THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1894.
DEFECTIVE DEAINN AT KOENOUSS LAKË.
THE CHINA
MAIL.
Dr. James, Dr Ho Kai, and Mr Francis
were appointed a sub-committee to examine the houses and report on their condition.
WATER-CLOSETS,
be
THE SANITARY BOARD. 1 am still prepared to adhere to that state-ing to defend his Department from the at- The usual fortnightly meeting of the S-ment, and would even emphasize the words tasks of Mr Franois. The Prasidant stopped according to the disssss and mortality him, however, and the world will not know nitary Board was hold this afternoon The statistion, for in them lies the gist of the-for the present, at least-with what we8. pon Mr Toukor was going to clay the doughty Acting Colonial Secretary (Hon. J. H. whole matter.
Application was made by Mesare. Danby, The first thing the officers of the local 0.0. It was explained that the P. W. D. Stawert Lokhart) presided. There pre Government Baard in Britain demand when was going to dont with the silting up of the Leigh & Orange, architecte, on behalf of also present:-Mr F. H. May, Captain ordered to orqaire into the health of any Cansi, so it was not necessary to discuss the Mesare. D. Saison, Sons & Co., for permis
sion to construst waterolosets on premises at town is that the mortality statis- subject further.
Icehouse Lane. Superintendent of Police; Dr. P. B. C. district
tion submitted to them be fall and accurate.
Some correspondence having passed he- Ayres, Colonial Surgoon; Mr H. P.
If these statistics show no abnormal death.
The following letter was submitted to the tweer Mr. Ram and Mr. Crook (Savitary Tooker, Acting Director of Public Works; rate or what is equally importast disease-
Surveyor), Mr. Crook wrote-recom- Colonial Secretary's Offico, mend that the permission asked for bo Dr Hartigan; Surgeon-Major James; Hon.rate, they naturally assume the place to be Board --
in fair average condition na to nitation,
July 16, 1894. granted on condition that a But if, on the other hand, the average is
Sun-I am directed to acknowledge re-fixed in the building that will apply the exceeded, a searching enquiry is at ones instituted, and if removable unsanitary concsipt of your latters dated 26th and 27th flushing cisterns to W. O.'s. The water ditions are found to prevail, the leest au ulimo, the former is answer to my letter carriage system is tuore cleanly than the tharities are called upon to redress the No. 95% as to the completion of separate pail system, and is distinctly proferable wrong forthwith. If they prove dilatory system of drainage and the latter in regard for European touses. The water used in the Board performs the work itself and to complaints teade by Masars David Sas flashing the closets will assist in freising charges the recalcitrant losal body with the soon, Sous & Co. concerning offensive the draine, and as the new swers tre com-
amelia
the uaighbourhued of their office, ploted in this portion of the city, the rapid cost.
and to request you to acquaint the Scuitary discharge of the effluent from the house Board that the question upon which it is drain is ensured.
were the following minates :~~ Apponded Fer desired that the Board should advise is
Dr James, A.M.G.Until the sewera are what sups should be taken to discover the state
of all the house draine in the Colony completed and a periodial usbing it all
De Ho Kai; Me J. J. Francis, Q.C.; Mr IL. K. Leigh; and Mr E A. Ram, Aling Sacrotary. Mr W. E. Crow, Government
Analyst, was also present,
THE BLOCKING OF DRAIN OUTFALLE,
Mr Leigh asked what was being done to prevent all the drain outfalle on the Praya being blocked by the Realstation, oa at Bonkam Strand West.
The President This is a quration which does not come properly, within the scope of
There is no other known method of obtaining a true knowledge of the bealthy conditions of a place except the mortality disease statistics. Hence, it is held to be the and the health office: in particular to see
in
THE PLAGUE IN HONGKONG.
THE TREMARENT COMMITTEE'S RECOM- KENDATIONS.
ago, we gare an outline of the recomiendigast 25 feet wide. (c) That the ground overcrowding the Committee recommend
city,
ם
the Board, but the Government is anxious boundwa duty of all medical men in gwhich are still connected to the old atorm-semance of the year is provided for, I think be honses pending the decision of the Goisid by Ordinance and steps should be taken | empower the Sanitary Board by their affi. Director of Public Work will beower the this duty carried pat with the most strin-water dmins, with the object of connecting | earth clasata preferable and shalt not vete ercmont as to their dispenul. Fully for the oimary removal of every me22cers to visit at least once in each quarter
to afford all possible information, and the
question.
