the removal from the premises or the destruc. I present to deal with such matters, it did not tion thereof, or both, necessary in the interests follow that one should not be made. Al homs, of the public health, he shall forthwith cause if a man did anything that people did not want the same to be removed from the premises or him to do all they had to do was to stand and get an injunction carried out with such precantions and in such against him. Hero, manner and in such placs as the Board way from time to time direct.
APPLICATION FOR ELECTION OF URINALA.
dostroyed, or both. Such destruction shall boj up for their rigetting an injunction ́ef urinals on the ground and first and second of his nationality, and would be glad to be
cost money, and was also very trouble Homo. Something should be done, and the
POLICE COURT,
Thursday, 11th July.
BEFORE ME, HAZELAND.
A DANGEROVE MAN.
INTIMATIONS.
THE HONGKONG
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STEAM WATER BOAT COMPANY, LIMITED.
THE above Company is prepared to supply the shipping la Hongkong with PURE boilers,
For the purposes of this bye-law any oflcer Board shonkl approach the Government and Clark moved that the application be conld render in assisting the Government to tɔn and twenty-ont piecas from of $7 in and ITLTERED WATER both for dock and
of the Board may enter any premises without ask them to take the question into their Dr. notice between the hours of 5 5 km. and 6 a.m. consideration. Boiler-making shops ware in-granted in respect of the urinal on the ground
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9. Any officer of the Board or any policecreasing, which was a very good sign, us it floor, and refused in respect of the urinals on by the fact of his nationality, their own loitering about the colony with intent to
officer may prevent the removal (except under the directions of the officer in charge of the cleansing and disinfection) of any fumiture, clothing, bedding or other household goods to or from any premises within district which
any has been declared by the Board under Bylaw 8 tu be infected, unless the person so rooving them bas obtained, and produces to such officer, permit in writing from the Medical Officer of Health, or any Assistant Medical Officer of Health, authorising such removal.
The Medical Offer of Health, or any Assist ant Medical Officer of Health way, a condition હા granting any such permit, require the articles in respect of which the pornit is applied for, to be fira olamsed and disinfected to his satisfaction. Any person removing any such artick to or from any premises within any listrist BO declared to be infected as aforesaid, without such directions or permit is aforesaid, shall be deemed to be guilty of a breach of this Bye-law.
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Prevention of epidemic or contagious disease-1. The Board may at any time with a view to the prevention of epidomic, endemic or contagious dias (even when any such ́discase is not existent in the colony) direct say officur of the Board to make a house-to-house visitation within ang limits as may be delined by the Board, and any officer in directed way, with such assistance as may be necessary, cleanse and disinfect any premises within such limits, under the directions of the Medical Officer of Headth, or of any Assistant Molical Offer of Headth, and during such cleansing and disin- fuction my. he thinks it, have all furniture and goals removed from anch premises,
9. During such causing and disinfection of within the linds so defined by the premises Board any offer of the Bard or any potion offer muy provent the more perpt under the directions of the offeur in coarge of the cleansing and disinfection) of any furniture, clothing, bedding or other household goods to or from any press within the limits so defined, unless the person so removing them has obtained, and produces to much officer, a permit in writing from the Medical Officer of Health or any Assistant, Modica Olleer of Health, authorising such removal. The Biedical Officer of Health or any Assistant Medical Cicer of Health may, as a condition grauting any such permit, require the articles in respect of which the pornit is applied for, to be first censed and disinfected to his satisfaction.
Any person removing any such article to or from any premises within the limits so deflued as aforesaid, without such directions or permit as aforesaid, shall be deemed to be guilty of a breach of this bye-law.
The PRESIDENT-Do you think it advisable | to postpone the consifloration of these bye-laws till a future meeting, or do it now?
☛ Mr. Fuse Wa Cuves-Let as wait natil provision for a chanyo he made. Don't make bye-laws every day. How can you expect the Chines to understand so many bye-lawa?
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Dr. BELL-We cannot start now to all the bye-laws we used for the next twenty yours. The only time the Sanitary Bonnt is allowed to make bye-laws is when the necessity for them сторы при wants to learn
all the to-laws off by heart, either Chinese nor European. The Sanitary Board or one of its inspectors will tell you when you are wrong. You cannot, as I maid before, make bye-laws right off the roel. I don't think wa should postpone the consideration of them.
