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INTERESTING DISCUSSION,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1902.
PUBLIC HEALTH AND BUILDINGS the community acemed to be that something
BILL
should be done, and in the year got there was a petition addressed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies which was very largely signed by all the unofficial members of the Council except the Chinese members and signed, I petition dwelt in language which in many cases think, by every architect in the place; that
it was impossible to say, wis too strong on the great danger whith this insanitary condition of Hongkong laid upon every person inhabiting the Catany. The petition asked the Fecretary of State to take into consideration the matter which had been laid before hini and appoint a special Commission unconnected with the Colony to go out to the Colony, investigate the evils from which the Colony was suffering and report what could be done. And the petition added, the request that to the Commission
Yesterday's mee ing of the Legislative Coun cil proved a lengthy sitting for, apart from an unusually long agenda, the Public Health and Buildings till was down for the second reading There was a full attendance of members, and the following discussion took place:-
the Local Goverment Board, replying to a the carrying out of these measures. Now tak deputation from the loading municipalities, said ing the present Bill, as I say, I only was he entirely concurred with the view expressed opposed to the Bill on this account. We all The owner of a slum property who nilowed hat said, that the sanitary improvement of the agree, as the learned Attorney Genem! has property to get into a disgraceful condition, and Colony is necessary, and we are all very imperiled the lives of those who lived upon it, anxious to support any measure for its improve. no sympathy, Well, the Government do not to us in July, we could not possibly support was entitled to no consideration, and certaint. But at the sa e time, sir, taking the Dill which was drafted in April and submitted. recognise any right to compensation by per it; in fact, we would have offered a very strang suns who have their tenants in windowless opposition to it, and the reason is quite plain, cubicles. The compensation clauses provided because, compare the Bill that was introduced that for slaughter of animais compensation is to
in April with the Bill now before is, and one be fixed by the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, second one. The whole difference between cannot but be struck by the change in the for damage done to clothing,. &c, during the two Bills is the principle of compensation. disinfec ion, compensation by the Sanitary We quite recognise that any private individual Board. It is also provided that compensation must keep his house in sanitary order, will be given where the depth of buildings is their buildings or their houses in a sanitary limited to 40 feet; compensation for land left condition. Now, what does a sanitary condition unbuilt on to be fixed by arbitration. Also, mean? Well, a sanitary condition varies from time to time. In this Colony, when sanitary in asking Council to read this Bi! for should be attache I some independent sanitary where land is to be resumed for scavenging science was scarcely known, some Ordinances the second time, and the principle which is peat to advis. This was done. Mr. Osbert | Government hope will meet with the approval houses, and the plans of houses were asked
lines- very valuable provision which the
were passed simply for the construction of involved in the Bill, namely, the improvement civil cagineer, canie out along with Professor of ibis Council; also the Bill will provide be submitted to the Surveyor-General-at of the sanitary condition of the Colony, is one Simpson.. in the can luding pa avrazil in the compensation for refusal to allow re-erection that time the title of the Director of Public
Hon. Sir Spencer Berkeley beg to move the second rending of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, which was rend a first tine at last meeting of this Council. The subject matter of the Bill has been before the public for such a very long time that it is
| hardly necessary for me to say anything at all
Chadwick, than whom there is no more eminent
and that the landlords
must maintain
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which muv so obviously commend itself to the
prayer of the petition it was asked that after Council that again it is hardly necessary for ms to say anythin in introducing the Bill.ceiving and considering the report of such Still the B of such importance to
Commission the Secretary of State would give directions for the recommendations of that the public generally and fraught with such
Commission to be forthwith carried into effect. Composition of the Board will be such as todays is quite different from what it was before. Lessee und Manager .................... advantages if it is passed in the app in which it is now presented before the Corneil,
of buildings over the entrance to a street or over any portion of a street; also where the beght of buildings is limited. The amount to be allowed is to be fixe! by arbitration. The
command respect and confidence The Govern ment will appoint one member, the owner will.