That no basement chall be occupied as a havo best only 9 cases of sickness. shop or store for the sale of goods unlese The house into which they went wore it opens, on the side on which the front of clean, airy and lightsome, mezzanines and It will be remembered that, some time the shop or store is, on a pubile strost at sabioles have been forbidden and over- stoppel To remedy the evil of tions made by the Permanent Committee of oor of every building (whether in a base the Sanitary Beurd to the Government in ment or otherwise) shall be formed of that law ho forthwith passed firing the respect to the treatment of condemned material impervious to gen and water to at limit of space for each adult in all houser houses in Taipingehan and throughout the least 9 inches in depth; and that no ground now hallt or hereafter to be constrasted
four We are now able to give the letter of any building shall be occupied as a 21 square feet of floor, and 500 subic feet until the Boor thereof of air space. Requiring every house to be. the Government, containing there recom-dwelling unless s
has been made so impervious, (d) That measured and earrayed, and every room. mendations, together with the renommonda- tions of the Committas in regard to the every house shall be inspected and measured certified for the number of inhabitants it as to its superficial area and cabio space, is fitted to contein. Forbidding, în sli general treatment of Chinese dwellings.
internally, and each room in each house lavuses, new or old, the occupation of Permanent Committes, Sanitary Board, declared and certifled to be suitable for basements for dwelling houses, the occupe-
Hongkong, 28th June, 1894. -The Permanent Committer of the occupation by a certain number of per- tion of shops and stores on the ground Sanitary Board have the honour to report, sous not exceeding one adnit for evory 21 floor as dwelling rooms except for a very for the information of His Eroalloney the square fest of anperficial area and every limited number, the co-existence on the Governos, that in the exercies of the powers 300 cubic feet of air space. The existing same flear of mezzanines and onhicles, the aptrusted to them by law for the prevention law permite one adult for every 300 cubic Bonstruction of mezzaniner where permitted and mitigation of the plague, they have fest of airspace, but the Committee are un- otherwise than in strict accordance with condemned as unit for human habitation animously of opinion that floor area must law, the raising of the walls of cabielor element in the calculation, above 8 feet, the occupation as dwellings of
Forbid 384 houses in the worst part of Tai-ping- form an eban, Дете
removed the inhabitants with Otherwise the number of persons in cook houses, enclosed yards, so. their furniture and effects to other portions rooms of the same length and breadth ding in housss to be hereafter baill any of the city and bave walled in the entire will vary as the heights of the ceilings. rooms of a graster langth than a feat district so as to prevent the occupation of (6) Mezzanine floors, where they exist, must not lighted from two sides at the least, and be strictly confined within the limits now of all mezzanine floors. The law must Afty per cent. of the scan of plague that had gent acourauy. A false, even an inadequate these boase drains to the new Government for new W. .'s being constructed.
Mr J. J. Francis-Must be refused at occurred in Hongkong up to the date of the ulne floor erected otherwise than in strict every Chinese house and the ont-offices cleaning of this district bad occurred within accordance with the law. (f) No cubicle and servante' quarters of all other houses Mr Tooker said that he would set aside retura is looked upon as something nearly sewers and so completing the soparation of the question of the alleged blocking of the oriminal. Were the Local Government Board the sewage from the storm water of the present.
Mr K. K. Leigh intend giving a notice its limits. A large number of housen (76) shall havu walls exceeding & feet in height, under such limitations and regulations su Bonham Strand drain; the Pedder Street called upon to enquire into the sanitary Colony.
I am to add that the Governor in advised at the next weating on the general question had had more than 3 cases of plague; 1 and the spics from the top of each wall to the Board think requisite to prevent need-
ot, if less annoyance to families and persona lattice soon as the reolamation was far enough ad- } not for a bottle of sewer gas, nor a plan of that although the Board has ample power of W. C.'s in the oity, and propose that all i houses had one or two. Many of the houses the roof or coiling shali be open, ork whoso hanass there can be no reasonable drain would be carried out to deep water as condition of this Colony, they would ank PanGod; the D'Aguilar Street drain would the drains, nor yet a model of a sock-loft, to order the inspection of house drains in applications be held over till the question are smell, old, dark, badly drained and diced, closed only with bars or I be diverted into the Pedder Street one; nor a specimen of lith, but what they the reasonable presumption of naissuos of bas been discussed and some definite line of ventilated, and filthily dirty, and have been having the openings therein aqual to at least cause to suspeet that overcrowding oxists, certified by a duly-qualified medical practi- 2/3 of the whole azca barred or latticed. The third great evil to which the attention No partition shall be allowed in any room, of the Permanent Committee has been the Pottinger Street drain would also demand would be at acoarate return of the any premises' (sec. 17, Public Health Ord.) action decided upon,
ball have reason
Dr Hartinan agree with Mr Leigh.
tionar to be in thely present state unfit for more than 8 feet high, unless each of the called is the securculation of dirt and be carried ont along the reclamation disease and mortality statistics. Now, this is or whenever the Board
The Acting Director of Public Works buman habitation. The district, itself is to deep water; Ice House Lane had already exactly what we could not supply. The to beliers that the drains of suy building are
such partition has separate provision for business, in godowns and oat-offices of been dealt with as far as storm water was fast that Baboni: Plague barst upon as defective and in a condition injurious to do not see why the application should be very badly laid out and worse drained and portions into which the room is divided by robblish in Chinese houses and places of
the soil is everywhere fortid with the accum- the best proof of health (800. o ibid.) it appears to have no concerned, and when the house drains there without warning
Mr Leigh made a long speech eundemulated deposits of many years. The Grim light and sir. (g) No mezzanine Roor shall European dwellings and in private lanes, had been disconnected from the old drain this statement. All defence of our sani power to inspect for the purpose of ascer
ing lanan in all new quarters of the Lown tation, as against the charge of over-taining the
I power of inspection where waterclosets and pointing out the danger of be made it for human habitation each in are cubicles.