Dr. CLARK explained that our effect of the bye-laws was to provhle for the disinfurtion of premises before an epidemie of plagas. There must be some runs by which infection wus retained for a or so, and therefore, if during non-spidowio times they were to go over the whole city, district by district, and thoroughly disinfect the houses, there was a possibility of proventing an outbreak of plagus in the following spring. They all knes, for instance, that plague would break out this year in No. 9 Health District, and it did, and was there, too, for two nad-a-half months before it spread to the other parts of the city. The Board had no power in the matter, and they had to wait till plague was epidunis before they could do anything. If power were given the Board before an outbreak to go over every district and thoroughly disinfect the konses, there was a chance, Dr. Clark repeated, of preventing an outbreak of plague. It could be done gradually and slowly.
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showed that trade was good, but it was unreasonable to allow a man to open these places anywhere he chose. He insved that the Government be asked to consider the mattor.
the upper floors
Mr. DEEWIN seconds?, and the motion was carried.
THE EMPLOYMENT OF RAT-CATCHERS,
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THE LONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 12ṛ¤, 1901.
two samples of milk, which were shown to be ¡ heres in its decision that they think it nosessorý adulterated, all wore found to be genuine. The tó have au European doctor in charge of our pro- sight samples of beer were free from arsenic, posed hospital at Quarry Bay-- We gather they do not object to Dr. Kwan us not being fit and An application was read for the erection duly qualified for this post, but solely on account
foors of the Western Hotel.
informed if this is so. We may state that in Dr. Clark minuted: Refuse urinaly on the engaging this gentleman, in anticipation of the On 4th July, one Leung Kam Yaa was triod
floors."
Board gladly accupting what services, we first for feloniously stealing the
the person of stamp out the plague, we were influenced Toni Tim, a dealer of 348, Queen's Road West, it enabled secondly for being a reguo and vagabond, him converse with his patients in laugunge, and more readily to diagnose their commit a felony. He was then sentenced to symptoms. We venture to submit that to six wook hard labour and recommended to be Europan doctor, if he be unable to convore deported on expintion of sentence.
Mr. Master of Moara, Johnson. Stulers. Dr. Clark minates:"I beg to recommend with his patients, aud bu ignorant of their ways that the Board shoakt obtain the anthority of and mode of life, can be classed as equal to a and Master, applied for a re-hearing of the Cloverument to engage four Chinese rat-focal native practitioner of large experience the can. The application being granted, thus cateliers who should be paid at the rate of Si and duly qualified
Case was refried yesterday morning. Three month, and three cunts for each rat caught. As ulcerly stated, that, having engaged Dr. | witnesses were called with result that his The Secretary read a minute by Mr. May They could go round to offices and houses, and
Wor Kwas, wo da not is our way to go to the Vorship confirmed the former sentenco, stating pointing out that two Chinese cemeteries exist should also le
that as the man had down one week he woul given access to the storm-
of employing another European doctor, exp at Kowloon City and Sham Shui Po, both of draius. Traps would have to be provided by who would simply have to certify to the correc sentence him to another five weeks hard which had for many years been used by the the Binal, and the men would wour ordinary tious of Dr. Kwan's treatment, which of course labour. He was a dangerous man, and it was natives in the vicinity. Doubtless, prior to the Suntary Board coole quiform, so that they is a thing wo should not care to usk Dr. Kwan to be hoped that the Captain-Soprintendent extension of the colony, and oven sisee it had could be identifial when necessary.
to submit to. We, therefore, hog to again of Polies would see the man was deported an taken place, many plague corpsen had been i The recommendation was éirealated amongst urgo the Board's reconsideration of the matter, the expiration of the tarm of his imprisinment. buried in these cemeteries, which should now be theories, and Mr. Osborne minuted-To nud in doing so would call their attention to the vither closed or declared to be cometerios under do the thing effectively, I should think you fact that the Government provide to toesl Section 39 of Ordinance 13 of 1901. In the ought to have about fifty rat-catchers,“
medied attendance or facilities to the inhabitants latter casa caretakers should be apppointed to Dr. Clark minutod in reply. I think w in the large and populars district scheme look after them and to keep tally of the bariate. ought to son frst how the scheme will work, would embrace, that by roneeding to our regu days' hard labour.
would be
relieved of the a of a dis Dr. Clark minuted-"I think it will be and then, if desirable, increase the analer of aleult for them to deal with, and
MF, OSBORNE seconded, and the motion was. carried.
