8. Proper and systematic scavenging will, however, only partially mend the evils pointed out in His Excellency's minute of the 17th ultimo. A more direct personal interest in sanitary matters and a closer and more constant watch over the acts of servants appears necessary upon the part of masters, many of whom I have found quite dead to the necessity of kitchen drains, cesspits and dust bins.
9. If His Excellency approves of my suggestion in paragraph 5, I will place myself in friendly communication with the Peak residents to have it carried out. I may add that, were it necessary, its conditions could be enforced under section 1 of clause II of Ordinance No. 14 of 1845, and clause XIV of Ordinance No. 8 of 1856, but the enlightened class of persons with whom one will have to deal in this matter renders recourse to the law improbable.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
J. M. PRICE,
Surveyor General.
Honourable CECIL C. SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
[In C.S.O. No. 1865 of 1877.]
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF NUISANCES.
HONGKONG, 1st August, 1877.
SIR,---I have the honour to inform you that, in obedience to your orders, I have inspected the bungalows at Victoria Peak, and discover the arrangements adopted by their tenants for the disposal of house sewage and refuse matter to be as follows:-
1. The Signal Station.
The night-soil from both the houses is used for garden purposes by the people residing here. The drainage from the cookhouse of the man in charge is also caught and used for the same purpose, but that from the cookhouse of the Chinese assistants flows down the hillside southwards towards a little valley lying N.E. of Mountain Lodge. The cookhouse rubbish is carried about 200 yards W. of the flag-staff and thrown on the N. side of the hill.
2. Mr. ......'s house.
The night-soil is carried to about 400 yards distance in a S.W. direction and thrown over the brow of a hill overlooking the village of Shek-t'ong-tsui. The dry rubbish is carried in the same direction, but is deposited close to the pathway leading from Mountain Lodge; there are numerous heaps of it along this pathway. The drainage from the cookhouses flows through a sewer and out at the eastern corner of the boundary wall into the valley mentioned in the preceding paragraph. In this valley are two wells, from which the water supply is obtained for the inmates of the Signal Station, Mr. ......'s family, the officers' quarters at the Pavilion and the Governor's household. There is also a stream passing through it which eventually reaches the Pokfoolum Reservoir. The distance between the spot where the house sewage is absorbed into the ground and the water-supply is 320 feet.
3. The Pavilion.
The night-soil and rubbish are taken and deposited near Mr. ......'s heaps; the ravine into which it is thrown forming the head of the watershed of the Shek-t'ong-tsui and the slaughter-house water-supplies. There is a chunammed and covered cesspit close to the cookhouse for the reception of the house and kitchen refuse waters, but it does not appear to be used by the servants, and the whole of the drainage is, by preference, led into the hollow in front of Mountain Lodge, which formerly, I understand, was a kitchen garden. The distance from the Pavilion to its nearest dry rubbish heap is about 250 yards.
4. Mountain Lodge.
Dry earth is used in the closets. All waste matters appear deodorized and inoffensive, and are removed in the same manner and to the same heaps as the foregoing. There is no latrine at either the Pavilion or Mountain Lodge provided for the use of the coolies; they are forced to go on the hillside. The drainage flows in both front and rear of the house, that in the rear finding its way into the valley already mentioned, while that in front flows in a direct manner almost into the ravine above the Reservoir; about 150 yards from the Lodge in a westerly direction is a heap of dry rubbish.
5. Mr.......'s Matshed.
The night-soil is removed by a coolie daily and is thrown on the hillside facing Victoria. The dry earth system is not used. The rubbish and cookhouse refuse are carried up on the hillside and thrown near the same place at the end of a disused path on the northern slope overlooking the city. Water for domestic purposes is obtained from the stream named in paragraph 2.
8. Proper and systematic scavenging will, however, only partially mend the evils pointed out in His Excellency's minute of the 17th ultimo. A more direct personal interest in sanitary matters and a closer and more constant watch over the acts of servants appears necessary upon the part of masters, many of whom I have found quite dead to the necessity of kitchen drains, cesspits and dust bins.
9. If His Excellency approves of my suggestion in paragraph 5, 1 will place myself in friendly communication with the Peak residents to have it carried out. I may add that, were it necessary, its conditions could be enforced under section 1 of clause II of Ordinance No. 14 of 18-45, and clause XIV of Ordinance No. 8 of 1856, but the enlightened class of persons with whom one will have to deal in this matter renders recourse to the law improbable.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
J. M. PRICE,
Surveyor General.
Honourable CECIL C. SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
[In C.S.O. No. 1865 of 1877.]
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF NUISANCES.
HONGKONG, 1st August, 1877.
SIR,---I have the honour to inform you that, in obedience to your orders, I have inspected the bungalows at Victoria Peak, and discover the arrangements adopted by their tenants for the disposal of house sewage and refuse matter to be as follows:-
1. The Signal Station.
The night-soil from both the houses is used for garden purposes by the people residing here. The drainage from the cookhouse of the man in charge is also caught and used for the same purpose, but that from the cookhouse of the Chinese assistants flows down the hillside southwards towards a little valley lying N. E. of Mountain Lodge. The cookhouse rubbish is carried about 200 yards W. of the flag-staff and thrown on the N. side of the hill.