Colony, in the case of a dispute, will be the umpire, In allowing for compensation for the lessening in the height of buildings, the setting back of
that I think it will be interesting and I am petition the G-varnment determined they would appoint another, and the Paisse ludge of the ask you to build your house, or to alter it. W
Bearing in mnd the wishes of the públic as expressed deliberately and forcibly in that sre instructive if I gave a short history of the endeavour to do what they had been asked to do reasons which lave fed the Government ingen arer to give effect to the rècommendations the fill presented here now in the shape in
to prepare a Bill. A Bill was prepared arcor-
which it is. As long ago as 1898 the anitary they asked Mr. Chadwick and Prof. Simpso0uildings, and reducing the depth of bu ldings, health very much indeed if they were 'o follow tracte very serious attention en account of the dingly with the very able efficient assistance of the Government have s'epped far her than they ready built their houses, in accordance with the ravages of the plague in years previously and Clark, the Medical Officer of Health, and
coalition of the town having before that at-
consid ration of those gentlemen was presented
this Government. The Bill was introduced into the house on the 7th of July last. As then introduced it was the product of Messrs. Chadwick, Simpson and Clark, Every word in it was placed there by themselves. Therefore contained nothing but the recommendations
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Hongkong, 28th November, 1902.
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Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vessel: will be landed and stored at Consigneès' risk and expense.
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"HE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s Steamship
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Goods not cleared by the 4th December, at 4 P.M., will be subject to rent.
No Fire Insurance, will be effected by me in any case whatever.
of houses and that owners of private streets without the recommendations and criticisms places at this table, and by my friend the Senior Colony is to benefit by these sanitary improve Captain Cobol, will be despatched as above the Company's representative at an appointed
being considered. In considering them the Government found many useful and valuable suggestions which they thought it night, to a lop and give effect to. In fact, the recon- sideration of the Bill generally made the Government withdraw the Rill which had been
approval, the Chinese were permitted to build Works for approval. When the plans had been their house in that particular fashion. Now, after a certain time, we have found out that these houses are badly designed, and we have also learnt that the sanitary science of our Then we go up to the landlpids" and say
We cannot allow this to be done; we must after a certain fashion, in order to meri the sanitary requirements of our present time." Now, landlords and owners of houses do not dispute that it would benefit the public out these later plans; bt then they have, al-L reed bsolutely have done; that is to say, there law which obtained at that particular time, and also that ear; in 1898. Governar Sir W. Ro. that Rill afer receiving the close attention and exists, it has been enforced since 1889. I
was precedent for not doing it. As the fave had the plans of their houses sanctioned by the prescribed authority at the Public Works binson appointed a Commission to inquire into and report upon the insusitary condition of
However that may be, this Council provides for public, we will do so if you give us. reasonable De 'artment, and they say, "If you wish us In limits compensation at height of buildings alter our houses in order to suit or benefit the properties in Hongkong, how such insuitary
com ensation in numerous cases, and II.E. compensation," anything, that tends to the conditions might be improved, and by whom
the Governor, after giving it due consideration, public good must be paid for by the public. such improvements should be carried out; that
has come to the conclusion that it is rightWe hear, of course, of sacrifices for the public and proper that compensation in these cases is to say,at whose cast the improvements should
good; well, such men as make these sacrifices F he effected. On that Commission there sat the
should be allowed. So far as it relates to the landlord in this Colony, and every Chinese Are heroes. But you cannot expect every then Colonial Secretary and Sir Paul (then
no compensation is allowed. I have every Mr. Chater, a member of the Council; Mr. T. the request of the petitioners,. Of course, if that
reason to hope that the Council will receive the money in houses because they will bring in an --IT-Whitebond;~16 also a member of the Bill-bad-gone-to-the-se-ond-reading-ay-1-sub-Bill-with-every-satisfaction, think, for every income to them of so much per cent. They Council; and there were Mr. (now Sir) Thomas Sequently to the house I should have asked and retron I have advanced, the Bill as now before came to this Colony, relying upon, the justice Jackson, and M. Ede. It was appointed in expected hon. members to have supported it, the Council should meet with practically, un. and faimess of English law and the protection animous support. I move the second reading, and they thought at the time they invested of the English Aag, and invest their money, 1896, and the Commission reported in 1898. because the Bill did nothing more than that (Applause) They reported that there were many insanitary which they asked for themselves. They have Hon FI May-1 beg to second. My in these houses that they were built in properties in the Colony and dwellings which asked for independent and competent persons hop. friend had fallen into one slight inac accordance with the law existing at the time: in their then condition were "unfit for human