THE CEMETERIES AT KOWLOÓN CIFY AND SHAM SHUI YO.
advisable to appoint a small committee to consider the subject and formulate recommenda. tions to Government."
The suggestion contained in Dr. CLARK's minute was agreed to. FROPOSED PUBLIC MORTUARY AT KOWLOON. Correspondence was laid on this table relative to the erection of a paklie mortuary in Kowloon, as recommended by the Board at a meeting on June 18th.
employed."
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Dr. CLARK pointed out that during spitelus thus to enabled to concentrata their efforts of plague there was no diffimily in getting rute.olsewhere to the benefit of the
colony, and During the recent epidemie they wore catching would furthur avoid such distressing incidents between two and three thousand a week.
as that reported to us by par manger yester Mr. BREWINllow are you going to enteh days, viz., a woman having died at Quarry them?
Bay, the previous day, on her death being Dr. CLARK -By traps. The Chinese can reported to the authorities, a burial certificato catch them with their hands, though.
was issued, ou aceipt of which the husband at The PRESIDENT-Phis is simply a matter of off to prome a coffin and beanors, but on Dr. Bell's idon a building similar ¦ exporiniont in the right direction. As far as his return with san food, to his dismay, the to the Government mortuary, with plenty our opinion gos. I think the proposal is a Sanitary Board officials had respoved the boxy of ventilation and water laid Out- very good one, and I move that it be sent for-
to Kennedy Town. wide, a small office for the medical offer ward to the Government.
As we understand the Board will hold Dr. Bann seconded, and the motion was
meeting tomorrow afternoon, wo would request and a house for the caretaker with kitchen attached, the whole to be surrounded by a high carried,
that this letter be places bofore theta for wal. The best place for the mortary, in Dr.NUISANCES CAUSED BY WATER BUFFALOES. discussion and their final decision." Belt's opinion, would be at Yuguali, the inality where most of the bodies have come Frou during the last eighteen months.
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The President minuted that a drawing ant estimate would be prepared as soon as possible. REPORT ON THE DISINFECTION OF NO. 5 HEALTH DISTRICT,
The report of Mr. F. Benwha, Government Aulyst, uthe disinfection and cleansing of No. Halth District, of the operations connectol with which he was in charge, was laid on the tabu.
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On the Istinet. Col. A. W. Collard, Deputy Assistant Adjalant General in Chim and Hongkong, aldreased the Government on the matter of the reported grazing of water buffaloes over various parts of the Kowloon military camp and rite-ranges, causing the ground to incoine fon and insanitary. Col. Collard askel that such action be taken as would miti. fate the nuisance complained of
The letter was remitted to Dr. Clark, who tainted: The Sanitary Board have power to prohibit grazing by an order in writing They might make an order prohibiting grazing in the Kowloon military camp and riffe-ranges, at I should have thought that the entries could have warned off the men in charge of the anituals,
ANOTHER NOLENT RICKSHA COOLIE Mr. R. 6. Smithers had engaged ricksha coolie, No. 421, who, after he had taken him short distance, stopped and refused to go Curther. He was souteneed to a $5 fine or it
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Mr. Meunsoy appeared for Mr. G. Girault. He pleaded that Mr. Girault, having been ill, loft The colony by doctor's advice, and there being only a Portuguese in charge, it was a mere over- sight, for which to wished to apologise to airCUSED FUS OVER TWENTY YEARS, Worship.. Moreover, the licenses and he epid for on 14 July Inst your, and grantel Angust so that in reality the lenses incl hardly expired yet. Besides application had be already made to the Colonial Secretary for a renewal of license, and a cheque for 80 sent
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(54) BUTTERFIELD & SWITCH" Mr. OSBORNE askel that. Mesurs. Huttertiald and Swire's request, be allowed, and that the hospital tax run without the attendance of an European doctor. In doing so, he could not refrain from commenting on what to con His Worship accepted the apology and in sidered the obstruction on part of the Board-dieter a nominal fine of $1. unnerssary obstruction. The only representa. Mr. Hay appeared for Messrs. Blackhead & five of the Sanitary Board in the Quarry Bay Co. district was a police inspector at Shankiwan, might receive the size consideration us Me. He asked Ifis Worship that his cheris who probably hail in his charge the sanitary | G. Civult. It was a more oversight that the arrangemmats of Quarry Bay, including this license was allowed to lapse. Its clients hul hospital of Butterfield and Swire's An inspo done business in this Colony for twenty years, for worthy of the Man! was just as cup which was a sufficient criterion for their ablo of Ring the arrangements in that matale infogrity carried out that the place was kept clean, and that all the surroundings were such as the Medical Offer of Health would ask-just as capable as any European medical nun in the Butterfield and Swire had hid great stress upon the fact that they wanted the coolies to be benefited by having a native doctor The PRESIDENT mondeil the proposal, which to attend there. Everyone knew perfectly well was inauimously agreed to.
