THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND MAY, 1897.
contagious disease as may be from time to time notified in the Government Gazette, all receptacles, whether public or private, for excremental matter shall be kept thoroughly disinfected by the owner thereof to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health or other duly authorized officer of the Sanitary Board, by causing to be thrown into every such receptacle after use a sufficient quan- tity of any such disinfectant as may be approved by the said Board. All floors and channels as well as all partitions, seats and other fittings of every latrine shall be frequently washed and cleansed with water to which some such disinfectant has been added.
24. During the prevalence in the Colony, or in any district thereof, of any of the aforesaid diseases any building or part of any building certified in writing by the Medical Officer of Health or by any legally qualified and registered medical prac titioner, to be unfit for human habitation, even although the same may have been cleansed and dis- infected, as provided in Bye-law 23, may be closed by order of the Sanitary Board during the prevalence of any of such diseases or for such less period as the Medical Officer of Health or such legally qualified and registered medical practitioner may certify to be necessary, and the occupants of the same may be removed, after 24 hours' notice has been given to the householder or occupier to vacate the premises, by the service of a notice, duly signed by the Secretary of the Sanitary Board, or by the posting of such notice upon any portion of the premises.
In no case shall such premises be re-occupied except under a certificate of the Sanitary Board signed by the Secretary that such premises are fit for human habitation.
The said Board may, when necessary, erect matsheds, or hire buildings or charter vessels and use them for the accommodation of the persons so removed.
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be defined by the said Board, 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 is any person in or upon the said premises attacked or affected by any of the said diseases or the body of any person who has died therefrom. If the premises so visited or any part thereof shall be found in a dirty or insa- nitary condition in the opinion of any such officer he shall report the same to the Medical Officer of Health or to any such other officer as may be appointed for that purpose by the Sani- tary Board, with the approval of the Governor, who shall inspect such premises and if he considers them or any part thereof to be in a dirty or insanitary condition he may forthwith take steps to have all furniture and goods removed therefrom and to have the said premises tho- roughly cleansed and disinfected by persons acting under his instructions; and whenever, in his opinion, it is necessary for the thorough cleansing and disinfection of such premise to do any or all of the following acts, namely, to take down, remove from the premises or destroy any mezza- uine floor, cockloft, partition, screen or other simi- lar structure or fitting, or any portion thereof, or when in his opinion any mezzanine floor, cockloft, partition, screen, or other similar structure or fit- ting prevents the free access of light and air to the said premises, he shall forthwith have the same taken down, and if he considers the removal from the premises or the destruction thereof, or both, necessary in the interests of the public health, he shall forthwith cause the same to be removed from the premises or destroyed or both. Such destruction shall be carried out with such precau- tions and in such manner and in such place as the said Board may from time to time direct.
Penalties.
26. Any person who shall commit any breach of any of the above Bye-laws shall on conviction thereof be liable to a penalty not exceeding $25 in every case.
25. Any officer of the Sanitary Board, may during the prevalence in the Colony or in any district thereof, of any of the aforesaid diseases, and within such limits as may from time to time
Made by the Sanitary Board this 13th day of May, 1897.
Approved by the Legislative Council this 17th day of May, 1897.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 202.
HUGH MCCALLUM,
Secretary.
J. G. T. BUCKLE, Clerk of Councils.
His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of the QUEEN, to the following Ordinances passed by the Legislative Council :-
Ordinance No. 1 of 1897.-An Ordinance to further amend The Medical Registration Ordi-
nance, 1884.
Ordinance No. 2 of 1897.--An Ordinance to declare and amend the Law of Partnership. Ordinance No. 3 of 1897.-- An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the I ws relating to
Probates and Letters of Administration in this Colony.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th May, 1897,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
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