The Permanent Committee unanimously will enable arrangements to be made in all of insanitation.
doing 30 Colony like Hongkong, its degree, nor do they say that all the boutes hased upon the death and there is no disease records, we have them, is
With regard to the particular houso drains Re referred to the inadequacy of the included within the limits of the diatrics recommend and urge that all of the above new houses for getting rid daily of all water supply to Buch einsste are, in themselves, defective and insanitary requirements shall be embodied in an Ordi-rabbish and dirt of every desaription and satisfied with the answer; but for the princious. Our mortality statistics show reforrad to in your letter of the 27th ultime, present
I beg to endices a report from the Aeting and drains properly, and to the pol-There are several good houses situate within nance and made applicable forthwith to for its daily romoval by the contractors. would the proscribed area, but they do say that every oxisting house in the Colony, and In existing houses there can be me remedy older that the Sanitary Board be provided, to bet the right of visit and search of every Director of Pablic Works showing that, in lution of the Harbour which
on the older commence with, with a sufficient staff of Chinese house, yard, land and enclosure of He moved that the houses will ever render them mentioned are defective, and in a condition in Chinese houses.
Inspectors (sixteen at the least or every description ones at least in each nothing but the palling down of the whole But the returns from these towns injurious to health, and having regard to whole subject be referred to a Committee,
Mr Frandis seconded
the existing houses and the sumplete one The Acting Director of Public Works
reconstruction are correct, and we know the returns that report, the Governor is advised that
apecific rules as drainage, will over pre-pow
powers to enter and inspect. The Ferms and to sos that the for Hongkong are not, and cannot be the Board can, without any more definite
ander existing conditions of complaint, order an inspection of these was the only member who was in favour of resets at the of the quarter with wider ones to theas regulations, with adequate prevent the tee grest accumulation of dirt
Committee like to see a provi. correct
Therefore we live in a drains; and if on inspection, they are granting the application. He thought at registration. Foi parodies, if we continue to rely for our dead in the condition the doting, Dircetor of would be a hardship to prevout Buropeans sent the neighbourhood from being a sousion in any Ordinance to be passed requir. to enforce the rules against overcrowding ing avery Chinese house in the Colony, and In conclusion the Permanent Committee of Board respectfully args that (1) That the whole ares (including streels) the out-officus and servants' quarters of the Sanitary Bos
onso given to their recom knowledge upon a system which is so unreli-Public Works has described, the Board from using waterclosets, as they had beon mitta
should call upon the owner to put them accustomed to them elsewhere.
Dr Hartigan, who had had fifteen years shout 10 aeres, be reused by the Govern- every other house, to be cleaned one and offood may be at once able.
not be the best mendations. quarter. This state of things has not been the fault into a sanitary condition. I, on inspec
These recommendations of the Permanent possible bat
they may
are simple and olsar, of the Registrar General or Mr McCullum, tion, they are found to be in a sanitary experience of residence in the Colony, had mont, paying compensation is owners and timewashed once at least in every
en the Committee are unanimously of
fopinion solely due to the existence of such a nidus | Secretary of the Sanitary Board, for they condition, the Government will, according managed to get along with the hardship there interested according to their respect Committee are based on the very intimate the
their prompt adoption and enforcement It was agreed to appoint Mr R. K.
(2) That the whole of the buildings on
go a very long way towards preventing have, over and over again, arged the to the usual custom, connect them at its greity necessity for reform in this direction.
The Governor is prepared to confer on Leigh, Mr Francis and Dr James a com- the ground be destroyed, preferably by
port as to the sanitary condition and defecte any recurrence of the plague in Hongkong Mr Francis laid on the table the the Beard more general powers of inspec-mittee to consider this subject.
(3) That the catire area be dug over, ald of Chinese houses of all classes, and they or mitigating its severity if it must come. serious conside-I bave the honour to be, Sir, your most and beg t timu, if it is so desired.--I have the honour,
two reports we publish to-right from drains opened up and removed, &c.,
and the Permanent Committee.
All sewage-antarted soil got rid of, the ralion of the Govorament the leftoring obedient Servant,
J. J. FRANCIS, Chairman:" brought the proceedings to a close.
ground laid out afresh for building purposes statement of these defects, and of the with wider sad better streets and a complete dies that seem to them at the same time The Honourable the Acting Colonial
Secretary. efective and thoroughly practical. Tho system of drainage more suitable than the first and by far the gezvest of the existing old for the requirements of a Chinese popela defecte is the saturation of the soil in and The following are the statistics of the (4) That the whole, when Izid out and around Chinese dwellings with sewage of Hongkong Hospitals for the twenty-four
этеку description. This is
ha hours to noon to-day :--
refused.
and connected with the new system, the alding, surluce crowding, and defective and not drains under age.ning the granting of all applications for mities do not say that the houses vannot be permitted in any room in which there yerde, do, so. The orientence of sarveng
one could be closed as of no further use.
