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ORDINANCE No. 13 of 1901.
Public Health.
98. The provisions of sections 72 and 73 of this Ordinance shall not apply to any domestic building existing on the 29th December, 1894, unless such building is situated within the City of Victoria, or at Kowloon Point, Hunghom, Yau Ma Tei (including so much of Kowloon as lies to the south of a line drawn from the Pumping Station at Yau Ma Tei through the Police Station at Hunghom to the boundary of War Department property), Tai Kok Tsui, or within such other districts or places as may from time to time be specified by the Governor in Council and notified in the Gazette.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 14th day of March, 1901.
R. F. JOHNSTON, Acting Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 25th day of March, 1901.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
Number and Year of Ordinance. Ordinance 24 of 1887
SCHEDULE A. ENACTMENTS REPEALED.
Short TitleExtent of Repeal The Public Health Ordinance.The whole. An Ordinance to appoint an additional member on the Sanitary Board.The whole. Amendment of Public Health Ordinance.The whole. Amendment of Public Health Ordinance.The whole. The Latrine Ordinance.The whole. Amendment of Public Health Ordinance.The whole. An Ordinance to remove doubts as to the validity of certain Bye-laws made by the Sanitary Board, and for other purposes.The whole. The closed houses and insanitary dwellings Ordinance.All except sections 1, 2, 13, 18, 19, and 20. Amendment of Public Health Ordinance.The whole. Medical Officer of Health Ordinance.The whole. The Sanitary Committees Ordinance.The whole. The Government Latrine Ordinance.The whole. Amendment of Public Health Ordinance.The whole. Insanitary Properties Ordinance.All except portions of sections 5, 2, 6, 13, and 14. Amendment of Public Health Ordinance.The whole.SCHEDULE B.
BYE-LAWS.
BAKE-HOUSES.
1. All premises now used or hereafter used as a bake-house shall be registered annually, during the month of January, at the office of the Board, and every application for registration shall be made in the form attached to these bye-laws.
2. The ground surfaces of every bake-house shall be paved to the satisfaction of the Board with good lime or cement concrete laid down at least six inches thick, and the surface thereof shall be rendered smooth and impervious with asphalt, portland cement, or such other material as the Board may approve of.
3. Every bake-house shall have an ample supply of good potable water and, except with the special permission of the Board, this water shall be laid on to the bake-house from the public water mains.
4. Every bake-house shall be so drained as to be in accordance with the requirements of the Public Health Ordinance, 1901, and the bye-laws made thereunder and, wherever practicable, the inlets to the drains shall be placed outside the rooms in which baking operations are carried on.
5. No water-closet, dry-closet, earth-closet, nor urinal shall be within or in direct communication with any bake-house.
6. Every bake-house shall be kept at all times in a cleanly condition and free from all noxious matter. The troughs, tables, and utensils in use in the bake-house shall be thoroughly cleansed and the floors properly swept at least once in every twenty-four hours. The whole of the interior walls and the ceilings of the room of the bake-house shall be properly limewashed and the woodwork thoroughly scrubbed with soap and water during the first and seventh months of each year.
7. No animals shall be kept in a bake-house.
8. No person suffering from any infectious or contagious disease shall be permitted to take part in the manufacture or sale or delivery of bread or biscuits.
9. Every bake-house shall be, during the hours at which baking operations are carried on, open to inspection by the Medical Officer of Health or any of the Board's officers duly deputed by him.
10. No person other than a caretaker shall pass the night in any room used as a bake-house, or in any of the rooms used for the preparation or storage of the food prepared in such bake-house, except such person be at the time actively engaged in carrying on the work of the bakery.
11. No premises shall be used as a bake-house until such premises have been approved by the Board as being in accordance with the bye-laws for the time being in force relating to the regulation of bake-houses, and have been registered.
Form of application.
I, the undersigned, hereby notify the Sanitary Board that I propose to carry on the business of a public bakery on the premises known as [insert address], and I beg leave to request that the said premises may be duly registered as a public bakery.
Signature of Applicant.
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