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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1930.

SANITARY BOARD.

CRITICISED.

NIGHT-SOIL REMOVAL

CONDEMNED..

FLUSH SYSTEM WANTED.

The present system of removing night soil in buckets was strongly condemned at the fortnightly meet- ing of the Sanitary Board yesterday, The hope was expressed that in the near future Hong Kong woubi be generally provided with a flush - system.

Mr. G. R. Sayur presided at the meeting, and there were also pre-

THE

CHINA MAIL.

NEW

The jurisdiction of this Board in be pulled down and rebulit, forma regard to Water Closets is derived part of the housing problem which from section 162 of the Publicis for the Legislature, and not for Health and Buildings Ordinance, as this Board, to decide, although it is mended by Ordinance Ne. 6 of within its province to express to the 1927. Section 162 (2) reads. as Government its views and recom Follows:-

mendations from the point of view No person shall after the 23rd of public health. My view is that day of June 1927, construct any this question was exhaustively con- water closet or urinal, and nolaidered by the Government In 1903, person shall maintain, or allow to fund that its conclusions, in the remain on any premises owned or (shape of an enactment, bind this berupled by him any water closet | Board. or urinal, constructed after the

The 1903 Ordinance.

23rd day of June 1927, except The Government's deliberations with the permission of the Board resulted in the Public Health and and of the Colonial Secretary and Buildings Ordinance 1963. This in accordance with the terms and} Ordinance was based upon recom conditions of such permission. memtations made — and, indeed, as It is common ground that the I believe, was drafted by a great sent Dr. A. R. Wellington, Direc-usual terma and conditions are Public Health expert. tor of Medical and Sanitary Ser-stereotypes. They, however, in- The Government, at the time, had vices, Dr. G. W. Pope, Medical volve this essential requirement to deal with three possible kinds of Officer of Health, Dr. W. V. M. that as regards premises situate buildings, namely:- Koch, Mr. M. K. Lo, Mr. Wong outside the Peak area, an applienut Kwong-tin, Mr. P. C. Hall, Mr.must satisfy the Board that there is T. N. Chan, Hon. Mr. H. T. Jau independent water supply, ie., a Creasy, Director of Public Works. supply otherwise and Mr. J. Watson Secretary).

Suggested Conditions. Mr. Wong Kwong-tin proposed the option

of the following motion:

than

from the

water mains. The question as to the merits of this exception in favour of the Penk does not arise on this motion. The exception has been accepted, and is being acted "That this Board regrets the on, by this Board." necessity for the continuance of the

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To-day Queen's Theatre, "Mother Knows Best."

To-day Star Theatre,

ly postponed on account of rain, will take place TO-DAY at 9.15 Theatre, "Beware of Married Men," 5.15 p.m.. and the Matinee, TO- and 2.20 p.m.; "Reminiscences of MORROW, at 5.30 p.m. Peking (Chinese picture), 2.30 and 7.15 p.m.

To-day Majestic Theatro; "Good Time Charley."

To-lay-Liliputian Revue," Club de Recrelo, 9.15 p.m.

To-morrow--"Lilliputian Revue, Club de Recreio, 5.30 p.m.

June 14-Central Theatre, "Love Parade."

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Blue Hawali.

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Gotta Feelin' For You.

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Tondeleyo.

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Deep Night.

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I'm in Seventh Heaven.

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a) Those built before 1903, by Those built after 1903, but upon land leased from the Crown before that date. Thore built after 1903, bak on land tensed from the Crown after that date. Taking the cases in the reverso order, the Ordinance provides that, in the last case, every house shall be provided with an open space equal | 12. present crude bucket system of re- It will thus be seen that section in area to not less than one-half of moving night-soil and recommends 162 makes no distinction as to the the roofed-over area, in addition to that application for water closets be type of house in respect of which ravenging lane (Section 179); in the following con-permission can be granted. But the secoiul case, the open aren shall sanctioned on ditions being observed:-

Conflicting views are enterinined by be one-third of the roofed-over area, 11 If premises affected have not members of this Board as to whe:in addition to a scavenging lane been ordered by the Building ther permission should be grante! (section 180); and in the first case Authority to be demolished. in respect of "old type" houses. it provides as follows:-- (2) If there shall be

that (other than Some consider

permission

Every existing domestic build-

No Distinction,

21

in the Peak District) an in-should be refused for reasons which dependent and adequate sup ply of water for the purpose. (3) If the applicant undertakes

to comply with the existing regulations as to the manner of construction and mainten- ance."