Mr Leigh and Dr Hartigan wore both din-drainage,
mont, discussion was out of order.
that the death-rate wan below that of Manchester, Preston, and Dublin, and com- largest towns in the United Kingdom.
in
The following remarks by members of pared favourably with that of the thirty his opinion, the houso draic in the premises follow the general introduction of clasatan amount of expenditures and that Savery 500 houses) to enforce obedi- | quarter, Not to enforce aleanliness but to
THE IGNORANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT. the Board warn attached to H.E. the Gor- ernor's minute asking why the Board noroE reported, before he prezent crisis, that there were insanitary houses in the Colony and why the Board never exercised the powers it clearly possessed for several years :--
Surgeon Major James-These dwellings are in such a state as must have boon the result of years of neglected sanitation, and the extent of the plague here I consider i
for its reception. Any one even looking into a poor soulie's habitation cannot fail to he startled. Medical mon from Manila, Japan, &c., have boon shocked and scands lised at the state of affairs. Such dwellings
aro'not known elsewhere.
Dr Barliyan-It's never too late to mend. We should enforce the provisions of the Health Act now.
The Hon. Stewart Lockhart, Dr Manon, and Mr McCullon devoted time and trouble to draw up a form of registration suitable to the 6 peculiar conditions of the Colony. Of the amount of work done, even with the available sources of hnowledgo, I can speak personally.
But to expect anything like a reliable record of our disease and mortality statisties from the meagre sources of information is an impossibility.
My J. J. Francis, Q.G-Bocause the Board had no means of fading out the existance of such buildings. No power to and visit except for specific par enter and
Because, there being no late poses. bye-laws was futile. Because evoly house question of the mortality statistics and with
would therefore ask the Board to deal,
от хране.
(Signed) J. II. STEWART LOCKHART,
Acting Colonial Secretary. The Sacratary, Sanitary Board..
The following report was attached :-
Public Works Dapartment,
Hongkong, 12th July, 1894. SB-A recent inspection 1 have made of
•well.
SUPREME COURT.
IN CRIMINAL ŞFESSIONS.
this
therefore recommend:
interests.
Lion; and
knowledge they have obtained during wil
the that
last seven weeks from observation and re-
to
reme-
defect the
the subject, the pos er given them to mase at an early date, with this all-important the sewerage discharged upon the foreshore (Before His Honour, Mr E. J. Ackroyd, cedrained, be put up for sale by pubic must be remedied without a moment's
Acting Chief Justice, and u Fury),
Thursday, July 19.
A DOUBTFUL CAŠÍ.
Under the present conditions, disease condition, and in a state injurions to health. i od with theft of $130 from the cabin of Mr Ordianace, at une strese; that by the same | Provent the plagus becoming ending te
amongst the Chinese, which is the source of our danger, ie practically left out of the re- cord.--Your obedient servast,
under Daddell Street, and thence to the as built and occupied has been passed and the onforcement of the decress for recording Praga, leads me to the conclusion that the near loo Base Street, from the old drain
authorised by the Sarropor General's Deonser of infestions diseases, not only amonget house drains which are at present connect- had Europeans, but also, and especially, amongsted to this old drain are in a most dolective Because, where they partment. power, the machinery was too cumbrous to the Chinese, Work.
-I have the honour, &..
(Signed) H. P. TOOKER, Mr R X. Leigh-The Governor, per
Acting Directar of Public Works. sonally, may not have been aware of the
Discussion deferred. of things, but surely the Govara- ent must or should have been acquainted with the facts of and laws on the subject for many years past.
The Captain Superintendent of Police to deal with this.
by In my opinion the reports of 1874 Colorial Surgeon and of 1882 by Mr Osbert Obadwick made it impossible for the Gov. ernment to plead ignorance of the state of
the
Taipingshan and other districts in the city.
JAMES CANTLIE,
The following minutes were attached: - Dr Basligan-An attempt should be made
Mr H. K. Loigh-This is a very impor- tant question, but by no means easy to deal with ander the circumstances.
is the attention.
These reports are on record, and duty of the Government to keep itself posted in such maltera,
The Acting Director of Public Works Before replying, it should be ascertained (1) Had the Board ouficient powers, (2) If not, did it ever endeavour to obtain them.
Mr. Fooker said the P.W.D. could only deal with newly-built houses, and set with all insanitary ones. He protested against
attitude to FrRacis MF.
the P.W.D. Mr. Franois said that, besides the reasons
This
minuto, there were other etuted in reasons why the Board could not previously do anything with insanitary dwellings. In any case, the Gorerament was responsible for the whole conduct of the colony's affairs; that was the main point, and there was no getting away from it. The floverement had been most earnestly warned by the Colenta! The wiak sa rasently as 1682 and 1888. Government in 1889 passed the Crown Lands Resumption Ord., specially to deal with the question-and how the Governor in e publie
18
CHINESE MARHET GARDENS. With regard to the complaint by Mr D. Kennedy regarding the nuisanca near his stabits at Causeway Bay, caused by the manuring of Chinese nitrket gardens, MrE. 4. Ram, Acting Sanitary Superintendent, The Acting Director of Public Works-cordance with the Board's mast important question decoding early to the source of the daisance complained I hare inspected the fields said
Dr James, 4. M.S., wrote a reply to Dr of, and knowu as Jardine's gardens. They Cantlie's first letter, and both the letter and ocupy an area of about four acres, some- of which akeo reply have been published by us. Dr James thing like three-quarters wrote to the Chairman of the Board asking up with the on tivational vegetables, olly This vegetable flourishes that his reply should be circulated amongst by Ong Choy.
