404
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7ти MAY, 1898.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 209.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkoug, 7th May, 1898.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 8.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thurs lay, the 21st day of April, 1898.
PRESENT:
The Principal Civil Medical Officer, (Dr. JonN MITFORD ATKINSON), President,
The Captain Superintendent of Police, (The Honourable FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.), Vice-President.
The Director of Public Works, (The Honourable ROBERT DALY ORMSBY).
The Acting Registrar General, (ARTHUR Wimbolt BREWIN, Esquire).
The Medical Officer of Health, (Dr. FRANCIS WILLIAM Clark). NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
Minutes.-The minutes of the meetings held on Thursday the 7th of April, Friday the 8th of April, Thursday tho 14th of April, and Tuesday the 19th of April, 1898, were read and confirmed.
Bye-laws. The draft bye-laws for regulating the manufacture and sale of poisons were laid on the table, and ordered to be printed with the corrections suggested by the Attorney General.
Motion.-The Medical Officer of Health addressed the Board, and pursuant to notice, moved-
That the Sanitary Board directs, in accordance with Bye-law 19 made under sec. 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1894, that a site some 150 yards to the west of Kennedytown Hospital and 150 yards to the east of the Telegraph House may be used for the cremation of the bodies of persons that have died of Bubonic Plague, Cholera, Small-pox or such other epidemic, endemic or contagious disease as may be from time to time duly notified in the *Government Gazette,” in accordance with the custom of the race to which the deceased belonged.
The Captain Superintendent of Police addressed the Board and seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Motion. The Medical Officer of Health addressed the Board, and pursuant to notice, moved-
That the resolution of the Board passed at a special meeting held on Thursday, the 3rd of March, 1898, with
reference to the disposal of the carcases of diseased animals, be rescinded.
The President addressed the Board and seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Report. The report of the Insanitary Properties Commission was laid on the table, and it was agreed to consider it at the next regular meeting of the Board.
Rinderpest.-Correspondence with reference to the prevalence of Rinderpest at Canton, and the alleged importation of dead meat into the Colony from that city was read and laid on the table.
Bubonic Plague.-A letter from the Colonial Secretary concerning the prevention of persons suffering from Bubonic Plague coming to Hongkong from the Kwang Tung Province was read and laid on the table.
Certain correspondence with reference to house to house visitation and cleansing in the infected districts was read. The Medical Officer of Health addressed the Board.
The Acting Registrar General addressed the Board.
The Captain Superintendent of Police addressed the Board and moved--
That the Board reply that the suggestion of His Excellency regarding allowing Chinese to cleanse their houses themselves will be adopted except in the case of the premises which it may be necessary to deal with under Bye-law 25 made under section 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1894.
The President addressed the Board and seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
The Captain Superintendent of Police addressed the Board and moved→
That the existing Regulations with reference to the removal of persons suffering from Bubonic Plague from the
Colony be repealed.
Mr. N. J. EDE seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
The Captain Superintendent of Police then addressed the Board and submitted certain new regulations which were approved by the Board, and a copy ordered to be forwarded to the Government with a request that the Government would provide a wharf and a matshed shelter at the place specified in these Regulations, at as early a date as practicable.
table.
Report.-A report by the Governinent Analyst for the quarter ending March 31st, 1898, was real and laid on the
Licence. An application for a licence to sell fruit at 44, Upper Lascar Row was considered.
The President moved--
That the Board recommend the Governor in Council to refuse to license these premises. The Medical Officer of Health seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.