CO129-545-9 Proposed reorganisation of medical and sanitary services 2-11-1933 - 10-1-1934 — Page 22

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PART II.

ESTABLISHMENT.

Appointment

and group-

ing of officers.

Position of Director of

Medical and Sanitary Services in relation to Urban Council.

6. The Governor may appoint Health Officers, Veterinary Surgeons, Inspectors and such other officers as may be necessary for the purpose of this Ordinance. The Inspectors shall be grouped under the Health Officers or Veterinary Surgeons, who will be under the general direction of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services.

7. The Director of Medical and Sanitary Services shall be the professional adviser to the Urban Council in all medical matters including matters of public health and sanitation. He shall give such directions to the Health Officers as may be necessary for carrying out the lawful decisions of the Council.

Power of entry to

search for infectious disease.

Additional powers of entry for Health Officers.

Special authority to inspect for

over

crowding.

Authority

necessary for opening ground surface.

Power of Entry.

8. Any Health Officer or any officer duly authorised by him may, with or without assistance as he may deem desirable, at all times between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. enter and inspect any house or premises for the purpose of ascertaining the sanitary condition thereof, or of ascertaining whether any infectious or contagious disease exists therein.

Provided always that unless in the opinion of such officer any delay in entering and inspecting may, or is likely to, prove injurious or detrimental to public health, he shall in each case before entering and inspecting, if the occupiers offer any reasonable objection thereto, give them two hours notice in writing of his intention, by leaving such notice with them or at the house or premises which he intends to enter and inspect. In the case of Chinese occupiers such notice shall be in the Chinese character.

9. Any Health Officer may also enter and inspect any house or premises at any hour of the day or night for the purposes mentioned in section 8 without giving any such notice as aforesaid, provided the officer so entering has a special order in that behalf signed by the Chairman of the Council.

10. Any select committee of the Council, or any officer specially authorised by the Chairman of the Council, and sub- ject to such directions as he may impose, may enter and inspect at any time any domestic building for the purpose of ascertaining whether such building or any part thereof is in an overcrowded condition.

11. If it shall be requisite for the purpose of ascertaining the sanitary conditions of any domestic building or curtilage, to open the ground surface of any part thereof, any Sanitary Inspector in possession of authority in writing signed by the Secretary or by a Health Officer, after giving not less than 48 hours' notice in writing signed by either of the aforesaid

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