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There are in addition four Inspectors in charge of the scavenging work, one Inspector of Cemeteries and one Inspector in charge of the City Disinfecting Station,—19 in all.
The supervision of the sanitary work in the various villages, in Kowloon City and in Sham Shui Po is done by the Police Inspectors.
The Inspectors in Hongkong island work under the personal direction and supervision of the Medical Officer of Health while those in Kowloon are under the Assistant Medical Officer of Health.
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The "cubicle question" has for many years been one of the most difficult problems in connection with the sanitary welfare of the Colony, but it would seem that, at last, it has been solved in a satisfactory manner by the enactment of stringent regulations combined with considerable latitude in their practical enforcement. The Public Health law of the Colony prohibits the erection of cubicles in ground floor rooms and limits those on upper floors to two in number, while it also limits the height of the partition walls to six feet and regulates their construction in certain other directions, but a discretionary power is granted by the Ordinance, which has now been vested in the Medical Officers of Health, and they have thus been enabled to permit the erection of a larger number of cubicles on any floor, wherever the lighting and ventilation of the premises has been found to warrant such a concession. As a result only 14 prosecutions for illegal cubicles were necessary during the year, the fines amounting to $85.
In connection with anti-plague measures to render houses as far as possible rat-proof, 324 ground surfaces in houses have been repaired and 1,675 buildings have had rat-runs filled up with cement.
Permits for the use of one basement as a dwelling and of one basement kitchen have been issued.
Obstructions have been removed from backyards, under notice, in 127 houses (274 in 1909). Notices to abate nuisances to the number of 8,494 have been applied for during the year.
In addition to the above improvements in connection with dwelling-houses carried out under the supervision of the Sanitary Department various permanent improvements affecting sanitation have been effected by the Public Works Department. These include the training of additional nullahs to the extent of 3,887 feet (792 feet in 1909) and the building of public latrines and urinals in Nelson Street and Canton Road (Kowloon), and in Queen's Road East (Victoria), while a new Fruit Market has been erected in Bonham Strand, a new Cattle Depôt and Slaughter-house at Sai Wan Ho, and the office accommodation at the Cattle Depôt at Kennedy Town has been enlarged.
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There are in addition four Inspectors in charge of the scaveng- ing work, one Inspector of Cemeteries and one Inspector in charge of the City Disinfecting Station,-19 in ali.
The supervision of the sanitary work in the various villages, in Kowloon City and in Sham Shui Po is done by the Police Inspectors.
The Inspectors in Hongkong island work under the personal direction and supervision of the Medical Officer of Health while those in Kowloon are under the Assistant Medical Officer of Health.
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GENERAL SANITARY CONDITION.
The "cubicle question" has for many years been one of the most difficult problems in connection with the sanitary welfare of the Colony, but it would seem that, at last, it has been solved in a satisfactory manner by the enactment of stringent regulations com- bined with considerable latitude in their practical enforcement. The Public Health law of the Colony prohibits the erection of cubicles in ground floor rooms and limits those on upper floors to two in number, while it also limits the height of the partition walls to six feet and regulates their construction in certain other directions, but a discretionary power is granted by the Ordinance, which has now been vested in the Medical Officers of Health, and they have thus been enabled to permit the erection of a larger number of cubicles on any floor, wherever the lighting and ventilation of the premises has been found to warrant such a concession. As a result only 14 prosecutions for illegal cubicles were necessary during the year, the fines amounting to $85.
In connection with anti-plague measures to render houses as far as possible rat-proof, 324 ground surfaces in houses have been repaired and 1,675 buildings have had rat-runs filled up with
cement.
Permits for the use of one basement as a dwelling and of one basement kitchen have been issued.
Obstructions have been removed from backyards, under notice, in 127 houses (274 in 1909). Notices to abate nuisances to the number of 8,494 have been applied for during the year.
In addition to the above improvements in connection with dwelling-houses carried out under the supervision of the Sanitary Department various permanent improvements affecting sanitation have been effected by the Public Works Department. These include the training of additional nullahs to the extent of 3,887 feet (792 feet in 1909) and the building of public latrines and urinals in Nelson Street and Canton Road (Kowloon), and in Queen's Road East (Victoria), while a new Fruit Market has been erected in Bonhamn Strand, a new Cattle Depôt and Slaughter-house at Sai Wan Ho, and the office accommodation at the Cattle Depôt at Kennedy Town has been enlarged.
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