Definite Ruling Required.. In support of his motion, Mr. Wong Kwang-tin said, inter alia :-

It is my object to obtain from the Board some definite ruling as regards the policy to be adopted to- wards applications for eresting water closets, particularly where Chinese tenement houses are con- cerned. It seems that the matter has been left entirely in the hands of a few members who constitute the Water. Closet Sub-Committee; and the lack of a defialte set of rules. to guide them has often brought

Cases have! about complications. been known where permission to erect water closets has been refused, although the premises concerned, in condition, age, appearance and situation, were identical to those where permission has been granted.

Clearly where there is not adequate and independent supply of water and, the use of tap water has to be employed, flushing, would not be practicable.

An

“Chino Mail” Quoted. There is no denying that the water carriage system is decidedly superior to that of the present bucket system, particularly when epidemics of typhoid, and cholera are rife. The sincerity of the Board has been called in question and our deliberations are being closely watched. The China Mail has declared that what

may perhaps be summarised Tollows:-

The type of housing existing in any place is an important factor on the general health of that place. Idea sanitary conditions are incompatible with slums or insanitary houses. In Hong Kong there still remain many houses these built before 1903, and houses being built before the commencement of the Publie Health and Buildings Ordinance of that year, obviously are not so hygienic as those built in com-i pliance with the new requirements:

there- of that Ordinance. It is

fore desirable not to encourage

ing shall be provided by the owner with an open space in the rear, by apening out on each storey one- half of the entire space interven- ing between the principal room or rooms and the main wall at the back of such building as well as the corresponding portion of root, unless such building is already provided with an open and un- obstructed backyard of at least Afty square feet in area; the building must further be provided an every storey with a window of at least ten square feet super- ficial area opening into such open space. (Section 175 (1).

Effect of Requirement.

I understand that the effect of

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Meeting.

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Jail for a Chinese Barber.

Yesterday afternoon

Overture, 7 pm "Britannia", New Queen's Hall Liglit Orchestra.

7.08 p.m.The Gondoliers", Vocal Gems Columbia Light Opera Co.

7.10 p.m.-"Lustige Bruer", Waltz, -New Concert Orchestru.

7.45

Crows," p.m."Two Black Comedy Sketch-Moran and Black.

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Merchant of p.m.The Venice" Quentin Maclean (Organ).

"The Carnival. ot p.m. Animals" (Saint Saens),Orchestre Symphonique de Paris.

7.48

1st Record-Hoga Murch of the Lions, The Hens and Cocks an Wild Astes.

2nd Record-The Tortoises, The Elephants.

3rd Record

Aquarium.

Kangaroos,

The

4th Record-Long-cared Charac ters,

The Aviary.

6th Recond-The Cuckoo in the depth of the wood.

6th Record-Pianista. Fossila.

7th Record The Swan,

8th Record-Finole.

8.25 p.m.-"Faust". Voval Gems.

8.33 .m.-"A Room with a View"

Mr and "Dance Little Lady", Luyton

And Jahnson.

A. W. G. H. Grantham sentenced.40 m. "Reaching for Some- to six months' hard labour a ne Cliff Edwards,

Chinese barber employed at a 8.40

am. Three Sketches: (1) shop in Nathon Road, Kowloon, "Serenade" (2) "The Birckbirds": for his heartless action in kidnap-viola.

and (3) The River Lione! Tertia, ping and selling the six-years-old

9 p.m.-A Dance Programme will son of a woman with whom he be broadcast from the Studio). had been living.

Temporary Suspension.

the maintenance of this old type this requirement is that a-house wished to send her son to school order to carry out necessary re- According to the woman, she The public are notified that, in of buildings: on the contrary built before 1903 mest be provided in the country and it was for that pairs to the transmitter there will every legitimate lever should be with open space which in practice purpose that she entrusted the be no broadcasting from Z. B. W. employed to induce the owner to comes to about one-third of the pull them down and rebuild in roofed area (but without the addi-boy to the accused to take to his the Recordance with modern ideas. tion of a scavenging lane), unless it It is known that the presence of has an open backyard of at least

water closets in any premises is

fifty square feet.

native village.

