CO129-231 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1887 [1-3] — Page 331

Bye-laws made by the Sanitary Board of Hongkong under the provisions of

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this the Public Health Ordinance, in relation to the provision and proper construction of privies in private premises.

1. Every person who shall erect a new domestic building shall cause the same to be provided with a suitable privy of brick, at least three feet wide internal dimensions, and such privy shall be so constructed as to open into the outer air and not into the building, and where the latter shall be used as a tenement house of more than one floor, there shall be a similar privy for the use of each floor.

2. Every privy shall have a suitable door and window as also a ventilating opening into the external air not less than 6 inches by 3 inches immediately under the ceiling, and the window of such privy shall be of not less dimen- sions than two feet by one foot, exclusive of the frame, and it shall also open directly into the external air.

3. The floor of every privy on the ground floor shall be raised at least six inches above the level of the ground, and the floor of every privy shall be paved with smoothi stone flags, or with hard tiles, asphalte, or concrete covered with cement mortar, or other non-absorbent material, and such floor shall bave a fall or inclination towards the door of at least half an inch to the fout.

4. No privy shall have any communication by means of any pipe, drain, grating, or other channel with any under- ground private drain, or public sower.

5. Every privy shall be provided with a moveable receptacle of non-absorbent material for the reception of filth, and such receptacle shall have a capacity not exceeding two cubic feet, and every privy shall also be provided with a moveable stand or seat fitted in such manner as shall enable it to be readily removed and adjusted for the pur- pose of cleansing the floor and sides of the privy, and of voiding the receptacle.

6. No person shall construct any water-closet having any communication with any underground public sewer, or private drain, and any such existing water-closets or urinals shall be removed by the owner upon his being required by the Board to effect such removal.

7. Every factory, refinery, distillery, godown, or other industrial or trading establishment whatsoever, employing a number of persons shall be provided by the owner thereof with proper privy accommodation on the premises, calcu- lated on the basis of one privy-seat to every twenty per- sons, and in respect of constructional details and building materials to be used, all such privies shall be similar to those for domestic buildings.

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