that the very right of an European coming to attend him frightened a cpolio, and that he wou not salimit to treaturent by an Europeus lostor. pel en in coun-etion with his own compuay and he agreed to the conditions laid down because he could get an Enropean doctor easily With Butterfiebl and Swire it was diferent An European doctor could not weste precious time by, running down to Quarry Bay every How and again, and the speaker thuglit Butterfield call Swire were right in refusing
Mr. MAY-I think that if the military authorities want in keep the buffaloes away they should post sentries. I beg to move accordingly.
Dr. B-1 isn't nur business.
PLANS FOR MARKETS. Plans were laid on the table showing the
the two temporary markets, one opposita the Sailor's Home and the other adjoining the new Harbour Office site.
The report showed that the work was tommenced on Friday 1st June, and was completed on the following day. Fourteen parties were engaged, each party consisting of an European, a Chineso constable, a car prater, and six coolies. The decupants of the houses having been previously notified, the work was rendered much lighter, as no time was lost ja explanation. Br. Browne's in- pression of the attitude of the Chinese towards the disinfection was that they were gin that Europeans wore endeavouring to kill the plagas by fumigating their houses with satrocating chlorine disinfectant in which thy have house disinf faith. Out of 558 proposed addition to the Wauchni Market and That vory question, dir. Osborne sail, crop-
only 17 Hoors were found vacant, so that many people had not left the district before the operations were commenced. On Monday, 24th Jung, the kitchens and
PLAGER-CONDEMNED HOUSES. backyards of the disinfested houses were washed There was laid on the table a recommendation with chloride of lime nal water, and the house | by Dr. Clark relative to the 'withdrawal of the drains and sewers of the district were disin-orders closing Nos. 15, 17, and 19, Peel Streat, fected and used. Many of the occupants en and No. 69, Wallington Street. devoured to anticipate the coolies by doing the washing themselves. The European in charge
had minuted that this WARN plan by of each gang had been instructed to induce the
Batterfield and Swire to keep their coolies residents to throw away all rublish, and they
werking, and was not suggested in order to emed to be glad of an opportunity to do so. The
keep to combat the plague. Assuming that the promptings of the commercial mind were whole work was completed on Wednesday even- lag. 26th Jan, sud was carried through without rest of the Board that the Government recon- sider the question of the flushing of the sewers
sordid (langbtor)alzolutely sordid, he did encountering any diffentics from the Chiouse, and storm-drains with 20s-water was laid on the not see why they should agree not to consent to the sordid request of the Board in relation On the other hand, every assistance was received table. It read- from then. Eight thousand pounds of chloride
Colonial Secretary's Office, to the retaining of an Europeandoctor. Messrs. of line and 3,200 pounds of sulphuric acil were
"9th July, 1901.".
Butterfield and Swire's offer of assistance to cou used. The total cost of the operations, includ Sir,--In reply to your letter of the 3rd uit.,but the plague was one deserving the heartiest ing materials and coolie hire, was about $1,300, I am directed by H.E. the Governor to support, and it came with very had grace for
Mr. May--I propos that the Roord express | transmit to you the enclosed
the members of the Board to thwart them. its very great thanks to Mr. Browns for the minate of the Director of Public Works Mr. Osborns, in concluding, trusted that the Board would reconsider the matter, and grant very efficious way in which he superintended on the question of the flushing of the sewers
Messen, Butterfield and Swirn's request. this work, and also to Mr. Bryan for the very and storm-water drains of the city with seas officient way in which he assisted Mir. Eravac. water, and to inform that the Acting Me OSLORNE seconded, and the proposal Director of Public Works sevices that the was unanimously agreed to.
initial cost of a scheme for dushing the sewers
THE "TELEGRAPH” AND NO. & HEALTH DISTRICT. Correspondones was snboiitted relative to the cleansing of horses in No. Health District.
