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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1924,

SANITARY BOARD MEETING.

CASE FOR A HEALTH BOARD EXPLAINED BY DR. KOCH.

noon.

There were also present:-Hon. Mr. H. T. Creasy (Director of Public Works), Hon. Mr. A. B. Wood (Secretary for Chinese Affairs), Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster, K.C., Col. Fitzgerald, Dr. Ozoric, Mr. Wong Kwong-tin, Mr. S. W. Teo, Dn W. V. M. Koch, Dr. W. W. Fense, (Medical Officer of Health), Dr. A. G. M. Severn (Assistant Medical Officer of Health), and the Secretary to the Board (Mr. G. S. Kennedy Skipton).

means.

As the Government in the

motion that the Unofficial members desired the enlargement of the powers of the Sanitary Board and the appointment of an expert on Public Health as head of that Board; I think it is opportune that

opinion on the matter.

Research Laboratory..

ought to be a larger staff and at present. more frequent examinations for think a adulteration of foods, drugs, etc. Personnel Of Board. propose that the Officers of

should be as follows:-

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LATE - MR. LEWIS,

FUNERAL AT HAPPY

VALLEY,

LATE MR. AGNEW.

FUNERAL HELD LAST EVENING,

The funeral of Mr. David T. The funeral of Mr. John Kidd

LATE MR. CORKE.

LARGE GATHERING AT GRAVE-SIDE.

overy

The funend of the late Mr. B. §.

The ser

"WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE WOMEN."

The story fa a straightforward

society.

A young business man and his

many, for if, as is proposed, the sidered by the Government. It were the Tories in those days and public health of the Colony has was subservient to nearly all the voted against it, for reasons which, to be looked after, it will take all public departments of Hongkong, he thought, were quite strong the energies of these officers to do If they wanted any money they had In the first place the Ordinance. it, as well as to undertake special to beg it from the Treasury, and which was their Law and Prophets, bits of research work. Incident-if they wanted to spend any money was not called the Sanitary Ordin ally, in another Colony the criti- they had to usk as a favour that ance but the Public Health and Lewis, Inspector of Riggers, Naval Agnew, third engineer of the st cism was made by a Public Health Public Works Department should Buildings Ordinance. In the RESOLUTION CARRIED WITHOUT DISSENT. Authority (Bostock Hill): "There put it in their budget as a supple second place "Health' was a good Dockyard, whose deuth 18 "Liangchow, whose death o0+ seemed to be an idea that the mentary vote. If they wanted any Anglo-Saxon word, and "Banitary recorded in our last issue, took curred on Saturday, took place at Under the chairmanship of Mr the segregation of infectious dis-Health should be restricted and work done by any of the staff they of most people, very much Por, of the Wesleyan Methodist Friday and was brought ashore to

powers of Medical Officers of advice from the P.C.M.O. or any wa dog Latin. It had, in the eyes place at Happy Valley yesterday Happy Valley yesterday evening.

afternoon, the Bev. C. Clouston Mr Agnew had taken ill ok N. L. Smith, President, the fort cases and the separation of con- their authorities kept in check by They had to go so far as to ask the that if any member proposed a Church, conducting the service.

had to go down on their knoes, restricted moaning. He was sure nightly meeting of the Sanitary { tacts..

|laymen.".

the Goramment Civil Hospital. Board was hold yesterday after-3 In conclusion, Dr. Ozorio anid

Other Officers.

Police to help them to remove their motion purely on the question of The coffin, flower-decked and Pneumonia supervened the follow- patients. he agreed with most of the state-

They had to ask the time, it would be passed. covered with a Union Jack, was ing day and death took plate in tho Next I would suggest ono Director of the Botanical Depart ments made by Dr. Koch. He had

As regards the extension of the bone to the grave by six of the night. Deceased was aged 82. given good and sufficient reasons bacteriologist and an assistant ment to clear the roads for them. functions of the Board, the Chair deceased's comrades, and was fol- At the fune there were present why they should have a Health bacteriologist. These officers will The Department was certainly man said the main point seemed lowed by Commodore B. Grace, at the graveside Ompt Lunds Board. They were not bringing tion with the Board. It must be

have important duties in connec- very subservient.

to him the question where the Comuidr. Brookes, Fay Lient. (Marine Superintendant) and Mr. this matter up just because they noted that a monthly examination certain amount of money for their Medical

They had to ask every year for a Board's powars ended and the Commdr. Worthington, and Mr. James (Supt. Engineer) represent wanted to please the public, and of the waters occupying two days, needs, but they did not necessarily began. He had been going into swain,

