumjahn :-"It might be allowed to be used until an efficient supply is obtained.”
Colonel Webb —“If it could be assured that the water would only be used for washing clothes and cleaning the floors, I think it might be allowed to be used for the present.”
Mr. Lau Chn Pak Under the circum- stances do not close "e
Mr. Fung W. Chun closed.
"The well has been
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
The Acting Registrar-General :—" Should | all pawnshops should be be allowed until a proper water supply is formalin gas. provided."
The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police:"Let it be used until water is supplied.”
The Director of J'ublic Works:-" Better allow it to be used for the present.
the
The PRESIDENT. though excellent one. Formalin now disinfectant, and -used He was informed by thons it was not likely to destroy or the fabrics usually stored in pawasi
Mr. POLLOCK suggested thatốt might be made in a few cases before bound itself down to any definite act
The Board went into committee an
The Principal Civil Medioni Offloor :—" The well has been closed and I think it better that it should remain so, This is a surface well and is very liable to contamination.”
The PRESIDENT said the well had been closed,dered the question. so that the matter was practically settled. There was no request from the Tung Wa Hos- pital authorities that the well should be re- opened.
♥
“Mr FỤNG, WA CHUN thought there must have been some misunderstanding. The archi- tects of the hospital had called to see the Medical Officer of Health or the Secretary of the Board on the matter, and they were informed that the Board had decided to close the well. The architects then called on him, and he told them that if that was the position of the Board the well must be closed. In the meantime, how- ever, he would move that the Board recommend the Government to ask the Water Authority to give a fuller supply of water to the Tang Wa Hospital, as the present supply was not sufficient,
The PRESIDENT-Is it not the case that a storage tank has recently been erected ?
Mr. FỤNG WA CHUN-Yes, but I do not think they can fill it unless they get a better supply of water.
con.
The PRESIDENT said he had much pleasure in seconding Mr. Fang Wa Chan's motion. The wall, however, should be closed, as it was a surface, well and liable to tamination. It was necessry, be considered, that an hospital like the Tung Wa Hospital should have a continuous supply of water, and he agreed that. the supply, if possible, should be made a continuous one,
Mr. FUNG WA CHUN's motion was then put to the meeting and carried.
WATER ANALYSIS,
Mr. Frank Browne in his analysis of the public water services during March found all the water to be of excellent quality.
LIMEWASHING.
From the limewashing returns it appeared that during the 27 days ended 31st March 6.6 houses in the Central District had been treated.
THE DEATH-RATE.
|
978
On resuming, the PRESIDENT mov the recommendation of the Medical Of Health be forwarded to the Governmar that an application be made for authority incur the necessary expense,
Col. WEBB seconded, and the agreed to.
sard
MALABIA AT MÓRBISON HIĞI There was laid on the table a letter, from Mr. Ho Tung thanking the Board for the stops they had taken to lessen the chances of malaria at Morrison Hill Gap. It had been suggested that. the nullah there should be trained and the undergrowth in the neighbourhood of the Mahommedan Temple cleared away, The Board had not been able to carry out the first suggestion at present, but the second had been carried out.
LAVATORY ACCOMMODATION:
The Board considered an application. from Messrs. Leigh & Orange for permission to erect one trough closet, eight water closets and four urinals in a building on M. L. No. 103, and on the motion of the PRESIDENT, Seconded · by Col. WEBB, the application was granted.
́HOUSE-TO-HOUSE VISITATIOND
There was submitted an application from Messrs. Jardins, Matheson & Co for the exemp- tion of certain houses from house-to-house - visitation.
The PRESIDENT moved that the application be granted subject to precautionary conditions laid down in 1900 in the case of a similar application being complied with.
Mr. POLLOCK seconded, and the motion was agreed to.
BAT RETURN.
During the week ended, Buth March 3,568 rats were caught in the Colony, and of these 183 were infected. For the week ended 6th April the figures were:-- 3,153 ráts caught and 141 infected.
The death-rate for the week ended 14th March was 10.3 per 1,000 of the population per annum as compared with 30.9 in the previous week and 32.6 in the corresponding week of the pre-floor of the house ́vious year.,
FOOD AND DRUGS ANALYSIS.
recon-
The PRESIDENT said it had occurred to him that the present method of procedure in dealing with infected rats should be i sidered. Under the present system the ground nearest to which “an infected rat was picked up was disinfected, and the rat-runs filled up with concrets There was laid on the table a return by the after carbolic acid had been poured into Government Analyst. (Mr. F. Browne) showing them, but that procedure was likely to drive that during the quarter ended March he analysed infected rates to other honses that were not measures be topped duri"; the 1 sample of milk, which was found to be adul-infected. His proposition was that these terate; 1 of ghee, pure; 2'samples of whisky, radical
to exterminate the rodents be confined to the pure; and 9 of beer, pure and free from arsenic. prevalence of plague and efforts for the present
THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES,
use of bird-lime and rat-traps.
Mr. POLLOCK peconded, and the motion was agreed to,
This was all the public business.
An application was submitted for permission to hold theatrical performances at Yaumati and Cheungshawan,`
Mr POLLOCK having minuted that the matter should be considered purely on sanitary grounds, the PRESIDENT said he quite concurred with that view, and was of opinion that the congre- gation of large crowds of people such as gather ed in theatres should be deprecated when an epidemic disease like plague was prevalent in the neighbourhood.
Mr. POLLOCK said that if the question had been a mere matter of sentiment as to whether they wished or not to deprive their Chinese fellow citizens of any reasonable, means of recreation, there was no single member of the Board who would oppose the application. But they had to consider the matter simply and solely from the point of view of the public health, and on that ground he felt it was their duty to refuse the application.
The PRESIDENT's motion that the application be refused was'seconded by Mr. POLLOCK and carried by a majority, Mr. Füse, WA CHʊn, Mr. LẦU CHÚ PAK, and Mr. RUMJAHN voted in the micority.
A
FUMIGATING PAWNSHOPS.
There was submitted a minute by the Acting Medical Officer of Health recommending that
The King has been pleased to give and grant unto Mr. John Alexandər. Summers - His Majesty's Royal licence and anthority that be may accept and wear the Insign's of the Third- Class, Third Division, of the Imperial Chinese Order of the Double Dragon, conferred upon him by His Imperial Majesty the Emparer of is Pro- China, in recognition of his fessor of English at the Chinese College at Shanghai.
The Sin Wan Pao is informed by its Peking correspondent that people coming to Peking from Kirin report that the Russian Administrator has been recently doing his best to get favour with the merchants and people. region, by exercising leniency and his administration. He often infornis that after the Russians have retired part, the Chinese authorities will be able to cope with the brigands, and t contrary the presence of Chinese soldiers wil do more injury than good to them