four inches of water, the members along with Dr Centlic's first apparently in three letter.
and nearly the whole of the ground in Appended to Dr James' letter wore the question is inundated to that depth; but following minutes--
apon the two occasione span which I have Dr Hartigen-If this was intended to be recently visited the locality there has been treated as a
migute
it should not have no offensive emanation therefrom; of course, ben published
it doce zot follow from this that there until faid before the Board. Dr James Io sasver to Dr Hartigan's Der is. There are about fifty mathouses remark, Dr Cantlin's letter was published in upon the land, many of them ab the daily papers and mine has been so divided apparently into small holdings, published, and I desire to know on what and two or three hundred people, I should gruusde Dr Hart gin's objection is based, julge, live in them, taking a living by as both were intended for the public the gardens and breeding piga. I hav whether the publication precedes or follows lows, and all the night wil the meeting of the Buard, as it is re-
the villege, together with ponted verbatim in the Beard's proceedings.ings of the pig-atys, is put upon the Mr Francis referred to Dr Cantlie's letter land. The gardeners store the manure in its value, I believe, for manurial
in
Admissions... Deatha Under treat- ment ......
Auction in lots or otherwise.
indivi delay and at any cost to The Committes do not think that the dania or to the Colony. Until it is ra Government will be in say way out medied there is no possible preventative packet by the operation, which will take againnt plague, typhus, cholera and other A Lascar saman named Mat was charg. Probably two years. Tha Committes g. diseases of the same character,
Rest that the resumption of the land be by John Douglas, chief ofseer of the Douglas Ordinance a Comission of three be spists to a most dangerous extent in Tai- Hongkong. The saturation of the soil stoutoship Hoidas, in Amoy harbour on the 13th June. The Gun. A. J. Leach, Acting pointed to carefully inspect and report an
the condition of the houses and to value ping-shua and is the main reason why that Attorney General, instructed by Mr A. B Johnson, Crown Solicitor, conducted the each seperately, upon the basis of the average quarter has been holly condemned, and prosecution, and the prisoner wude.sessed vulno for rating, purposes of each there are unfortunately other portions of house for the last three years, and that, im- the City nestly equally bad, which way have to be dealt with in the same way. fonded.
Saturation of the soil from nowego has The folowing jary as empanelted mediately on the completion of the survey sach being unroofot, the woud-work of the Messrs T. C. Huichinge, C. H. W. Kew, and valuation, the buildings be destroyed, arise from two causas mainly H. W. Bird, E. . Joseph, J. Galbreath, roof and floors throws down into the hours, E. F. Mackay, L. F. A. Colĺnea,
The evidence showed that, after the end fired with an unusual amount of money, which money was missed, the defendant was seen he said was left with him by a mau whe had luft the ship.
Prisoner was unimously acquitted.
day.
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. (Before His Hou. dir A. G. Wise, Acting Paisne dye, and a Jury).
A CHINESE WILL CASE.
ta
io
08
of the soil
laves
14 10 27
101
Lo
The following are the statistics of the Lai- chi-kok Hospital for 16th and 17th inst. published in the Chinese Mail (Wah Tez
Yat Pu):--
Admissions Deathy Discharged Under Treatment
16th · 17th
B 14
4 6
8
6
G6 67
(1) That the ground floors of all Chinese Luuses are either of natural earth, or of porc tiles.
(2) That the drainage of all house up THE horses to be bought by the Indian to a recent date, war of a very defective Army Remount Department during the character, permitting the percolation of present Enancial year are Australian horms; wage into the soil, and that the Chinese Calentta 665, Madras 288, Barabay 296,
are so ignorant and careless in all matters
this;
breds will also be bought. Certain remount officore will shortly be deputed to buy them.
Turers in ore particular in which Sir Francis
separately so as, as far Fossible, theraghty purity and disinfect the. brisk work. Sefore removal, and burn
much
as possible This done, the work of clearing, cleansing and laying out afresh be aroseeded with at leisure, but the Committee very The Court then adjourned until Montrougly recommend that no streets or auf drainage that tho new methods and 180 Arabs and Persiane, 700 country-
after drainage, Bound and good in themselves, (other than the
scavenging lanes hereinafter se sbased that the effect is very little permitted under thirty feet uss insticus than that of the old methods. mentioned)
width; that where housca are built back Traps and pipes are so constantly broken to back u seavenging lane at least 12 feet and choked that the savage equally resahos Jonne thinks that our Divorce Law requires wide be left between each row of houses the sub-aoil.