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THE FLUSHING OF THE SBWERS WITHI
SEA WATER.
The reply of the Government relative to a re-
copy
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with sea water would be about $2.4,000, and its annual cost about $10,000,
its
Mr. May was cutirely opposed to the applica- 1100, The Board required au European decor to visit and supervise for the very same reason that an European medical officer visited daily the Tung Wa Hospital and every other p'aque
the colony. hospital open
When the BoarĪ the control of
Plagne hospitals they had better give up control of everything. Carefal supervision was necessary or not. Mr. May moved that Butterfeld and Swira be notified that the Board could not. reconsider its decision.
2. His Excellency does not feel competent to decido the vexed question of the drainage | gure system, and has requested that the services of an expert on sanitation should be obtained in and reporting generally upon the sanitation of the colony.
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Mr. BEEWIN-Oh no, you cannot be too long of Gilub," and was sent by the Government glaud with a view to bis visiting Hongkong in order to tell whether a cuse was one of plagus ;
over it, yon, know. You must hurry uja
Dr. CLARE-Well, we could do sixty hoses a lay,
Dr. BELL-The only way to stop plagno is at the beginning of an epidemie. However, I
wish to more that the Board go into committes: on the bye laws.
The Medical Officer of Health pased on the extract to Mr. F. Browne, Government Analyst. and queried Is not this 14 somewhat exaggerated account of the work done?"
Mr. Browne's reply was to the effout that he did not recognise No. 5 Health District from the description given, and that in most partien- lars the account was greatly exaggerated. On the Board resuming, the SECRETART read Speaking generally, the honor, Janna, and the bye-laws, which were all approved.
Mir. May secondri, and the' motion was Considered.
RESIGNATION OF MR. CHAN A FOOK.
It was intimated that Mr. Chan A Fook
hd tendered his resignation as a member of the Board, and that the Government had accepted
his resignation.
NOISE NUISANCES,
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In submitting a suggustion for the suppres- sion of nuisness by noises, Mr. May minated "I beg to suggest for the consideration of the Board the desirability of the Board address ing
the Government on the subject of legislat- ing for the suppression of nuisances by noises. At present, unless it happens to be a contraven- tion of the terms of the house-loase, a Can (and
do every persons
day
the vide Wanchai and Yanati, more rticularly) rent an ordinary house in a populous street, and start a hellermaker's shop in it, or any other noisy trade he likes. I am of opinion that the time has come when sach trades should be relegated to certain well- defined districts."
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The following minutes were appardel :-- Lieut. Col. Hughes-I agree with the Vice-President
Mr. Osborne "I agree with the V.-P., and if it is the Board's business to suppress the nuisance, by all means let us do it"
Mr. Brewin Are there any restrictions as to locality at home"
Dr. Clark I entirely agree with the V.-F. The unisance referred to has been very marked of lato in Wanchai.”
. Mr. BEEWIN- About Wanchai, I lived in Morrison Hill Road for about thirteen years, when all these things were going on; and I was never troubled very much by noises. I don't soo the necessity for this at all; or rather, Iow are you going to enforce the bye-laws
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the boases in the district at the commencement of the operations. I saw some rabbish-old Laskets, empty thus, disused paper, ete, such as no doubt would be pregant in any European house or office in the colony-but nothing that could be described as filth."
The PAISIDENT think it is benwhat regrettable to put in the uowspapers such cafour-led statements. From the statement of Mr. Brown and that of the Vice-President, it is clearly shown that the article in the Telegraph is of a very exaggerated description.
Referring to the matter of the cleansing of
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Dr. BELL secondled. He characterised the statement that a Chinawan does not like an European practitioner as nonsense, ad if mem- bers liked to believe the statement-well, they could. For its contradiction, however, they had only to go to the Government Civil Hospital and they would find every Chinese wurd full. Last year there were nine han dra Chinese patients. There was another cock-and-ball story that a Chinaman did not like being eat about by an European. The surgery ward at the Government Civil Hospital like to have an arm or then it was necessary towns have was now chock-a-blocks. A Chinaman did not
Hushing
than an European, but when
doctor's lands. All stories to the contrary were absolutely false.
Mr. Osponse-They are driven into the hospital,
Dr. BELL-Who drives them P Mr. OSBORNE Their employers. destituto cases there every morning.