That was

Hong Kong Broadcasting some station on Sunday next, 16th inst.. Z. B. W. will, therefore, close months ago, and she never saw either the accused or her son down at 11.30 p.m. on Saturday an enhancement of their value. This Board can, under sub-section again until she learned that the until Monday at 11 s.m.

man was living in Macao. She The granting of permission to (4), grant modifications and exemp-went to the Fortuguese Colony will be closed down for necessary It is understood that the plant

and locuted the man there. living repairs and improvements to the with his own wife. He then told transmitting apparatus. It is quite the woman that he had sold her certain, however, that the Broad- son for $400. She got the Macao casting Studio will offer even bet- arrest him, and they ter service than before when the

instal water closets serves there. fore in effect to lengthen the life of, and thus to perpetuate, this

undesirable type of building.

Not a Matter of Grace. The other view is that the use

tions.

I submit therefore that the Legis lature has plainly stated the con: ditions under which "old type" houses can remain. It is of course

Police to

of water closets is but one of the for the Authorities to see that the urned him over to the Hong Kong changes have been made.

conditions are complied with. But modern

sanitary conveniences

so long as they are complied with, which one should be entitled to have

not as amy submission is that this Board as a right, and

should not, in exercising Its dis matter of grace. As long as a cretion under other provisions of house is it to be occupied as the Law, exercise such discretion dwelling, there is no reason to

adversely to

against it by withholding from it

an

in The idealist

owner for the

Public Health

make any unfair discrimination ultimate purpose of inducing such one of the ordinary conveniences owner to pull down premises which of a dwelling house. Section 162 the Legislature, says he can retain makes no such distinction, and and maintain. fa wanted Is "concrete evidence

there is no reason why the Board might wish that the Ordinance had that the Sanitary Board is really sanitarily-minded; that it is truly desirous of eliminating in time the I understand that you, Sir, and provided that all buildings

of Public conform with Section 179, if neces dry closet evils," and the Wa Kiu the Hon. the Director Yat Pao declares "that infectious Works, belong to the first school of sary by pulling down and · rebuild- Ing. But the Legislature no doubt

should.

must

Police.

Colony to have a supply of water from the mains for flushing pur- But as a modern civilised

равен.

water

BETTER STATIONS.

Railway Progress in Siam.

city this Colony should certainly

Bangkok, May 28. look forward to the day when it wil

A general outline of the exten have sufficiently solved its

sion and modification of Hualam- problem to enable it to give a supply rong railway yards and the for such an essential sanitary pur-Euilding up of Bangsue as the pose. Even at the present time it main junction station was made will be of great interest to the public Inown by Phya Sarasastr, Rail- if the Government were to enquire way Commissioner, in an inter- into the question as to how much view to-day. water will be consumed if the whole For these improvements, Tes. spread when receptacles are placedito differ from such high authorities able difference between legitimate closets flushed with water from the the present year's budget recent- and contagious diseases are likely to thought. I should naturally hesitato felt bound to observe the recognis Colony were provided with water 1.300,000 has been provided in in the kitchen where food for human on a question of this kind. But the enustment and confiscatory legisla- mains. It is, of course, known that issued, Tes. 700,000 being for

consumption is prepared."

principle involved in these divergent is a very important one. In seconding the motion, Mr. T. N. views Chau gaid inter alia:-It is time Having given to it

the beat con-

that this Board got down to some sideration I can, and having arrived kinds of houses in the way in which pansion of the population, but from Bangsue project.

definite principle for the guidance at a definite conclusion, I feel it my of the Select Committee in consider duty to say that I differ from the ing applications for the installation first, and agree with the second, school of thought, and It remains of water closets.

Hong Kong often boasts of its for me to set out shortly my wonderful development and its re-reasons.

Means Not Justified. markable progress in many direc-

tlon, and so it took pains to make the distinctions between the various

I have ventured to describe,

Other Provisions Quoted. In order to avoid any possible I ought mlaapprehension, I feel

make it plain that of perhaps to course not only section 175, but other provisions of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance,

tions, and yet one still finds the Assuming that this Board is apply to these "old type" houses.

