1012 [ 24 of 1887. ) PUBLIC HEALTH.
Schedule B.
Application for a house to be registered as a Common Lodging - House.
I, the undersigned , hereby make application to have the undermentioned
premises registered as a commou lodging -house, under Ordinance No. 24 of
1887 .
Signature of Applicant,
Address,
Hongkong, 189
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 numher of rooms set apart for Lodgers,
Cubic capacity of Room No. 1,....... .... cubic feet .
Do. do . No. 2 , do.
Do. do . No. 3 ,.... do .
Do. do. No. 4 , do.
Do. do . No. 5, ..... do .
Do. do . No. 6, ......... do.
To the Registrar General.
Bye-laws made by the Sanitary Board under sub-section 18 of section 13
of Ordinance No. 24 of 1887, as amended by Ordinance No. 12 of
1891, and approved by the Legislative Council, the 15th
October, 1891. ( Gazette 24th October, 1891.)
CEMETERIES OTHER THAN PUBLIC CHINESE CEMETERIES.
1. Each grave shall bear a number.
2. A register shall be kept by the person or persons in charge of each
cemetery, at or near each cemetery and the date of burial, name, sex , age and
registered cause of death of each person shall be entered therein against the
number of the grave in which the corpse is interred .
3. Each grave shall be dug to at least a depth of seren feet throughout.
4. Except as regards the corpses of children under five years of age, only
one corpse shall be placed in one grave. In the case of the corpses of children
under five years of age two corpses may be placed in one grave.
5. The interspace between any two graves at any point shall be at least
18 inches.
6. Each grave on being filled in shall be properly covered with turf or
chunam or such other material as may be approved of by the board ,
PUBLIC CHINESE CEMETERIES,
1. Each cemetery shall be laid out in sections of such size and arranged in
such manner as may be directed by the board .
2. A plan of the cemetery or a tracing thereof as laid out shall be on view
at or near to the cemetery and the offices of the board.