to be sent out in report and recommend, and
curacy when he said that on the report of the
Now what right has any legislature to turn habitation"; that in number of the houses
then they take the somewhat unusual but
Sanitary Commission no action was taken until round to them, after making their investment, the Bill was laid before the Council. As
and say, "Modera sanitary science requires the back postions were "dark, ill ventilated, effective course of imploring that the Bill inatter of fact, the Insan.tary Properties Ordin-
you to make certain sacrifices?" Suppose they extremely dirty and in some cases were ders of should be departed from, the Hill which ance, 1899, stands on the Statute Book, and it
have bought and paid for all these houses, are filth. With respect to the means whereby the gave effect to the recommendations that they right to say, at the same time, that in some las effected many inprovements. It is but
they going to be sacrificed for the good of the public without compensation from the public improvement of these undesirable staic
of had asked should be given effect to. Of instances some of the provisions were aban- for it all? If any landlord likes to sacrifice his things should be effected the Commissioners course, we know it is one thing to ask and an-doned owing to opposition to them. There is land for such a public purpose, he must he recommended, among other things, that in ather to be satisfied with what you receive, a saying that history repeats itself, and I think
called a philanthropist and a public benefactor, houses fronting streets le's than 15 feet wile no So it turned out that the Bill after it was intro- that what that really means is that men learn
but he can scarcely be considered a business cubicles should be allowed on ground doors.duced in this Council perfectly in accord atthat teach them, that they commit the same mis- 50 slowly the lessens which experience would
man. No, the present Bill that has been drafted and submitted by the Government gives Two of the Commissioners, Messrs. White. time with the requests and wishes, as far as
takes over and over again, and that these mis-
that compensation, and it is that that we have head and Ede, were of opinion that in such the Government could understand them, of takes entail the same consequences. Men been fighting for. Our earlier opposition, sir, caser cubicles should be prohibited aftgether the public, met with considerable opposition,bers of this Council will remember the predic was not because we do not desire sanitary re- and that no cubicles should be permitted on any not because of the principle on which it is
tion of Dr. Ayres in 1874, and history records form or improvement."A large number of my that when the Public Health Act of 1887, the unofficial colleagues in this Council signed the floors that had no window of not less than one-based, but as regards the details to which it
first real attempt to put the city in a satisfac-petition to the Secretary of State forthe Colonies tenth of the floor space opening directly out
was intended to give effect. So much was the tory sanitary state, was brought in, it met a king him to send out experts to examine into into the external air; that in certain cases | Bill criticised by the architects, as to the with such strong opposition that many of its the condition of this Colony, and to report and specified the owner should be "compelled to provisions with which it dealt with the struc-
most important provisions were abandoned, make the recommendations to be carred out; How unwise, how foolish, were the men of and that shows, I think, because we are the alter the construction of his house" so as to tural provisions of the Bill, and by persons those days who opposed that Bill. What a representatives of the people, that there is a provide an open space at the back of not less
who were affected by the Bill, such as landow-train of sorrow and sickness did their action in general feeling in the Colony for an improve than
40 square feet; that "certain other
ners and others, this Government felt that the those days bring upon this Colony. I feel ment in sanitary matters in this Colony, We are all-in favour of that improvement, the only certain, sir, that their action will not be structural alterations should be made by owners
Bill could not be forced through the Council
imitated now by those who sit here in their thing we desire in return from the Government is this that we get just compensation. If the and lanes be required at their own expense to
Unofficial Member, who was at that time a surface chancel and light such streets and lanes
member of this Council, and who has since, i
menis, it should pay for them. Now, as I say, and maintain them. In a sanitary condition.
am sure, learned that the health of Chinese the Government has recognised this principle, can be improved by the adoption of Western
and so meets our principal objection to the The were the d astic recommendations made
sanitary measures. My friend the Atorney-
Bill, but at the same time I regret to see that by the Commission. The Commissioners then
General has referred to the fact that the Govern- there is no provision in the Bill to deal with ment does not intend to give, compensation declared that there was "no need for the
the windowless rooms, as the learned Attorney- for the abolition of windowles cubicles, and I.