alteration. As it stands, if a woman gets a that the whole area of block, inside and
Ther is only ous effective remedy for divorce from her husband and she is given outside the houses, be laid down with
the absolute probibition of every the eustody of the children, the man need impervione material; that all drains within and drain-opening leading under the only keep them until they are sixteen. Bat Ya Loma Shi, ciuiming to be widow of Ya the area of a black be open drains led into our inside the walls of any Chinese house, in many glasses of eosiety children regatre Chau, sued Ho à Sam and Ho A Shi for
the sewers only when they reach the public 200 sole surviving next-of-kin. Mr G. J. exo the recovery of property held by them se strect and that no basements be occupied and the requirement of an impervious to be educated and maintained till much except as shops, or aellars. The Commit-out in and around, every Chinese Later, and it is frequently a great tax on Phillippe, instructed by Mr B. J. Holmes, tas's suggestions and recommendations house. This remedy can only be applied,
to its full extent, to houses to be hereafter the woman. As to the Fress in regard to hereafter divores cases, Sir Francis declares himself but the impervious floor can and¦•
•perfectly satisfied. Their discretion, ha Francis, Q... instruered by Mr E. J. Grist forth in their avat letter on the eubjest (Mr C. D. Wilkinson's office) and by Mr overcrowding and the provision of 30007. wweep.Ewen,
for both defendanla. appeared
modation for surplus population. A Draft every description in the Colony and at once. disposed seriously to disapprova of a news. The following jurymen were called :- of an Ordinance for the resumption of the The proposed exclusion of all drains and paper for over-reporting. The Press is the Douglas, (R. C. Barradas, 4. A. de Jesus, with
(F. A. X. Ribsire), C. E. Grace, B. Tai-ping-sian District is submitted here. openings in or under the floor of any relee of the country. Justice is a pablis
Chinese houss necessarily involves the thin
should be given all publicity. If this wors empowering the Government to raise a laan
enforcement of the law that all Chinese that litigants were getting their rights The houses: the conundrum for them. Dr Gantlio wished obse by. The swall surfaes drains, too, Fife), W. E. Gaskell.
the most no
to make the draft com A
complete. from the mathouses are
are of
The Ave Portuguese were challenged, in question are now being a thraroughly hous shail have at the back an open Newspaper reports to-day are pretty much ard insanitary description. The
and Mr Fife did not appear. The usual disinfected and cleaned as is possible, sa public scavenging lane at least 12 fest in as they should be.
width, into which all down pipes of every The President quoted from his reports of
opinion
I saw it was that although there fore His Lordship.
promptly and stourly.I hate the honor that wee objectionable ws 10
and possibly
Mr Phillippe in opening explained that to be, Sir, Your mest obedient bumble either in opan or covered drains, all sullage
waters attention to this subject.
from the houses shall pass to the Ale Franus moved, and the Colonial Bur- dangerous to those dwelling in the immed- the estate in Jispute amounted to about Secvent,
public severs in the streets. The existence The Captaia Superintendent of Police - I geon seconded, that the lettere lie on the fute ricinity, there was nothing that on $66,000; administration had been obtained i
table, as the Board had not time to devote tented have instructed the Inspector by the testator's alleged widow, Kwok The Honourable the Acting Culonial So- to the important subjoot of registration is or this district to make further observs
Surgsen meny years ego, and by Mr. Chad Ep. I cannot see what differance it wakes an doubt that a good deal of urine from the appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr J. J. bevee construation will be more fully ett built in be enforced in every house of adda, is admirable, and I bave never felt
the
speech compla..nd the Board had not warned as a huge joke, and, as the Board was pits (which hoses), and these pits are A, F. Loureiro, F. J. Neves), W. Newton with and the Committee is adding a clause neohibition of the present style of balding and the admiristmation" of Justino bio Further, the powers' said by the not so clever as Dr Oantie thought them, certainly offensive to any one standing J. Coil, W. A. Daff, W. Boffey, (J. A. for the carrying out of the works proposed an Chinure houses back to back in blocks and not dono. Low would the public aver know
by the Board were un acalysis found to
Governor in hia minute' to be postereed
he had
had written second letter answering
to call attention to the fact that re- Kistration of disease did not exist here.
be no powers at all, as the Attorney General himself at the outest admitted.
UB
minute be referred to a Committee of threr 1892 and 1893 showing that he had called der which red--under the conditions order was made for him to be brought bai that the survey and valuation Ly proceed desuription shall run and along which,
Mr Francis moved that the Governor's
for a65War
Mr Leigh seconded.
would only remark what I bave indicated
in my minute. I would say that in justice
the meantime.
bourhood. I
Kwai, who had since died and felt the twe
dufendants in possessions. The plaintif
due
now asserted bereelf to be the zenĺ
and not Kwok Kwai, and what the jacy
had to decide was the question of fact,
to this Board it is not fair for the Gorma
The Acting Director of Public Works ties as to whether the aulsense cowplained meat to try to throw their responsibility moved, and B. Ho Kai seconded, that the of is more noticeable at different hours
under different conditions of the the day or upon this Board, The Government is a
rain, eta continuone system, and you cannot confine tatter should be dealt with at once.
Ga a division five voted for the amendamosphere, wind, following minutes: lawful wife of Yn Uhan.
