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FOR & AGAINST WELLS
Heated Discussion at Sanitary Board Meeting
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There was a heated discussion at the fortnightly meeting of the Sanitary Board yesterday afternoon, when the motion for the sinking of new wells and the re-opening of old ones was put forward by Mr. Wong Kwong-tin.
Dr. Koch and Dr. Fawcett disagreed, and the Government came in for a great measure of criticism. The motion was lost by one vote.
No Inaction Wanted
ing to support it. It is inaction The motion put forward by Mr. that this Board has to guard Wong Kwong-tin was:
against. The public needs wate "That, in order to reduce the demanda pressifig need indeed, and Iị on reservoir water, this Board recom- suggest a means of supplying t mends
that the Government should
Let others come forward with instruct the Building Authority as a By Order of the Board.
temporary measure to approve of their schemes, but let. no one at- JARDINE, MATHESON & Jewry application for the sinking and tempt to pull mine to piezes with- reopening of wells, except in cases out bringing forward jeonstructive where existing structures may be en-
suggestions. dangered, the water derived from such sources to be utilised for washing and cleansing, reserving reservoir water for the purpose of drinking and for the preparation of food." Supporting his Wong Kwong-tin said inter alia:. The problem we have to face is But that we have insufficient water we are surrounded by water- but the water supply of this colony has now reached a crisis. The most pressing question is not what we are going to do about the future--of course it is welcome news to learn that a pipe line is being laid aerons .
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Mr. Chau Supports Motion Mr. T. N. Chau said that al- though he was not in agreement with every of Mr. Wong Kwang-tin's remarks, he had not the slightest doubt that the re- opening of old wells and the sink- ing of new ones should do much to relieve the demand on the de- pleted reservoirs.
If they were correctly reported, Dr. Kotewall and the the Hon. Hon. Dr. Tso in an interview with the Press a few days agu, said the harbour that His Excellency the Governor had no objection to the opening well provided the Hon. of any Director of Medical and Sanitary Services reports to him that its water is good. I earnestly appeal Lo all members of this Board to give the experiment' a trial which, after all, is only a temporary measure to meet the present emer-
Only a Temporary Measure I have framed the motion in the
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Two prominent Chinese residents Tse Tan Tai notwithstanding-t0 in their public spirit sabmitted a support the theory
that
a recommendation. cause although this board is em powered to order the closing of Insanitary wells, DO Power is given to this Board to permit of their being opened, such power being rested solely in the Build. Ing Authority. Further, the re- medy suggested is introduced as a temporary measure in order that
potable any members of this Board, who doubts the advisability of permit-gency; which has the merit of best of 12 wells on different sites sub-soil water can be found in ap- ing a continuous supply of welling. simple and economical; and which, it is suggested, might be preciable quantities in our Island
re-opened. Additional to this list of Fragrant Streams. which, in addition, has already another was circulated giving the water, may be assured that as
I emphatically disclaim any un- soon as condition again become provided for it the safeguard im-
location of 27 other wells known to sympathetic attitude towards the Formal, these wells will be clos- posed by H.E. the Governor.
have been in existence hefore the real hardships caused by the water Mr. J. P. Braga Opposes ed.
closure
He must, indeed, be a gencra!
went into force. famine. The motion amounts to a кеп The Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga opposed Minute examination and reports hardened, callous resident who is eral granting of permission to the moljon. In addressing the were called for from the district | indifferent to the appealing scenes open wells, except in cases where Board he said: This is the third Inspectors aud in every case the of long queues danger might be caused to some time within the past twenty years reports were made the subject of ing existing structure. When a well that a motion similar to that under critical comments by the Medical for ix opened it does Hot neces-discussion has been brought up at Officer of Health. sarily pass out of the control of this Doard, which has still power 1909 the Hon. Dr. Tso's resolution A summary of a fewer than hours to obtain. More than once to order is colsing if it should was defeated. In 1922 Sir Shou-son fourteen separate reports from the at this Board have I protested prove insanitary.
Chow's motion met a similar fate. Board's officers reveals the follow-gainst the luxurious waste of fil. And it will cause me no surprise if(ing facts the resolution just moved by the senior Chinese member is rejected after discussion this afternoon.
