1969-HKRS30-8-59_Part07 — Page 35

Safety measures -piping instal- lations, notices. entrances and exits, hatchway openings and

ventilation

trunks.

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use of berthed passengers, such sheathing or flooring may consist of linoleum laid to the satisfaction of the Director.

(9) The floors of all sanitary accommodation and of every galley and laundry shall-

(a) be covered with terrazo, tiles or other bard material

impervious to liquids;

(6) provide a good foothold;

(c) be laid in such a manner that the joinings of the floors with the bulkheads in such accommodation are rounded and have no crevices in them; and

(c) be laid to the satisfaction of the Director.

(10) The floors of every hospital or dispensary, other than in sanitary accommodation contained in or connected with any such hospital or dispensary, shall consist of-

(a) linoleum, free from joints and laid to the satisfaction

of the Director; or

(b) a material, approved by the Director, not likely to be damaged by surgical spirits or other liquids used in the hospital or dispensary, laid to the satisfaction of the Director.

8. (1) No steam supply or exhaust pipe for steering gear, winches, rice boilers or other similar equipment shall be fitted to pass through any compartment or space allocated for the accommodation of passengers in any ship to which these regula- tions apply:

Provided that, where the Director is satisfied that any alterna- tive arrangement is unreasonable or impracticable in the circum- stances, be may permit such pipes, if insulated and encased to his satisfaction, to be fitted to pass through passageways accessible to passengers, subject, in the case of supply pipes, to the following conditions-

(a) the pipes shall be soundly constructed of solid drawn

steel or other suitable material;

(b) the pipes shall be of a scantling sufficient to withstand the maximum pressure from the ship's boiler system;

(c) all connexions in the pipes shall be by faced flanges

properly jointed; and

(d) the pipes shall be fitted with adequate drainage arrange-

ments,

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(2) Every steam pipe, hot water pipe and calorifier in or serving any sanitary accommodation or hospital shall be efficiently lagged for the protection of any person from injury or discomfort.

(3) Every piping system that is part of a smothering-gas or steam installation, which serves a compartment or space to which passengers have access or which has been allocated as accom- modation for unberthed passengers shall-

(a) for the purpose of guarding against inadvertent operation of the system whilst passengers are within such com- partments or spaces, be fitted with an additional valve or cock, which can be locked; and

(b) be made so as to enable a length of pipe outside such compartment or space, preferably adjacent to the control valve, to be removed.

(4) Conspicuous notices Indicating the precautionary measures to be adopted in case of an emergency shall be posted in every compartment or space referred to in paragraph (3) and also in the control station.

(5) The means of access to and egress from a space or compartment allocated for the accommodation of passengers shall be situated so that in the event of a fire in any cargo space, storage space, lamp room, galley or machinery space, such fire will not prevent the escape of passengers from any such space or compartment.

(6) Every batchway within any space allocated for the accom- modation of unberthed passengers shall be guarded by portable stanchions of a height of not less than 42 inches, spaced at suitable intervals and fitted with chains, or equivalent, and so spaced that the vertical distance in between does not exceed 12 inches, the lowest line of same being not more than 9 inches from the deck or by other similar means when any such hatchway is open for the purpose of working cargo or for any other purpose.

(7) Any ventilator trunk to a cargo space or tank shall be constructed of steel or other suitable material and shall, if it passes through any space or compartment allocated for the accommodation of passengers, be gastight and suitably insulated.

(8) Any ventilator trunk used for the natural or mechanical ventilation of any space or compartment allocated for the accom- modation of passengers shall not be used for the ventilation of any space other than space or compartments used exclusively for the accommodation of passengers or crew.