Generat terms them, although they are better. known under the name of cubicles. There is times said that the Government is solely
no doubt in my mind, and I do not think there responsible for insanitary buildings, because
can be in the minds of any one who has been. the erection of these buildings was possible in the Colony a few days and looked round, under its own-laws, that even in the laws that that the greatest sanitary evil amongst the Chi- existed before 1891 it was quite possible to
nese is these windowless rooms. They are dark construct houses of a sanitary type, which would
and unhealthy, and yet these cubicles have been have solved the cubicle question and given a
permitted by the Government to exist.. "House window to each cubicle. We have it stated to
after house has been built for years and years that effect in the letter from Mr. Danby, which
with these self-same cubicles, and all these he addressed to the Housing Committee which
houses have been permitted by the Government. sati. 1894; and he cites in that letter that
And yet without these cubicles it is impossible as long as the plans of Clinese houses for people to live in them with privacy. I say buildings and Public Health Ordinances, thickness of the outer walls and you will find comply with the requirentents of existing
it is a very great mistake. Ordinary Chinese practical purposes."
bouses are about 15 feet wide; take away the Concluding their very valuable report the Commissioners state it to
experts, except in so far as it relates to those such improvements as we should like it our "we Architects are powerless to introduce be their opinion iter alia that it is necessary
recommendations which were in accord with clients refuse to adopt our suggestions, which
they are about 13 feet or 13 feet six inches broad and their average depth is about 40 or for the Government to resume insanitary pro- Mr. Whitehead, ander Paul Chater That is very difficult to so frame a law that nothing that or the floor of a house like that without the recommendations of Sir Thomas Jackson, they almost invariably do. Now, sir, I say it
50 feet; some go down. to 80 feet. Now, what man perties generally and that insanitary proper is to say, it will be remembered that I pointed the Government were to blame in the past do it if they are to have privacy, and therefore can make use of a hous⚫ like object unable can possibly be built under it, and, ties should be improved in the 'manuer re-
cubicles? It is impossible for any family to commended in the report and that such im- thought that no compensation should be given owners of properties must accept some respin- these gentlemen for not legislating in a more detic manner, provements shou'd be carried out by the for anything at all, and that the owner should
the Chinese have got into the habit of turning ibilities if they have not followed the advice of
these long roms of 40 or 50 feet, and only 13 owners at their own cost," failing which they bear the cost of improvements. That was the their architects and built houses that were
feet wide, into a number of small rooms, which sho id be carried out by the Government and recommendation of Messrs. Chadwick and
reasonably sanitary. Sir, the supporters of this cubicles. is not Cainese altogether, for the are called cubicles. Now, the growth of these the owners called upon to refund the cost." Simpson, and on these lines the Government will support it-do not pretend to believe that Chinese learn to make tise of the cubicle only
Bill-and I am sure everyone rund this table That was the opinion deliberately expressed by originally intended to go. At the time we this will banish plague from the e sh-res fub see the houses there, you will find nothing the Commission. Mr. Danby, who is of emin-introduced the Bill we had the support of at ever, but what they do hope is that, coupled like cubicles in regular, proper Chinese houses.. in Hongkong. If you go to Canton and ent char cter and good standing in this Colony, least three hon. members of this Council and
with improvements of areas and the demolition examined before the Commission, gave it as of the two experts. The Bill, however, as now thoroughly sanitary, this Coloy will be put the people living in these long, narrow houses
of houses which no legislation an ever makė
But the Government here, the law here, the his opinion that there were a great number of introduced, provides for compensation to be
Public Works Depar ment here, have permitted into such a condition that plague and other dwellings in the City' so insanitary as, to be paid. I may say the Bill proposes to provide diseases will be lessened, and that when the unfit for human habitation. In answer to Sir for compensation where it can be legitimately over a large portion of the globe shall have
to adopt this method of providing accommoda. wave of plague which at present has spread tion for their families. Now, what is to Thomas Jackson he said "There are a lot of paid, not otherwise. I think this "not other receded, the next wave that takes pl ce will
be done to do away with these cubicles? -cubicles in the Colony now which I would not
I understand it is not to be done in the wise comes in some cases where claims may dash itself ineffectually against our shores and
Bill, which provides for open saces in the allow; I do not understand why they are be paid which will not be legal. In the case that a like fate will attend every other epidemic
front and back of buildings, and just now the allowed to be there." That is very importaat, of the windowless cubicle, we do not consider
of infectious disease. (Applause.) think. Then you should give consideration that is a case in which a claim can be legi say against the Bill; in fact, so far as the walls will have to be thickened out a few inches.