Department's

Goldstein, Commissioned Bouting Mosers, Butterfield and Swiro, he thought they all ought to be will not absorb all their energies. got it. They had to ask the the history of the matter fairly of

A long cortège consisting Mr. Peter Bell, Mr. Cameron, Mr. thankful to Dr. Koch for bringing They will have to assist in tracing P.W.D. to train mullahs, to build carefully recently, and reading department of the Royal Naval Navigation Co.) and the captains

· representatives from

McKenzie, Mr. Howell (China his resolution forward.

the source of origin of infectious quarters for their staff; latrines and between the lines of the 190 Yard, Naval Yard Police; Dockyard and officers of all slipe in part in Water Supply.

diseases, in preparation of calf bath houses for the public. Ife put Ordinance, the 1906 Commission Recreation Club and a host of the B. and 8. interest. of the Colony. This requires undertake

Next. there is the water supply lymph, of antirabic serum, and them in his budget and they were and the 1908 Amendment and the personal friends were also in atten, vice was conducted by the Roy

investigation into

approved. What happened? He late Mr. Booker's History of dance, as well as a large number of J. H. Johnston; of Union Church, frequent examination both from numerous infective tropical dis- (Dr. Ozoric) but been on the Board Sanitation, he come to the concla Chinese from the Rigging Loft.

Kowloon. Board of Health.

Wreaths were sent by str. Petez For the last nine years and thenion that the present situation Many beautiful wreaths R 4 bacteriological and chemical cases that we have in our midst was over a year in which the whole regards the P. C. M. D. and the sont, one in the shape of a cross in Bell, Mr. and Mrs. A. McKenzie, Dr. WYM Koch, pursuant to standpoint. A notice, moved the following resolu- cxamination should be undertakened to the Medical Department has had been spent. The reason ho could not say anything further than buried with him.

bacteriologicalThe present bacteriologist attach amount votel for that Department Board was compromise. He the name of deceased's wife being the Superintendents of the China tion:--

weekly or more often if necessary, his hands full, for in addition to did not know, and it was not his that He would not say whether Commodore Edgar Grace, Comradr: and Officers of 6.5. "Ichang 6.8 Amongst the Navigation Co., Ltd., the Europear "In the opinion of the Board I may say that such examination strictly

staff of..Kashing Captain routine bacteriological business to find out.

senders-noticed-wers Alice (wife), owing to the steady increase of requires more than two days, work, he has to act as Medical

e thought it a good compromise the population of the Colony and usually Ave days, sometimes two Officer of the Mortuary, as Medical

Co-Ordination Lacking.

or a had compromise. He thought C. G. Brooko, L. Goldstein, L. "Chili, ss. Lachow," and Cap the health problems presented, weeks and sometimes even longer, Officer for the investigation of

Then there was the lack of filence he could say that he knew Mr. H. R. de St. Clair Flower,

that without any breach of con Tuck, A. C. Shepherd, Mr. and tain, Officers and Engineers of s.. there is urgent necessity for I may mention that the water Medico-legal cases, in the course co-ordination between that Depart the Government was at the moment H. Smith, W. G. Bentley, G. H

"Waha co-ordinating all measures con- supply of Zurich in Switzerland is of which he has to spend a certained the Public Works Depart considering this rather important Kemsley, C. P. O's Crossmen and nected with Public Health and examined not once a day but amount of time in the Law Courts, ment, as was woll illustrated in the

WORLD THEATRE. the Prevention of Disease, and several times a day, every day of and as Pathologist to the Govern- cutting down of a hill opposite depended a great many of the quee Lopes, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Burnett, question. On it. of course, Campbell, Dr. M. E. Anger, A. A this Board respectfully recom- the week, every week of the month ment Hospitals, besides preparing there? A huge-lake-breeding any the question of port health and the Naval Yard Police, Dockyard Re- Homuntin. What did they find tions which Dr, Koch-had-raised Compradore (H.M. Dockyard), mends that the Government be and every month of the year, and vaccines, etc.— pleased to extend the Board's the waters in Zurich are surely n functions so as to enable it to little above sapicion Still they and assistant analyst for chemical tors rotinil to people's houses and Koch suggested that they should H.M. Tugs, Chargemen of C. Cmaging from the very dawn of the

Then there should be an analyst Sanitary Department sent Inspec- ist. He did not know whether Dr. officers of "Dredgol," Officers of of mosquitoes. The question of analyst and bacteriolog-creation Club, Master and deck deal with all such matters and find it necessary to make frequent work in connection with food and bought them up before the Magis duplicate those posta,

The eternal battle of sexes, thus constitute it a General examinations. Board of Health."