Two Objections Two objections have been put The following unclaimed tele forward. The first is that once grama are lying at the office of the well Great Northern Telegraph Com- there is no means of restricting pany (Limited) of Denmark:--
Cochran, steamship "President Van Buren," from Peking.
Akun, from Omori.
THE EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRALASIA & CHINA TELEGRAPH CO., LTD,
more
water is made available.
meeting of the full Board.
In
14 Separate Reports
of the work- patiently
people waiting hours for their daily quota of the precious fluid 'which it takes many long, wearing
tered water. from the mains for
G well sites were an private land flushing purposes when the poor
and are of no use.
people were reduced to short.com. 1 well was too shallow and is "nomors and I say that, had the recom
road."
good.
1 private well, water stinctly pol-
Juted.
1 built over.
1 illegally opened and now in use. I available at Fung Yuen Lane.
1
might
It is easy to understand that on each of these three occasions the its use to washing and cleansing discussions should be originated by it will most likely be used for a Chinese member. And it is not drinking. To that my answer is dithcult to understand also that the
could be used at 41, D'Aguilar If a person chooses to drink un- Board, as a whole, in its advisory
street. wholesome water, there is nothing capacity to Government and as the
be available at 210, Sai Company, from Shanghai.
to prevent tim from doing 80.trusted guardians of public health Queen's-road West in premises Kashiwabara, from Tokyo. Supplies of unwholesome water may not be willing to accept the
used as a Chinese restaurant. Ozorio, 11 Glenealy, from Shang- are available now. What are motion.
1 private well at the ore Factory with 2 or 3 ft depth of water bai.
coolies obtaining from the hill
That the Chinese members should
aad for the Company's boilers E. V. JESSEN, nullahs but in the main cast-off feel deep concern over the acute and W.C.'s. Two pumps arq in-
Superintendent.water of some Peak mansion? water shortage no one will be found
stalled in this well, one of which is used by the people for draw- Can it be said that well water is to dispute. Indeed, It speaks much! Hong Kong, 30th May, 1929.
ing water. contaminated than gutter for their public spirit that they are
Fourteen out of the 30 water mixed with kitchen refuse exhibiting so much active interest
well sites in the combined which is now being drawn for use in the matter. It was only yester-
thus list have
been -account- from
mullahs beside Peak day that I received a visit framed for the others the
have either road and generally? Can the law a leading Chinese gentleman prevent the drinking of water seeking to enlist my sympathy with been built over and, therefore, no traees could be found of them or from such sources? It is my con- the well-opening movement. The
are otherwise unavailable for re- The following unclaimed tele-tention that if people were advis-Chinese concern and anxiety are
opening. Of the 14 I have just the are lying at
E. E.ed to drink only reservoir water shared by all classes of the com- mentioned there are in reality only Telegraph Co. office, Hong Kong:- and to use well water for wash-munity allke, whose sympathy for of any use and of these 1 is actu
ing such advise would be obsery- the difficulties and trials of the in-ally in use in contravention of the Kingche, from Haiphong..
dustrial and working classes is only Board's orders, and of the remain- equalled by their eagerness to pro-ing four the one within the Rope The second argument arises out vide a solution for a problem which Factory's compound is now serving the Colony, the people who go to the pumps and that if well water gathered from all sections of the in- draw their supply from the well. of the first, were used for drinking, it would habitants, are combining in order be difficult to prevent outbreaks to devise the quickest and the most ask, seriously think that the five of cholera and typhoid. I venture efficient remedial measures to meet to assert that even if well water were so used, outbreaks of cholera or typhoid are not bound to fel- low. Would our Medical Officer
grams
Mahtani, from Hyderabad Sind. ed. Raff, General Post Office from Hamburg.
Wongko, Peninsula, from Shang-
hai.
Wong Siew-kwar, Shoredite, from London.
S. LACK,
Superintendent. Hong Kong, 6th June, 1929.