2. Mr. ......'s house.
The night-soil is carried to about 400 yards distance in a S. W. direction and thrown over the brow of a hill overlooking the village of Shek-t'ong-tsui. The dry rubbish is carried in the same direction, but is deposited close to the pathway leading from Mountain Lodge; there are numerous heaps of it along this pathway. The drainage from the cookhouses flows through a sewer and out at the castern corner of the boundary wall into the valley mentioned in the preceding paragraph. In this valley are two wells, from which the water supply is obtained for the inmates of the Signal Station, Mr. ......'s family, the officers' quarters at the Pavilion and the Governor's household. There is also a stream passing through it which eventually reaches the Pokfoolum Reservoir. The distance between the spot where the house sewage is absorbed into the ground and the water-supply is 320 feet.
3. The Pavilion.
The night-soil and rubbish are taken and deposited near Mr. ......'s heaps; the ravine into which it is thrown forming the head of the watershed of the Shek-t'ong-tsui and the slaughter-house water- supplies. There is a chunammed and covered cesspit close to the cookhouse for the reception of the house and kitchen refuse waters, but it does not appear to be used by the servants, and the whole of the Irainage is, by preference, led into the hollow in front of Mountain Lodge, which formerly, I understand, was a kitchen garden. The distance from the Pavilion to its nearest dry rubbish heap is about 250 yards.
4. Mountain Lodge.
Dry earth is used in the closets. All waste matters appear deodorized and inoffensive, and are removed in the same manner and to the same heaps as the foregoing. There is no latrine at either the Pavilion or Mountain Lodge provided for the use of the coolies; they are forced to go on the hillside. The drainage flows in both front and rear of the house, that in the rear finding its way into the valley already mentioned, while that in front flows in a direct manner almost into the ravine above the Reservoir; about 150 yards from the Lodge in a westerly direction is a heap of dry rubbish.
5. Mr.......'s Matshed.
The night-soil is removed by a coolie daily and is thrown on the hillside facing Victoria. The dry earth system is not used. The rubbish and cookhouse refuse are carried up on the hillside and thrown near the same place at the end of a disused path on the northern slope overlooking the city. Water for domestic purposes is obtained from the stream named in paragraph 2.
8. Proper and systematic scavenging will, however, only partially mend the evils pointed out in His Excellency's minute of the 17th ultimo. A more direct personal interest in sanitary matters and a closer and more constant watch over the acts of servants appears necessary upon the part of masters, many of whom I have found quite dead to the necessity of kitchen drains, cesspits and dust bins.
9. If His Excellency approves of my suggestion in paragraph 5, 1 will place myself in friendly communication with the Peak residents to have it carried out. I may add that, were it necessary, its conditions could be enforced under section 1 of clause II of Ordinance No. 14 of 18-45, and clause XIV of Ordinance No. 8 of 1856, but the enlightened class of persons with whom one will have to deal in this matter renders recourse to the law improbable.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
J. M. PRICE,
Surveyor General.
Honourable CECIL C. SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
[In C.S.O. No. 1865 of 1877.]
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF NUISANCES.
HONGKONG, 1st August, 1877.
SIR,---I have the honour to inform you that, in obedience to your orders, I have inspected the bungalows at Victoria Peak, and discover the arrangements adopted by their tenants for the disposal of house sewage and refuse matter to be as follows:-
1. The Signal Station.
The night-soil from both the houses is used for garden purposes by the people residing here. The drainage from the cookhouse of the man in charge is also caught and used for the same purpose, but that from the cookhouse of the Chinese assistants flows down the hillside southwards towards a little valley lying N. E. of Mountain Lodge. The cookhouse rubbish is carried about 200 yards W. of the flag-staff and thrown on the N. side of the hill.
2. Mr. ......'s house.
The night-soil is carried to about 400 yards distance in a S. W. direction and thrown over the brow of a hill overlooking the village of Shek-t'ong-tsui. The dry rubbish is carried in the same direction, but is deposited close to the pathway leading from Mountain Lodge; there are numerous heaps of it along this pathway. The drainage from the cookhouses flows through a sewer and out at the castern corner of the boundary wall into the valley mentioned in the preceding paragraph. In this valley are two wells, from which the water supply is obtained for the inmates of the Signal Station, Mr. ......'s family, the officers' quarters at the Pavilion and the Governor's household. There is also a stream passing through it which eventually reaches the Pokfoolum Reservoir. The distance between the spot where the house sewage is absorbed into the ground and the water-supply is 320 feet.
3. The Pavilion.
The night-soil and rubbish are taken and deposited near Mr. ......'s heaps; the ravine into which it is thrown forming the head of the watershed of the Shek-t'ong-tsui and the slaughter-house water- supplies. There is a chunammed and covered cesspit close to the cookhouse for the reception of the house and kitchen refuse waters, but it does not appear to be used by the servants, and the whole of the Irainage is, by preference, led into the hollow in front of Mountain Lodge, which formerly, I understand, was a kitchen garden. The distance from the Pavilion to its nearest dry rubbish heap is about 250 yards.
4. Mountain Lodge.
Dry earth is used in the closets. All waste matters appear deodorized and inoffensive, and are removed in the same manner and to the same heaps as the foregoing. There is no latrine at either the Pavilion or Mountain Lodge provided for the use of the coolies; they are forced to go on the hillside. The drainage flows in both front and rear of the house, that in the rear finding its way into the valley already mentioned, while that in front flows in a direct manner almost into the ravine above the Reservoir; about 150 yards from the Lodge in a westerly direction is a heap of dry rubbish.
5. Mr.......'s Matshed.
The night-soil is removed by a coolie daily and is thrown on the hillside facing Victoria. The dry earth system is not used. The rubbish and cookhouse refuse are carried up on the hillside and thrown near the same place at the end of a disused path on the northern slope overlooking the city. Water for domestic purposes is obtained from the stream named in paragraph 2.
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