Ho (the Dept., and Inspectors of C. C. Dept. human race, is the theme of Mr. In connection with this, drain only now and again, but there mosquitoes were being bred in this he did not think it was an econo- were Victualling (Kowloon), Chief and prophetic photoplay What's drugs. This work is undertaken trates for breeding mosquitoes, yet Chairman) said the other day that Other departments sanding tokone Goodman's powerfully dramatic He said: Sir, I may say in sup-age and severage and the work of should be enough work found to place by the Public Works Depart mical advantage to duplicate posts Engineer's, Chief Constructor's, Wrong with the Womenwhich port of this resolution that it has the Building Authority should be keep such officers in active employment by the millions. There was of that sort, but he thought it was Naval. not emerged just now because of co-ordinated with his Board. I do ment throughout each week.

Storos also lack of co-ordination in regard arguable that these were distinctly Engineer's,

(2), Electrical will be shown at the World the typhoid epidemic. It has been nat mean to say that they should

There should also be a Colonial to sewago. When they got permblic health posts.

Naval Armament, Theatre to-day. in my mind for some considerable be taken over by the Board, but Veterinary Surgeon and assistant. mission for the section of a public he had said, he was trending on Shop, Commander's (Rigging Toft. lt is in no sense & sermon or However, as Expense und Audit, Gun Mounting | It is not unkind to woman Bood. time. I may say for years. I had what I mean is that all matters The work in this sub-department Intrine, the Public Works Departmewhat delicate ground, and he Chinese Staff). the pleasure of speaking to your drainage, sewerage and so on, has increased enormously, and for ment vetoed it because the sowerthought the loss he suit on that

photodrama in hehalf of mere man predecessor, Mr. Sayer, about it, should be run in conjunction with the proper inspection of meat, age of the district was not in order particular matter the better.

But ft reveals the modern woman in telling him that it was my inter- the opinions of the Officers of this cattle, markets, etc., is beyond one.

There were other departments

all her strength and weakness; and tion at some future date to bring Board.

with which they did not get on too department, the Chairman said with

As regards co-ordination man's capacity.

shows, by means of a tremendous the matter forward. I think you Next the food supplies should

Details for the necessary staff smoothly, and one of then was all respect he thought Dr. Ozorio

ly, dramatic human story, how...: will remember, Sir, that 1 men- be more carefully and efficiently of Sanitary Inspectors and other the Medical Department.

wonian in the present high-powered tioned it to you in the early part looked after.

They drew sightly lurid picture of the

erk of jazz and bootleggers, can At present the officers and servants might be left prided themselves on having antagonisms hetween the various of the year after you had assumed Colonial Veterinary Surgeon is the over

University of their own the light- | Government departments. When

best serve society... the Presidency of this Board, so sole authority and he is over- that it is not a new thing by any burdened with work. He has the

honse of the Fur East it had been all was said-and-done he supposed Corke solicitor whose sudden narrative dealing with the lives of described but when an epidermic all the departments of the Govern death on Sunday morning, was re- a smart group of men and women assistance of two or three Sanitary the Government it will probably had not got the personnel to cope to act for the welfare of the public place at Huppy Valley yesterday. Inspectors who have had some make further additions or sub-with it, much less trice the origin They looked at it from different

If the mutter is considered by of infectious disease appeared theymont were admittedly attempting ported in our Monday's issue took in the gilded strata of big town Legislative Council accepted a training for this work, but there tructions, from the Board as it is of the disease. They had to send angles, perhaps from the angle of H. H. J. Gompertz (Aeting Chief/devoted wife live happily with ---

Among those present were Mr. And lastly, Sir, I for people from England or from the practical engineer, from the Justice), Mr. A. Dyer Ball (Acting me baby. The wife, la led in public health

search America. No research work was laboratory should be erected in con- done by the department, therefore, ugle of law and order, from the Paisne Judge), the Hon. Mr. J. Hocently into a fast circle in which nection with this Department. It how could they fires the source of angle of Chinese susceptibilities, Kemp, K.C. (Attorney-General), follow. Big situations occurs sbe is almost engulfed. Troubles is surely necessary. This is

and, of

course, very important, Mr. H. K. Holmes (Crown Solici- quently. Mr. Goodman, with the the disease? such newly constituted Board wealthy. It is spending plenty of remove to hospital they had to ring sex that as far as that Department (Registrar), Mr. D. Blake, Mr. D. depicts his tale in vividly dramatic

growing Colony.