Hon. Dr. Ho Kai-Sir, I have nothing to
the house to 40 feet depth, in which case the to the next forcibly expressed opinion of Mr.timately made. The Bill, therefore, does not principle of the Bill is concerned, I have no Danby, a man well able to form an opinion on not provide for any loss which may fall upon a hesitation is saying that 1, in common with my 13 feet wide and 20 feet deep inhabited by a 40 feet by 13 feet-the depth is out of propor tion to the width, and you can imagine à room the subject with which he was dealing. In man by precluding him from housing his unofficial colleagues in this Council, support number of the Chinese working class, who are answer to the Chairman he stated; If you tenants in windowless rooms. The Attorney-Colonial Secretary concerning myself, that the borily. With reference to the remarks of the do away with cubicles on all the floors you General went on to read froin the China Mull health of the Chinese could be improved by house that the law allows. It would have been none of the cleanest, and who will keep it for depreciate the value of the property. I take
the moment up to the full capacity of the an extract dealing with the subject and bearing Western sanitary measures, I may say, sir, I do it the owner would lose from $1 to St 50 out the views that he had put forward The not remember that at any time I made the asser much matter if the Government had considered on each house. Supposing he had a house extract was as follows, and was taken by sanitary methods. I always believed that
tion that the Chinese could not be improved a plan to carry out the improvements at once, of three storeys he would lose the value of from the issue of 28th July:-"No one has sanitary measures will benefit the Chinese, if ventilation and light. If that were dong the to give every cubicle a window and "proper the cubicles on each of the floors; he would any sympathy for the property-owner who properly carried ou, as well as any person in great insanitary evil of this Colony would be probably lose $1 or $1.57.or even $2Well, allows his property to become insanitary of the world, and I do not oppo e sanitary measures plague would diappear from our midst, and the done away with for ever, and I believe that sir, the Commission having reported, the itself, who lets out his property to rack improve them or benefit them. But I do oppose the expense the Government would be involved for the Chinese just because I think it would not amount we anved every year would simply pay fat which not infrequently comes to subjects renting sub tenants, or resorts to over any measures that have been hastily adopted in granting compensation or in fing every which are sent to special Commissions for re crowding to enrich himself. Not long Board 1 opposed every measure which was think it is necessary in the sound reading to pårt overtook this subject; nothing was done Lord Resebery delivered himself of a scathing introduced at the time without having been
During the ten years that I sat on the Sanitary three houses in the Colony I do not vand it was not possible at the time to do any denunciation of the slum landlord. In May thoroughly explained to the Chinese, and with go into details of the scheme that will come thing. However that may be, the feeling of of this year Mr. Walter Long President of opt zdequate provisions having been made for in its proper place, when I hope to be able to
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(Continust on page.
resumptio of these (insanitary) properties introduced, because it had then become would like to point out, because it is some-
being of opinion that the alterations and im.
apparent that the Bill which, at the time it provements which they recommended would
was introduced, gave effect in the wishes of the render the greater part of the hnuses "fit for people for whom it was designed, and ceased habitation." In their opinion Government
to do so at the later stage, and would not have been for the general benefit of the com would only be called upon to resume where the owners could not be got to agree upon a com-
munity if it had been forced through as it then bined plan for improvement or where the lots, which meats in almost every respect, I stond The result is that I introduced a second "are so small and the buildings on them of believe, the objections that have been urged such dimensions that to make the reedful in-against the Bills it first of all appeared ! p ovements in them as they stand would leave the existing houses tnore or less useless for all give effect to the recommendations of the believe now that the Bill as it stands will
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