Appended were the
James, A.M.S-Daring this epide mio, human wanure may cause a danger to consumers of vegetables, but as a general
Gorerament responsibilitics within the payment and two for the motion. The follow riods of tenure of office of successive Gover
ing Committee was appointed to consider nara, and it is my humble opinion, although and report:The Registrar General, Dr I am a Government official and should not Hartigan and Dr Ho Lai. porhaps say so, that it is the duty of Governer when he takes op office to make himself acquainted with the history of Colony and the history of every especially with the history at the Statute 40.6 per annum per thousand inhabitants of
·
MORTALITY STATISTICS.
The mortably statistics for the week
the Government had borne in mind the the previous week and 30.3 for the cor- Orown Lands Resumption Ordinance, they responding week of last year.
The death-rate for the week ended July possibly would not have fallen into what I regard as an error of judgment in trying to 14 last was 25.5 per 1000 living as compar- throw opposiblity for the insanitary coa-ed with 27.8 in the corresponding week of dition of certain dounes upon this Board. Last year, Augbody who has lived in the Colony
for the last five years knows the history
THE BOWKINGTON CANAL NUISANCE.
A communication was received from the of the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance, Acting Colonial Secretary stating that the and everybody knows that if the Governor'a Dance would have been put into
practical
In
rule I think that the asc of homan manure is no more dangerous than that of other animals; and I am not aware that those
in health. The neighbourhood of swampy
La inspected!
J. J. FRANCIS, Chairman.
cretary, do,, &e., &x, Permanent Committeo, Sanitary Board,
Hongkong, 29th June, 1894, St-In addition to the houses in Tai-
of such a lene will alex contribute largely OPIUM-New Patna, cab... 7:423/725
to the botter lighting and ventilation of houses; want of adequate light and air being amongst us most serious defects of the present methods of building.
The recommendations of the Committes whether Yu Lam Shi was or was not targing-shan which the Fermanent Committee with reference to the first point are
(1) That in any Ordinance to
be passad Eace cloned up and which they recommend the erection of blocks of houses book to should be destroyed, there are a number back shall be absolutely prohibited and of bouses scattered throughout the City that every house to be hereafter built shall from which they have reaved the people be required to have at the back or one and and which they have cleaned and disinfect-
That there shall be no drains or rasis Chater & Vernon, in their Shareed with the intention that these houses of it an open public scavenging isne. der review has shown so signs of improve. copied. Most of these houses have bean Chinese house to be hereafter built, and
dull. Trasanctions have beep few and far bave occurred in them. There are some.
Evidence us then led. (Cass proceeding,)
to whom the meat in the future.
predecessor had not gone away, that Grds.#ilting of the Bowrington Canal, complain, considerably nearer the garden thun Kea can be obtained in larger lots at 98, It is His Excellency the Governor,
ed of, as esusing a nuisance, by Mr A. G. Gordon, would be remedied. Appended aud probably Taiping than were the following minutes :— operation, would be now a Model Settlement.
Dr Hartigas-There is some advantage
ADY
Quotations,
HONGEONO, July 19, 1804.
#1
Old
中
cash
D
Old
New Benares, cash, 792
cash.
54
Now Halwa credit, 680
Allowance, Cattics, 1
Old Malwa, reedit, 699/700
Allowance, Catties, 1/1
Persian, Olly, cash,
Allowance, Cattie, /1.
"
Persian, Paper tied 400/800
*
Allowance. Cattles, 4/1
HONGKONG REGISTER,
19 3.22.
Previous ¡On dato atį. Ozi dute at day stigum
impervious
Barometer Temperature Humidity
29,70
99.76
29.71
83
83
84
78
79
73
Direction of
Force Weather....... Rain
Wind...)
E
3
EJL
0.0%
・
Highest open air tempeskies on the 15kai Lowest open air tots paradura on the 13th...o
F. G. FIOR, First Laistant.. Hongkong Observatory, July 10, 1834.
question that is likely to crop' up; and more ending 7th July last, were at the rate of ving sear sewage farms at home enfer Cireuler of 18th July, say-The week un- should ultimately be re-opened and re-oc drain openings inside the walls of any book; sud I agree with Mr Francis that if estimated population, as against 60.7 for greand may constituto danger. The ment in our market and business remains closed because three or more ease of plague that the ground flour shali be formed of houses Are pet campisinet of, but mig betereon, and beyond a fair number of however, that have been closed having had impervious material at least a foot in depth. Mr B. K. Leigh-I am of opinion that Dooks which have gone into the banda of in only one case of plague or perhaps no case of e. to houses now in existence that the tad any serious nuisance been caused by vectors we have nothing of importance to plague at all but because they have been existing ground floors shall be thoroughly thess people and their modes of cultivation, report. The Chinese are, however, retera fund so verorewdod, so dark, ill-ventilated, cleaned out and re-made with
That (3) bat no basement shall under any medical practitioner has declared them to circumstances be used as a dwelling house. which has existed to my knowledge foring to the colony, the plague soare subsiding, or otherwise so defective and insanitary that trial to at least a fout in depth. fifteen years, that same sos of the various and signs are not wanting of an improve be for the time being, unfit for human ba.