from the angle of the taxpayer's tor), Mr. J. H. B. Nihill (Assistant facility of a master story-teller, When they and patients to pocket, But he could certainly Crown Solicitor), Mr. H. A. Nisbet money won't say to waste up the Police Department, and ask and the Public Works Department McCullum, A Commissioner of Public on unproductive matters at pre- them to send the ambulance along. was concerned the liaison at pre-MacReynolds (representing ment should know that the mem- Health as President of the Board. sent, and I think if a public health He had the nusfortune to passent existing was extraordinarily Ex-Active Service Men's Club).

N. M. T. bers of this Board are agreed that who shall have supreme direction research laboratory were attached along Queen's Road the other day intimate. He did not think, per the conditions ruling the adminis of all matters relating to the to a Department like this where on the way to the French Hospital.haps, the members of the Board Rav. V. H. Copley Moyle.

The service was taken by the men, I think any further comment tration of Public Health should be public health of the Colony, and we have u bacteriologist, brought into line with the require-whose standing shall be that of a analyst and a Medical Officer of the woude, and they were still many matters--not only routine Gompertz, Mr. Nisbet, the Incor

an He saw two ladies lying dead by would believe him if he said how

of mine would be entirely super Fioral tributes were sent by Mr. fluous. ments of a modern city. The Senior Cadet or Head of the Health working all the time, it there when he came back.

Dr. Ozorio, as the Unofficial who Health Department should be Department with a salary of would do very much to the proper were the victims of They matters, but matters of policy-porated Law Society of Hongkong, voted against the resolution, given sufficient scope and a proper | £1,200-£1,500. This officer shall working of all the muttern.

house were referred every day by his E.A.S.M.A.. Mesura. Wilkinson explained ttha the resolution related collapse. status, and the Department should { possess a Public Health diploma or

Sir, in cominending this exten- vietiins of house collapses were Department, and vice versa.

People who were the Department to the Public Works and Grist, Mr. B. J. de H. More, to a Water Board. Fis own "be self-controlled..

qualification, and must have had son of the powers of the Bound, asphyxiated and although they was a very large number.

TMr. L. Brown, Mr. J. H. Oxberry, opinion was that if a Water Board This Board by its constitution practical experience for some would like to point out that the might appear to be dead, they were The resolution was then put to Bowley, Mesara. Lo and Lo, the only create still another depart

Messrs. Hastings, Dennys and was brought into existence it would was empowered to deal with mea-years in sanitary work. I suggest economic value of such change not really dead. They sent coolies the meeting and was carried with staff of deceased's office and several ment.

When the to dig then out and the ambulances ont dissent. Six voted in four and others. sures of scavenging and with mea that he should have acted as a would be invaluable.

That was the reason why is established and in fall down to fetch them away, but there were four abstentions-all sures for plague prevention; these Medical Officer of Health in a large Bourd

he voted against it. :: powers are only a small part of English town or borough, and that going research work must be there was no one with them who cal what is required of the Board his selection shall be from undertaken whole-heartedly into had any knowledge of artificial

The Water Board. owing to the enormous growth of nominees of the Chief Medical the numerous infections diseases respiration.

If that Department the Colony, and thus gradually it Officer of the Ministry of Health. the population is subject to, which was not at fault the Government The Chairman: Gentlemen, "methods of dealing with infectious Board should be entirely separated prevention. I would like to point slaughter if it did not send people It is a duty I think I owe to the Assumed further powers in its In my opinion this suggested we hope will result in measures of was at fault. It was guilty of man- Before we ndjourn I have a soine what unpleasant duty to perform. disenses until latterly it directed from the Medical Department; it out that the prevention of discuse down who had a knowledge

Board, and particularly to the on two occasions a campaign of would be quite out of the question is really much more important than artificial respiration.

the cure of disease-that the future

Further Support.

Unofficial members of this Board. public vaccination during the pre- for the Principal Medical Officer to of medicine will be the prevention

I have been accused in the Legisla Besides, of disease-to know how to feed a valence of a small pox epidemic. assume charge of it.

