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kept a pig under the bed. The only practical definition appears to be one which is based
upon
the
definition of the term "tenement house", every Chinese dwelling-being a tenement house, or upon
1
the number of occupants, and that has been adopted.
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In the proposed Public Health Act, which I am
shortly transmitting home for your consideration, the evils of overcrowding
in Chinese tenement houses are fully provided against, but even
so, and apart from sanitary considerations, the presence of native habitations in the European
quarter would so depreciate European lease-hold estate property, and affect
vested interests so seriously,
still render necessary the dividing line
now recommended.
It will be seen from
the plan accompanying the joint report of the Acting Attorney-General and the Surveyor General, that, if the new limit is approved, there will be no objection to the construction of
Chinese
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kept a pig under the bed. The only practical definition appears to be _ one which is based
sepon
the
definition of the term "tenement __
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"house", every
being a tenement house, or upon
Chinese dwelling-
1
the number of occupants, and that
has been adopted.
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In the proposed
Lublic Health Aot, which I am
new
shortly transmitting home for your consideration, the evils of overcrowding
in Chinese tenement houses are fully provided against, but even
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so, and apart from sanitary considerations, the presence of -
native habitations in the European
quarter would so depreciate European lease-hold estate property, and affect
vested interests so ser
seriously,
still render necessar
line
as to-
ssary the dividing
now recommended.
It will be seen
from
the plan accompanying the joint report of the Aloting Attorney-General and the Surveyor General, that, if the new limit is approved, there will be no objection to construction of
Chinese
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