(4) That ne ground foor shall be usedi zu heads of Messrs J. 3, and Co.,
Banks. Hongkong and Shanghai.bitation. A list of these houses is append a dwelling house until the floor has been so land balonge guld have put a stop to it, as the junior nipan's hease at East Point is an ages of odd lata have been affected at ed. The Permanent Commities have the cleaned and re-made to the satisfaction of
30 and 984 per cent. prem.; shares, however, honour to suggest, for the
the consideration of the Sanitary Board, (1) That their notion in closing theso The second point to which the attention nedy's new stabies
Mr J. J. Francia-I don't think thera is reported that the directors regummend the
Duisance: I
SHIMA
payment of £1 dividend, to carry 8300,000 houses and in removing the inhabitants of the Board has been called is overorową. I agree with Mr Leigh."
to reserve, $100,000 forward, and to write should be ratified by Ordinance, and that ing. The report of Mr Ede's Committee, Dr. Hartigan There seems to be off the coat of the Praye reclamation pro. they should be protected, themselves and dated 18th October, 1830 shows that
Mr Ram's description
perty (about $55,000). In National Bank of their
their officera,
from suit or astion on so evarereading, dess not saist to
get an in which Miz Tooker defended his depart these matters.
shows the hours
count
extent as some suppose, and that ika their daslings with these boossa. mant, the mastor was referred to a com
Marines-Na hainess to renart Mr J. J: Francis, Q.0-With an over- Mesare Leigh and Francis might visit them
(2) That they should be authorized, by confined to certain portions of the town sed
The mittee consisting of Dr Ayres, Mr May, and manned Public Works Department espe- before expressing so decided an opalon.
Shipping. A sales of
low
Douglas's et Ordinance Lo continue in possession of to certain classes of houses. Dr Ho Kai...
The Acting Director of Public Works-La
we have to cially charged with the care of roads,
report.
these horses sted to refuse to allow them to serious practical evil arising out of is in the Mining-Pasjous in the early part of be occupied until the owners have amended occupation of Lacements and streams, news, public lands, is of the Superintendent's report I do
the werk changed bands at 85.60 and 86, the defects found in them and have put as dwelling places and the maisiphesion is The following additional letter from Dr it should not be necessary for the bot think the Board can take any action James Cantlis, & former membse of the Sanitary Board to call attention to these stretter in Dr Harligan, Mr Ram but with noww of the finding of the lode, for them generally in a sanitary condition to every room of every house of mezzanine
In Board, had been in gironlation amongst the chinga. They should not be allowed to Is ever to Dr Hartigan, which they have been searching for some the causfaction of the Committee, and un- doors and on each floor of subielas: the time past, and which proves to be 4 feet til they have signed an Agreement nos to partitions of which reach to the sailing or
the law, to the mezzanine floor, and so interfere THERMOMETER? IM......” Bồ The Acting Director of Public Worksary. Hongkong, July 17, 1894,
The President asked if members agreed thick, the shares quickly jumped to $7, et permit pending alterations. Ualets the Sanitary Board do their duty all To the Secretary of the Sanitary Board.
BIR,The members of the Board have, efforts to keep this Canal in a clean condi-that there was no naisance from the exision rate there are buyers and a sellers. these houses to be occupied in excess of with light and ventilation. These evils are
are enquired for.
the numbers for which the Permanent Tery soriqga and must be remedied. Light D It was Metenos of the veget the garden.
Miscellaneous Docka bave changed Dommittee certify the housse to be respec and air are the best preservativen against no doubt, observed that, in my former lettori tion will be of very little ure, Go the Board, the sentence frequently recurs: Gordon who originally called attention to
Mir Leigh said it was a question of objse hands in fair numbers at 84, 83, and 823 tirely suitable. The requirements of the Plaguo. Among the 4,000 people moved According to the directs and mortality the condition of the Canal, not the Sanitary ionable smella and insanitary smells. La bir per cent. prem. elasing steady at latter Permanent Committes are as follows-fo) out of the infected district direct into new static hose no proof of either our Badameement was recasioned by the opinion, nobody would like to live ungy to rate. Sugars are still neglected. Watrous That no basement shall, wader any tirown houses without any intermediais period and observation, there have found buyers at $10 and slows steady.alances, be occupied as a dwelling, (8) of segregat ording or bad drain presions to the Acting Director of Public Warks attempt Kannedy's stabien ly the summer time. appearance of the Plague,"
After a good deal of further disease, in the Sanitary Board calling attention to misapprobe to be most insanitary.hings we have nothing to report.
--DE VANTLIES THE FLAGDE
Members of the Board:-
exint.
Some
The members agreed.
$48
Preferences are
ost
Temperature. Hoxezona, July 17, 1894, (Taken at Messy Falconer dr Co.' Premiace, Queen's Road.) BAROMETER-
Do.
Do.
$9.76
29.78
29.72
Wes bulb) 9. 80
Da
Do.
13.2 Do. Do 47.31. Do. Maximum
Da. Minimugi over night
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