GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION, No. 175,
C. O.
12772
RESP
441
15 23 # 34
The following Bye-laws made under section 32 of The Public Health Ordinance, 1887, and approved by the Governor in Council this day, are published for general information.
By Command,
J. G. T. BUCKLE,
Acting Clerk of Councils.
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 11th May, 1894.
Bye-laws made by the Sanitary Board, under the authority of Section 32
of "The Public Health Ordinance, 1887," for the prevention and
mitigation of the Epidemic, Endemic or Contagious Disease now affecting the Colony known as the Bubonic Plague.
1. All persons attacked by or suffering from the said disease in any stage shall be promptly removed to the Hygeia or to such other public Hospital temporary or permanent as shall be, from time to time, appointed by the Sanitary Board.
2. The bodies of all persons dying from the said disease within the Colony, and the bodies of all persons dying from the said disease elsewhere which are brought within the Colony, shall be buried in a special place to be set apart for that purpose by the said Board in such manner and with such precautions as shall from time to time be directed by the said Board.
3. All persons knowing or having reason to believe that any person has been attacked or is suffering from the said disease or from any disease appearing to resemble it shall notify the same without delay to the nearest Police Station, or to some public office or officer, and the officer receiving any such notification verbal or written shall notify the same with the least possible delay to the said Board or to some Inspector or officer thereof.
4. The said Board by its officers will provide for the removal to the Hygeia or other appointed place of all persons suffering from the said disease, and no removals shall take place except under the orders of the said Board or of one of its authorised officers or of a duly qualified medical practitioner, and then only in such manner and with such precautions as the said Board shall from time to time direct.
5. The said Board will remove or cause to be removed for burial all bodies found in the Colony of persons who have died from the said disease, and will bury or cause the same to be buried in such manner and with such precautions as the said Board may from time to time direct, and no persons other than the officers of the said Board deputed by the said Board to bury shall remove or bury any such bodies.
6. In any neighbourhood affected by the said disease and within such limits as shall from time to time be defined by the said Board, the officers of the said Board duly authorised in writing shall make a house to house visitation for the purpose of inspecting the sanitary condition of any premises so visited and of all and every part thereof, and of ascertaining whether there are any persons in or upon the said premises attacked or affected by the said disease or who have died thereof. If the premises so visited or any part thereof shall be found in a dirty or insanitary condition in the opinion of the officer making such visitation, he shall forthwith take steps to have the same thoroughly cleaned out and disinfected by the staff of the said Board or by contractors or others specially appointed for that purpose, dead bodies found on such premises shall be forthwith removed for burial, and all persons attacked or affected by the said disease shall be taken to the Hygeia or to such other place as shall be appointed in pursuance of No. 1 of these Bye-laws.
7. All articles of clothing or bedding and all other articles whatsoever, which have been in contact with any person or body in any way affected by the said disease, shall be removed from any premises in which they are, or shall be found, by the officers or contractors of the said Board, in covered vehicles and with such precautions and in such manner as the said Board shall from time to time direct, and shall be thoroughly disinfected and then returned to the owner or owners thereof. No persons, other than the officers or contractors of the said Board, shall remove or needlessly handle such articles until they have been removed and disinfected.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,~No. 175,
C. O.
12772
RESP
441
15 23 # 34
The following Bye-laws made under section 32 of The Public Health Ordinance, 1887, and approved by the Governor in Council this day, are published for general information.
By Command,
J. G. T. BUCKLE,
deting Clerk of Councils.
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 11th May, 1894.
Bye-laws made by the Sanitary Board, under the authority of Section 32
of "The Public Health Ordinance, 1887," for the prevention and
mitigation of the Epidemic, Endemic or Contagious Disease now affecting the Colony known as the Bubonic Plague.
1. All persons attacked by or suffering from the said disease in any stage shall be promptly removed to the Hygein or to such other public Hospital temporary or permanent as shall be, from time to time, appointed by the Sanitary Board.
2. The bodies of all persous dying from the said disease within the Colony, and the bodies of all persons dying from the said disease elsewhere which are brought within the Colony, shall be buried in a special place to be set apart for that purpose by the said Board in such manuer and with such pre- cautions as shall from time to time be directed by the said Board.
3. All persons knowing or having reason to believe that any person has been attacked or is suffering from the suid disease or from any disease appearing to resemble it shall notify the same without delay to the nearest Police Station, or to some public office or officer, and the officer receiving any such notification verbal or written shall notify the same with the least possible delay to the said Board or to some Inspector or officer thereof.
4. The said Board by its officers will provide for the removal to the Hygeia or other appointed place of all persons suffering from the said disease, and no removals shall take place except under the orders of the said Board or of one of its authorised officers or of a duly qualified medical practitioner, and then only in such manner and with such precautions as the said Board shall from time to time direct.
5. The said Board will remove or cause to be removed for burial all bodies found in the Colony of persons who have died from the said disease, and will bury or cause the same to be buried in such manner and with such precautions as the said Board may from time to time direct, and no persons other than the officers of the said Board deputed by the said Board to bury shall remove or bury any such bodies.
6. In any neighbourhood affected by the said disease and within such limits as shall from time to time be defined by the said Board, the officers of the said Board duly authorised in writing shall make a house to house visitation for the purpose of inspecting the sanitary condition of any premises so visited and of all and every part thereof, and of ascertaining whether there are any persons in or upon the said premises attacked or affected by the said disease or who have died thereof. If the premises so visited or any part thereof shall be found in a dirty or insanitary condition in the opinion of the officer making such visitation, he shall forthwith take steps to have the same thoroughly cleaned out and disinfected by the staff of the said Board or by contractors or others specially appointed for that purpose, dead bodies found on such premises shall be forthwith removed for burial, and all persons attacked or affected by the said disease shall be taken to the Hygeia or to such other place as shall be appointed in pursuance of No. 1 of these Bye-laws.
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7. All articles of clothing or bedding and all other articles whatsoever, which have been in contact with any person or body in any way affected by the said disease, shall be removed from any premises in which they are, or shall be found, by the officers or contractors of the said Board, in covered vehicles and with such precautions and in such manuer as the said Board shall from time to time direct, and shall be thoroughly lisinfected and then returned to the owner or owners thereof.
No
persons,
other than the officers or contractors of the said Board, shall remove or needlessly handle such articles until they have been removed and disinfected.
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