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Restriction

or alteration of licensed promises

after grant of licence.

7. After the grant or renewal of any such licence, no license shall, save with the permission in writing of the Council, cause of permit to be made in respect of the premises to which the licence relates-

(a) any alteration or addition which would result in any deviation

from the plan thereof approved under by-law 5; or

(b) any alteration in respect of any matter specified in by-law 5.

Duties of

8.

The licensee of every bathhouse shall--

licensees of bathbouses.

(a)

Restriction

on spitting.

Boubhouses

nol to be used for dwelling purposes.

Restriction

on cooking

in bach-

hours

at all times, maintain all parts of the bathhouse and all fittings and equipment therein in a clean and wholesome state and in good repair:

(b) cause each bath to be thoroughly cleaned after each occasion

on which it has been used and before it is used again.

(c) where towels are provided for the use of persons resorting thereto, cause each such person to be supplied with a clean towel before bathing;

(d) cause any phlegm, spittle or saliva found on the floors, walls of fittings of the bathhouse, or any part thereof, to be removed without delay and the place whereon the same was found to be cleaned with a disinfectant; and

(e) cause all parts of the walls and ceilings of the bathhouse, other than those faced with smooth impervious material, to be limewashed in the months of January and July in each year.

9. (1) No person shall spit in any bathhouse, except into a spittoon or other receptacle provided for the purpose.

(2) The licensee of every bathhouse shall provide at least one spittoon in each room or compartment of the bathhouse, and shall caus the same to contain disinfectant fluid and to be cleansed, and the fluid renewed, not less than once in every twenty-four hours.

(3) Save as otherwise permitted in writing by the Council, every licensee shall cause one or more notices, prohibiting spitting and written in Chinese, to be continuously displayed in a conspicuous place in every part of the bathhouse to which persons resorting thereto have access.

10. No person shall use, or permit to be used, for dwelling purposes any part of a bathhouse.

11. No person shall prepare or cook any food for human consump tion in any part of bathbouse to which persons resorting thereto have

access.

12. No bathhouse shall be open to the public except between the Closing hours of six o'clock in the forenoon and midnight.

hours.

13. No person shall, in any bathhouse, enter or occupy any bath- Privacy in room or watercloset, or any dressing room designed or used for private bathrooms, use, while the same is occupied by any other person:

Provided that the provisions of this by-law shall not apply to-

(a) any attendant working in the bathhouse who enters any such room at the request of the occupant thereof or în an emergency;

or

(8) any child under the age of seven years who enters any such

room which is occupied by a relative or his nurse.

etc.

staff to be vaccinated.

14. No person shall work in, or knowingly permit any other person Bathhouse to work in, any baibhouse unless such person or such other person, as the case may be, has been vaccinated against smallpox within the preceding period of three years.

15. (1) No person knowingly suffering from a communicable Persong disease shall enter or remain in any bathhouse:

Provided that a health officer may issue a certificate in writing to any such person exempting him from the provisions of this paragraph in any case in which such officer is satisfied that no danger to the public health is involved.

(2) Any person employed or working in a bathhouse shall, if so required in writing by a health officer, submit himself to medical examination at such time and place as such health officer may direct and it after medical examination. bealth officer is satisfied that such person is suffering from any communicable disease or is likely to com- municate to any other person any communicable disease, such last mentioned health officer may notify such person in writing to that effect, and such person shall forthwith cease to work in the same or any other bathhouse.

(3) A notice given under the provisions of paragraph (2) shall continue in force until cancelled by a further notice in writing by a health officer declaring such first mentioned notice to be cancelled.

(4) No person shall cause, or suffer or permit, any person, other than a person who has been duly exempted from the provisions of paragraph (1), whom he knows or has reason to believe to be suffering from any communicable disease to work in any bathhouse.

(5) No person shall cause, or suffer or permit, any person in respect of whom he knows or has reason to believe that a notice given under the provisions of paragraph (2) is in force to work in any bathhouse.

suffering from com- municable disenaca.