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COLONY'S WATER PROBLEM.
SUGGESTIONS AT SANITARY BOARD MEETING.
MR. M. K. LO'S VIEWS.
WEDNESDAY, MAY
not one drop of water for wiping his face with. He sent a boy out to get one bucket. That boy could not return with the water until 8.80a.m. owing to the length of the waiting queue!
A Menace to Public Health, The quantity of water that is obtainable by this laborious! method must be barely, auficient for potable purposes. Thero Suggestions for the improve, would be no available water for ment of the present system of keeping the premises clean, and restriction of water supply were the problem of keeping the body advanced by Mr M. K. Lo at the and clothing clean must be so dif fortnightly meeting of the Saniflcult that many a poor, person tary Board, held yesterday after-must perforce give up the attempt in sheer despair. I submit, there- fore, that such conditions do con- stitute a menace to publle health. So far ny remarks have been directed to the restrictive system in fores up to yesterday. To-day begins a further stage of restric tion, the mains being tareed of except from 6 to 10 am, and 3 to
noon."
member
The newly-elected advocated the alteration of the present system, and pointed out that there was a dot of wasto in obtaining water from the street hydrants.
p.m. I thderstand that d'atrost hydrant usually fills paly about. 60 tins in one hour, and I fear have to wait for, and hope for the many, an unfortunate family, will best from, the afternoon ration for the necessary water to cook the morning meal:
I might here inform the Board that the Tung Wah Hospital is now literally over-crowded: on May 25th 52 patients, and on May 27th 50 patients, were admitted to the Hospital. These Agures were equalled only on one previous day this year, namely, on March 28th: otherwise the average dally admis 30. I sincerely hope that these sions amounted to roughly about. figures are merely accidental and not symptomatic of the result of the people's reaction, to the lack of an adequate water supply.
Mr. M. K. Lo, in moving his resolution, enid understand it has been ruled that the question of water supply as such outside the jurisdiction of this Board But I submit that the Board, as the guardian of public health in Hongkong, should be entitled to make any recommendation it thinks it to the Government in regard to any matter affecting public health, including the ques tion of water supply. In support of this contention 1 need only refer to the heading to Part 2 of the Public Health And Buildings Ordinance, 1903, and the powers of the Board under Section 16."
As regards the first part of the motion, I propose to deal with the question as to what is a reason nble standard as regards water supply from the point of view of public health. In August, 1992, a petition was presented to the Secretary of State for the Colonies,
If it were humanly impossible, by the Chinese inhabitants, on the in the existing circumstances, to Water Works Ordinance 1902, and ameliorate this regrettable state' I beg to quote the fallowing para- of affairs, I realise it would be graphs from the pelillon as being futile for me to 'laitiste tils dig- relevant to this question:
cussion. But in spite of the care- "18. That as to the value placed already received, I do feel that ful consideration this question has by the Sanitary Authorities in England on an adequate water something further might still be supply being connected with done if every avenue were once every house it may not be out again thoroughly explored.
And
of place to refer here to Section this brings me to the second part
A Few Suggestions.
48 of the Act of Parliament of my motion. entitled 'An Act to, consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Public Health in London' 64 and I feel that I have myself not suf 66 Vic. Chap. 76. Such Section | ficient data to offer any decided Is as follows:
views as to improving_the_exist- ng system. But may I venture a' few tentative suggestions?
"48.. (1).-An occupied house without a proper and-Buff- cient supply of water shall To my mind the position would be a nuisance liable to be be much cused if, apart from tho dealt with summarily under supply from the mains for poluble this Act, and, if it is a purposes, another available supply dwelling-house shall be could be given for washing pur- deemed unfit for human poses. For the latter purpose! habitation.
water boats and júnks might be "(2)-A house which after made use of for carrying,water the commencement of this from nullah and stream sources Act is newly erected, or is across the harbour. All-existing pulled down to or below the water carriage vehicles might be ground floor and rebuilt, mobilised and if necessary further shall not be occupied as a vehicles might be constructed or dwelling house until the converted for drawing supplies sanitary authority have from mullahs in the island which certified that it has a proper do not go into any reservoir. and sufficient supply of These vehicles could go round to water, either from a water the various streets systematically company or by some other and supply houses with water for washing purposes. In each of the principal streets, on the top of the of water is considered a vital with brick and cement with cement gradient, cisterns might be made necessity for annitation in a tem-coating, say 3 feet high, 6 feet perate climate like England how wide and 20 feet long, and divided much more should not a constant into two compartments (the size supply of water be considered
to vary with the size of the street),.
meann.
"19. That if an adequate supply
an absolute necessity to every and into these cisterns the water "tenement house" in a tropical carts could empty their supply. climate like Hongkong."
Tenants of the houses could "That when it is remembered then wash their clothes in the cls- that plague has licen constant tern, using one section for wash- in Hongkong since the yearing, and the other for rinsing pur- 1894, your petitioners feel the noses. Some antiseptic ingredient present measure is calculated to could be put in. At the end of increase and not diminish future every day the cisterns could be out-breaks of plague, for how emptied, and the waste water with no supply of water laid on could be utilised for cleaning the to any "tenement house" can the streets. It must be remembered occupiers of tenement houses" that now and during the summer be expected to comply with the months much of the nullah . frequent and peremptory water would run to waste quests of the Sanitary Board to if the same were not utilised. keep their houses and persons The situation is serious enough. clean by the constant use of to justify any "obstruction" water when every drop will have that could be caused, and the to be carried from the street cisterns could be easily dismantl hydrants,"
url when the conditions return to normal.
Pitiable Sights.
System Should Be Altered
What is the position in Hong-i kong at the present time? Any- Apart from the above sugges one who walks along the thorough- tions, I submit that the existing fares served by the rider main system whereby in the rider main system cannot but be struck by districts not a drop of water can the pitiable sight of long streams be obtained in the houses, and of women and inen, boys and girls, every drop has laboriously to bu waiting in long queues to draw a' carried from the streets, whereas couple of buckets of water at one houses outside the rider main time, I have received many com- districts are given a direct though
Hints that many come destricted supply, should be alter
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the queues are specially long, ond ed. I had always been under the carrier can only get to the source impression that for technical and of supply about twice a day. This engineering reasons supplies direct information may possibly be some- from the maina cannot be re- what exaggerated, but that it has stricted without serious damage some foundation in fact is proved to the works. But that danger is, by the following illuminating now being faced and the supply 24th May: "A noisy scene was I cannot see why this supply enacted at the street fountain in should not if necessary bo fur- On Lan Street shortly after mid- ther restricted to such an extent night yesterday by the queue as to permit a supply to the houses which had formed up at that early on the rider main being given for
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disputants, the quarrel continuing unthinkablo that any one would until the arrival on the scene of voluntarily waste any water, and I cannot help feeling that, apart
A number of policemen."
I know of one caso In which a from substantial waste,
Chinese doctor, on reaching home hours supply to.
at 9 p.m., found that there was
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