The following shall be deemed to be nuisances liable to be dealt

with summarily in the manner provided by Part II:-

new,

increase with the increase and ex- the rest will be utilized for the the total water consumption must the Hualampong scheme while

The trans- such information as I have been able formation, however, will take to obtain, the amount of increased some time and it is expected) consumption which would be entail-that the entire project will not ed If the water closet system were be completed until the middle of generally Introduced, would bear a next year. very small percentage to the total The Railway Commissioner consumption for ordinary purposes. etated that it is generally believed With these remarks, I beg to that the contemplated extension support this motion.

of the Hualampong yards will Dr. Wellington's Opinions. be the erection of another drome Dr. Wellington stated that water to house more and larger station closets could be safely installed in platforms. This is a miscon

building, whether it was old or eption, according to Phya Provided there was suffici-Sarasastr. The main improve- ent supply of water, water closets ment will be in the yards, where (2) any building or part of a should be allowed. But there were the tracks will be rearranged so building which to so dark, or many houses and buildings in this a to facilitate faster and so ill-ventilated or so damp, Colony which he had seen, where leafer operation of service. Now or in such a condition of the water closet would not safely the lines cross one another with- dilapidation, as to be danger and could not suitably be installed out any methodical arrangement ous or prejudicial to the Dr. Wellington was, therefore, of resulting in slower operation, as health of the inroutes;

the opinion that every case should these lines were laid down before (8) any building or part of a

building which contains rat-be considered on its merits, and he the southern line service

the Hualampong thought that the resolution propos- transferred to holes or rat-runs or other elmilar holes, or which is ined by Mr. Wong Kwang-tin was terminus.

The department's residences too sweeping. fested with rats, or in which

for its staff on Rong Muang road the ventilating openings are

will be pulled down so as to make; not protected by gratings in The Chairman, after he had room for the extension scheme. such manner as effectually to briefly reviewed the position, sub-New and modernized, locomotive exclude rats therefrom: mitted the following amendment to sheds will replace the ones now. (4) any premises, which are in the meeting

in use. Within several months: auch a dirty or in auch an "That this Board; while of no steam locomotive will function Insanitary condition as to bo opinion that its powers to grant in Bangkok when the electrifica dangerous or prejudicial to permission to instal water closetstion scheme is put into practice. health;

to private premises should not. be The department has ordered '12]

crude bucket system so largely In justified in using the lever, of re-For instance, take section 26, which vogue in the Colony-a system fusing permission to instal water provides as follows:- which no progressive city would closets, to prevent the retardation tolerute. It behoves us to weight of the rebuilding of these "old type" the pros and cons in each case and houses, I remain to be convinced choose the lesser of two evils. that the means still attain the end. sincerely hope that in the not dis-I do not know how many houses tant future, Hong Kong will be there. are which were built before universally provided with flush 1903. There must be thousands. I aysiem.

do not know how many of these Hon. Mr. Creasy's Views. houses can obtain un independent The Hon. Mr. Creasy-The water supply, e.g. from wella. There Building Authority can only lasuc must be relatively few. If this is an order for the demolition of so, it is obviously futile to expect building If it is in a dangerous that the granting or refusal of per-

condition.

mission to instal water closets can

In the case of old buildings (on have any material effect on this lots purchased prior to 1930), which question. In any case, does it fol- do not comply with the require low that because water closets can- meats of section 180 of the Public not be installed, the owner is there- Health and Building Ordinance fore more likely to pull down and with regard to open space Improve rebuild? I should have thought ments cannot be inaisted upon until not. He would be much more likely rebuilding is undertaken. To perto continue to do without water mit modern sanitary fittings in old closets. In this case the only result buildinge before they comply with of the Board's refusal of permission modern requirements with regard is to, compel on more household to to light and air is only prolonging carry on with the insanitary bucket the life of such inaanitary build-systeta.HN ings.

The Resolution.

Was

In respect of all such nuisances, used as a 'lever to secure a more Diesel electric locomotives for whether they exist on old or new hygienic type of building, considers this purpóre.

My objection, however, to the buildings, this Board has jurisdicit casential to retain full discretion The Bangsue station will in the It is net paasible at present to first school of thought is based on tion.

"(to add special conditions in special future be the main junction, lasist on:all buildings being fitted the more general ground that this ⠀⠀⠀ Hope for the Future, cases) or to decline permission, in controlling traffic to and from with the water flush system wing Board is not justice in using the ~ The water question, sometimes in any case where, in its view, the Bangkok. There freight trains to the Inadequacy of the water levor at all, even if the means would a less and sometimes in a more Installation is open to objection on will be directly shunted into the Cupply, Zuk

tracks for either the goods attain the end. It seems to me that | acute farm, being still with as, it is hygienic grounds," and * Me?We Support, the question" as to what type of hardly within the sphere of practical. The amendment was seconded by station in Bangsorn or the Mr. M. K. Lo. In supporting the houses should be permitted to re- politics to suggest that the Govern- the Hon. Mr. H. T. Creasy and Menam station-Bangkok Daily motion, a

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