Dr. Boc-I tell you, sir, we have fiity
The minute by Mr. Ormsby, dated February, 17 1999, is as follows:-There are now in use in the city: 3 automatic flushing tanks placed in the most suitable positions. The sewers have been laid to self-cleaning grades in nearly every case, and through them pusses daily most of the 3,600,000 gallons of water consumed in the city every 24 hours. An examination of thesosewors at any of the man-holes usually shows them drains were as clean and in as good order as running half full with water."
Regarding the use of sea water for flushing an inspector could reasonably be expected to keep theau. Only a yearly compulsory cleans drains, Afr. Cooper, in his report on the Water such as that completed in No. Health Supply in 1856, wrote as follows: Dering District, in Mr. Browne's opinion, was of Leontoptel a system of water supply, using
yara, many sesside value in teaching the Chinese how
sa wator for watering straats. their promises clean.
Mr. May minuted"I spent two hours in drains, five-service, etc. In considering the they submitted to the operation at an European
foregoing, the practicability of adopting such a system for the City of Victoria has not been tost sight of, and though the use of sea water favours deposits in sewers, its adoption for strect watering
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the use of vantages over fresh water, and may with advantage bo so it cutilisation of sea water for such level localities. Any project for the purposes in the City of Victoria, owing to the varying elevations of the bailt area, viz., from practically con-lovel to 600 feet above ser-level, must necessarily involve the installation and maintenance of pumping machinery and the the house, Mr. BERWIN thought that once construction of service ramrvoirs in addition every sx months was sufleiont, provided it to those used for the water supplied for potabla were done properly,
The rale
It would further be necessary requiring the purposes, cleansing to be made every mouth was scarcely to lay throughout the olty a separata system of SUPPOSED PLAQUE CASES AT BAIGON, ever heeded, because of its frequency.
distribution maius and hydrants. The cost of Dr. CLARK intinated that in response to Dr. CLARK moved that the Board invite the such a project would not compare favourably an enquiry from the Board the British. assistance of the Registrar-Gouetal in issuing with the gravitation projects put forward in Consulat Saigon had informed them that no notious to householders to the effect that the the preceding pages of this report, and, con- cases of plageo had occurred there. These cleansing of houses should be done by tenants sequently, I am of opinion ucsuch project should enquiries were made. Dr. CLARK explained. in and the disinfection by owners.
be entertained so long as a supply of fresh water consequence of a case of plague having Mr. May seconded, and the proposal was
at venirrad on for all purpoars can be obtained at
board the suficient
steamer Shuntzag agroed to.
a reasonable cast by gravitation. The cost of on arrival from Saigon. Since then, two
Chinese pumping up
up sca-water to the GOD foot forel, and
suffering from plague had been sewers, would be prohibitive, even if desirable. Saigon, one on the 3rd and the other on the 4th. Further storage of water in the Tytan Valley Those is projected, and with a more abundant supply, it is were sent to the Tang Wa Hos pital, bat died in the course of a few houm. the flushing tanks may be used more freely." Under these circumstances, it would be advis
THE PROPOSED HOSPITAL AT QUARRY BAY. able to recommend the Government to ask the Tho Secretary read the following letter from British Consul at Saigon to make further Messrs Butterfield and Swire:-
enquiries, us plague might ba existing without Tongkong, 10th July, 1901.
the authorities there knowing the fact. "Sir, We fra in receipt of your letter of the
This suggestion was unanimously agreed to. This concluded the business of the mooting.
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIKS,
Mr. Osporns continuing. igh line of argument. Dr. B211 retorted-Well I am sither a liar, or I am not. I give you kisolate facte. Five hundred Chinsmen wanted to come in last year, and there was no room for thom.
After further discussion Mr Mar's motion was put to the meeting and carried.
A report of the analysis of the public water laying distribution mains to use it for Bushing Innded from two steamers arriving here front supplies was laid on the table.
EXAMINATION UNDEE FOOD AND DRUGS ORDINANCE
Mr. F. Browne, Government Analyst's report on the results of the examination made under the Sale of and Food Drugs Ordinance was laid on the table. The report showed that six samples of whisky, six of brandly, eight of beer, Speaking in support of his recommendation, I two of bread, six of milk, one of coffee, and two Mr. bay sub that though there was no law at of tea had been tested. With the exception of 4th inst., from which we note the Board still ad-"
Dr. BELL-What I want to know i—is it our business? The suppression of noises has nothing to do with sanitation.
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