ORDINANCE No. 13 OF 1901.
Public Health.
12. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall cause the windows of each of the sleeping rooms to be kept open to their full width for at least four hours each day, unless prevented by inclement weather or by the illness of any person occupying any of the rooms.
13. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall cause the internal walls and ceilings of every part of his house to be thoroughly cleansed and lime-washed during the sixth and twelfth months of the Chinese year.
14. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall at all times keep his premises in a clean and wholesome condition, and the fittings of the sleeping rooms shall be maintained by him in a thorough state of repair. He shall cause every room, passage, and stair to be roughly swept at least once a day.
15. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall cause all filth and house refuse or other offensive matter to be removed from his premises daily.
16. If any person in a common lodging-house becomes ill from any infectious, contagious, or communicable disease, the keeper of such common lodging-house shall forthwith give notice thereof to the Inspector of Nuisances in whose district the lodging-house is situated, or to the nearest Police Station or to the Registrar General, and the keeper of such common lodging-house shall cause the house to be vacated and shall allow the bedding, clothing, and other articles used by the infected person to be destroyed or disinfected and the house to be fumigated, disinfected, and lime-washed, at the public expense, in such manner as the Board may direct.
Form (a).
Form of Common Lodging-House Register.
1. Date. 2. Register Number. 3. Situation of Lodging-House. 4. Number thereof. 5. No. of Sleeping Rooms. 6. No. of Closets. 7. Nature of Water-Supply. 8. Maximum No. of Lodgers which can be received. 9. Name of Keeper. 10. Signature of Registering Officer.Form (b).
Application for a house to be registered as a common lodging-house.
I, the undersigned, hereby make application to have the under-mentioned premises registered as a common lodging-house.
Signature of Applicant: ... Address: ...
Hongkong, ...
Situation of premises sought to be registered as a common lodging-house: ...
The number of floors to be used as a common lodging-house: ...
The number of rooms set apart for lodgers: ...
Cubic capacity of room No. 1: ...
... No. 2: ...
... No. 3: ...
... No. 4: ...
... No. 5: ...
... No. 6: ...
To the Registrar General.
CONCRETING.
1. The material to be used for covering the ground surface of all domestic buildings shall be good lime or cement concrete at least 6 inches thick, finished off smooth to the satisfaction of the Board: Provided always that the Board may in its discretion exempt the owners of existing domestic buildings, the floors of which have a space between the ground floor and the ground surface, from carrying out the requirements of this bye-law.
2. The material to be used for covering the floors of areas and basement stories and the ground surface of every cook-house, latrine, back-yard, court-yard, or other space on which slops may be thrown, shall be good lime or cement concrete or other impervious material to the satisfaction of the Board at least six inches thick and in addition such material shall be finished off smooth with not less than two inches of cement concrete of the proportion of one part of cement to four parts of fine broken stone or with granite slabs bedded and jointed in cement mortar or with hard-burnt bricks or tiles bedded and jointed in cement mortar, or with such other material as shall be approved of by the Board.
3. The ground surface of every cook-house, latrine, back-yard, court-yard, or other space on which slops may be thrown shall have a fall of not less than half an inch to one foot from the walls of the building towards the surface channel or other outlet for the drainage of such surface.
DAIRIES.
1. Any building or part of a building used for the storage of milk intended for sale, or in which milk is sold, shall be deemed to be a dairy within the meaning of these bye-laws.
2. Any building used as a dairy 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.
Reenactment Bye-Laws 207
Reenactment of Bye-Laws under Ordinance 15 of 1854, Section 13.
Ordinnance 24, Section 3.