An Immediate Relief
the best talents in
Does the mover of the resolution,
wella considered above suspicion
a situation without precedent in the could yield a supply to produce any history of the Colony,
Yield Negligible
appreciable saving in the reservoir water especially when two out of
of Health and other Medical Ex- Assuming, for the sake of argu- these five wells are already supply- perts maintain that the opening ment, that the resolution just pro-ing water at the present time? Is such epidemics go pozed and seconded is adopt-it aut pertinent to ask whether, in a HONG KONG. HEIGHTS ∞ wells and
together
believe laudable anxiety to relieve hard- cause and effect: ed, do its supporters
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AS
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mendations in 1920 of the Economic Resources Committee, of which Sir Robert Ho Tung was the Chairman, been acted upon by the Government of the time and not shelved as they have been, the Colony might not be in the sorry plight that it is to-day over this perennial water ques- tion that is exercising the minds of the whole Colony in these anxious Besides the Chairman, the days. report was also signed by the late Mr. Lau Chu-pak, and Messrs. D. O. Russell, G. T. Edkins, K. E. The Greig and Sir Shou-son Chow following is an extract (p. 22):--
"The (Aberdeen) Paper Mill 58 under agreement with the Govern ment to supply water from its re- servoir to all the inhabitants the resident
as well ag the floating population of the whole Aberdeen village and Aplichau. There is ocrlar evidence that the population of Aberdeen is increasing and more water for potable purposes will be the question arises required and whether the existing reservoir is suficient for both purposes, viz. supplying the needs of the village Community and also of the Paper Mill. The labour force for the Mill is not more than 100 persons, and as we are of opinion that the popu lation in this locailty is increasing independently of the Mill's require- ments of labour, there is perhaps ground for asking the Government to find some other means of water
either supply
by an enlargement (if practicable) of the existing re- servoir, or providing a new rober- voir, or by a line of pipes from the Government's main water sup ply. are also of opinion that
might be a
matter for enquiry from the Public Works Department whether there is anything in pros pet that would alleviate the pre- Bent situation."
We
A Hazardous Risk
I am open to correction when I say that, among the water emer
of
the proper official to submit his re- commendations in this matter to the it is a most Government. But
For the information of visitors wells are opened there will be an re-opening of a few wells in the of sufficient data, since
exaggerated value the following list of some of the
or typhoid? urban areas of the Colony is going plied, an outbreak of cholera
on the doubt- highest points on the Island and I, on the other hand, am bold to yield any appreciable quantity of has not been set Mainland is published:--
enough to declare that as 300n water 80 as.to afford relief to the ful benefit of wells and the lurking sewage-contaminated Feet, wells are opened immediate relief Poorer Inhabitants, commensurate dangers in
the risks involved to public water co greatly minimised as to will be given to the water situa-health in an outbreak of typhoid or foster a desire for the re-opening of Keney measures now adopted, the Then I might ask, what do they cholera traceable to sewage-con- negligible supplemental sources of Exerutive is alive to the fact that use in Macao and in a great part taminated water? At best the yield supply that for all practical pur- if wells could be opened with safety of the mainland but well water, is so negligible that it need not be poses and in pursuance of a Harold the Honourable the Director and are there outbreaks of cholera taken into account for all practical Lloyd policy of "Safety Firet" bad Medical and Sanitary Services is purposes. On the other hand, let better be completely left out of con- or typhoid there? Have not some of us who have visited Canton picture in our mind's eye the sideration.
In the light of the summary 1 seen the floating population using effects of a serious outbreak of river water for drinking purposes any virulent disease in an epidemic have just produced, I am afraid Imagine to ourselves the the advocacy of wella re-opening is and surviving? The secret apmaterial damage and economic loss hardly terable. pears to be that however unsafe in a heavy mortality among the water may be, it immediately be population and the imposition of Moreover, I have good authority being bolled, a quarantine against all shipping for stating that, in the opinion of habit generally observed by the from Hong Kong.
an expert who was invited by the Chinese who make up 98 per cent.
From the papers which had been Government to visit Hong Kong and of the Colony.
circulated to members by order of report on the possibility of sinking the Head of the Sanitary Depart-artesian wells on the Island to sup-|| In my opinion the opening of ment I have compiled the following plement its precarious water sup- wells is the best solution and if short statement, which should beply, that expert could not find any any member can suggest a better illuminating and helpful in our springs in the geological formation scheme, I shall only be too will discussion.
of the Jaland--my old friend Mr.
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