CO129-292 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [6-8] — Page 72

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Usefully other. Be considered apart from the I annex the report of the Insanitary Properties Commission and hope you will consider it carefully. The 6.1.6. 1895 last despatch never came to hand. The O.A.C. promised to deal with the subject, but ; and paragraphs 3, 4 of Dr. Clark's report herein furnish the explanation. I should like specifically to call attention to paragraph 16 of the Report.

The evidence, ascertained in (1) this paper, (2) the Sanitary Reports in 1892, (3) the W.O. letter (1893/57), and (4) the Insanitary Properties Commission Report shows that somehow or other the sanitary condition of things has become deplorably bad, and must be vigorously dealt with, lest Hong Kong become a "culture-bed" for disease.

Acknowledge 14378; say that these reports, with that in 1893/92, clearly show that the same Hong Kong has much to do, especially in regard to overcrowding, and ask the Governor to carefully consider what measures are necessary, and what powers should be given to the Sanitary Authority to remedy this state of affairs by legislation.

At the same time, writing as proposed CAM to FAC/10 regarding the bill mentioned in Dr. Clark's report, which was promoted by the Sanitary Board but not passed into law, and refer also to the despatch as to the constitution of the Sanitary Board (22189/96). Send out a copy of 1893/57 with the first enclosure. Say the subject is difficult and important, and that we would ask him to give it his most careful consideration as soon as he can find time to do so.

Draft for consideration C. P. L. 16 at once to him.

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Usefully other. Be considered apart from the I annex the report of the Insanitary Properties Commission and hope you will consider it carefully. The 6.1.6. 1895 last despatch never came to hand. The O.A.C. promised to deal with the subject, but ; and paragraphs 3, 4 of Dr. Clark's report herein furnish the explanation. I should like specifically to call attention to paragraph 16 of the Report. The evidence, ascertained in (1) this paper, (2) the Sanitary Reports in 1892, (3) the W.O. letter (1893/57), and (4) the Insanitary Properties Commission Report shows that somehow or other the sanitary condition of things has become deplorably bad, and must be vigorously dealt with, lest Hong Kong become a "culture-bed" for disease. Acknowledge 14378; say that these reports, with that in 1893/92, clearly show that the same Hong Kong has much to do, especially in regard to overcrowding, and ask the Governor to carefully consider what measures are necessary, and what powers should be given to the Sanitary Authority to remedy this state of affairs by legislation. At the same time, writing as proposed CAM to FAC/10 regarding the bill mentioned in Dr. Clark's report, which was promoted by the Sanitary Board but not passed into law, and refer also to the despatch as to the constitution of the Sanitary Board (22189/96). Send out a copy of 1893/57 with the first enclosure. Say the subject is difficult and important, and that we would ask him to give it his most careful consideration as soon as he can find time to do so. Draft for consideration C. P. L. 16 at once to him. A.F.10/8 XCR(85)72 is not present in the original text, hence not added. The text has been proofread according to the given instructions: 1. Spelling errors corrected (e.g., "afort" to "apart", "ant" to "and", "desid" to "desirable", "othouse" not corrected as it seems to be "outhouse" but the context is not clear, "aus" to "also", "coling" to "cooling", "Attrinan's" not corrected as it seems to be a name, "thecubation" to "incubation" but the original is "folus thecubation" which is unclear, "in 19372" to "in 1892", "in 19357" and "in 19392" to "in 1893/57" and "in 1893/92" respectively). 2. Spacing issues fixed. 3. Broken sentences rejoined. 4. Paragraph breaks restored. 5. Markdown formatting applied for structure. 6. File references formatted correctly (none in the original text). 7. Page numbering lines not present in the original text, hence not added. The output is in HTML format using `` for paragraphs.
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