Mr. S. W. Teo supported the tive Council of somewhat lightly But in these matters it has been there apparently seems to be quite child so as to avoid rickets is much notion on the general principle that flouting considered public opinion handicapped, and has had to enough to occupy the energies of more satisfactory than to be able the powers of the Board should be in voting against a certain Un- invoke the assistance of volun- the P.C.M.O. in his own Depart to cure it-to know what to do to extended. The Board was very official motion in this Board on teers, and even in the case of ment. The two predecessors of prevent an epidemic is much more much handicapped as it was at pre- August 10. plague the assistance of the the present officer had medical satisfactory. than to tabulate the sent on account of its powers not official members of this Board. Of Government Bacteriologist for the charge of the Victoria Hospital number of cases, the death, and so being adequate enough for the these the proposer voted for the examination of cases of suspected and lived in quarters there. Appar-on. In fact, if I may quote a well work it had to do. As to the promotion, the seconder blso yoted for plague, or the Medical Officer in ently the duties of the PC.M.Oknown Latin phrase: Salus populi posed constitution of the Board he the motion but I think he said he Charge of the Mortuary (for the now are confined to administration est suprema lex-the welfare of the did not see eye to eye with Dr. did not entirely agree with it; one examination of rats)-both mom- purely, and we must assume that people is the supreme law of a com- Kochi. He thought the question of Unofficial member voted against, bers of another Department. Not the Government know that he has taunity; and I may end by another constitution might be discussed at and

two Unofficial members many years ago when the outbreak enough to occupy his time, and so well-known quotation: Sanitas & future meeting of the Board. abstained from voting. Genfle

Dr. Koch thought no harm would cerebro-spinal meningitis refrain from suggesting that he sanitatum omnia sanitas. occurred, the Government had to shall occupy a post as Commis- Dr. Ozorio Seconder..

be done if they passed the resolu tion as it stood. call in help from the United States sioner of Health with its very

Dr. Ozorio, in seconding the the constitution of the Board could The question of of America the Rockefeller In-nerous duties," I may mention motion, said he did so not because be threshed out later. stitute, who kindly lent the ser-incidentally that Dr. Atkinson, it was proposed by an Unofficial vices of an expert.

who combined the duties of member but because he agreed that Koch, as the resolution would ürs The Chairman suggested to Dr. P.C.M.O, and Head of the Sanitary the sphere of the Board should be doubtedly go through as it stood, Extended Powers.

Department was compelled to enlarged and the public health ser that the Government would be Now I propose that the powers retire from the latter as he felt, vice of the Colony co-ordinated re to ask for more details of the of this Board be extended so as active as he was, unable to under. He was glad that Dr. Koch had scheme proposed, in which case it to have under ita control the direc- take the work. Practically the brought the matter forward for die would be proper for the Board to tion of public health of this work appertaining to the head-cussion, for the residente of the Colony, in addition to the powers ship of this newly constituted Colony had in

appoint a sub-committee to go into way come to details. already entrusted to it.

This department will require a whole imagine, as the Hon. Colonis! means that the following Depart-time officer.

President's Predienmont, Secretary wished them to believe. ments will come under its jurisdic- - Four 'Medical Officers.

that the sanitation of the Colony Proceeding, the Chairman said tion: First, there is the port

left no room for improvement. It he agreed entirely with a good deal health work, including quarantine, We ought to have also an wee after reading the hon. gentle of what Dr. Koch and Dr. Ozorio disinfection of ships, examination administrative officer, whose duty men's speech in the papers that he had said. He was in rither a of coolies and the work now car shall be to supervise the adminis-set himself the task of verifying his difficult position. He must ob ried on by the Health Officer on trative and financial work of the statements, and he had found that viously not vote for or against the purely health work of the Fort. Board under the direction of the that Department was certainly not motion. As it stood the resolution I may mention that there has Commissioner. He may be drawn fulfilling its functions as it should, was simply to increase the Board's been' only one Health Officer of the from the Cadet service, in which He quite agreed, with all Dr. Koch functions so as to make it a Board Port since March last year, but case he should not be moved at had said, and would like to amplify of Health. As to nomenclature, to there have been others appointed frequent intervals. It would be a few of his statements. The which Mr.Tao had referred, he to assist him from time to time. well to have a cadet with some Sanitary Board, by its constitution, thought it was important. In 1911 "The work is too important to be legal knowledge, or, better still had only advisory powers. As was when the Ordinances were being the President of that got through in this happy go to have a qualified young solleitor, well known, this had been told revised lucky way and the Medical Staff for the post-such es. In the case them from the elar time and Board suggested that the word

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