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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH APRIL, 1896.
Basements. An application for a number of caretakers to be permitted to pass the night in certain basements which are to be used as shops was considered.
The President moved-
That the applicants be informed that one caretaker will be permitted to puss the night in each basement. The Vice-President seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
House Cleansing. The Medical Officer of Health reported that during the fortnight ended on the 24th March, 1896, two hundred and sixty-nine houses had been cleansed by the special cleansing gangs.
The Secretary reported that he had since the 1st March received 275 notices to lime-wash 1,241 houses. Adjournment.--The Board then adjourned till Thursday, the 9th day of April, 1896.
Read and confirmed this 9th day of April, 1896.
HUGH MCCALLUM, Secretary.
FRANCIS A. COOPER,
President.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a special meeting held on Thursday, the 2nd day of April, 1896.
PRESENT:
The Director of Public Works, (The Honourable FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER), President.
The Acting Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. JOHN MITFORD ATKINSON, M.B.), Vicc-President.
The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, (The Hon. WILLIAM Charles Holland Hastings, R.N.).
The Medical Officer of IIealth, (Dr. FRANCIS WILLIAM CLARK).
ABSENT:
The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART). NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
Cattle Disease.-A report by Mr. WM. FISHER concerning a case of disease amongst the cattle on the premises belonging to the Sanitarium of the French Missions at Pok-fu-lam was read.
A disenssion ensued.
The President moved-
4. That the premises known as those belonging to the Sanitarium of the French Missions at Pok-fu-lam are hereby declared to be infected under the provisions of bye-law No. 12, schedule A, Ordinance 17 of 1887, and that no persons attending upon the sick cattle housed thereon will be permitted to leave the premises;
and
B. That the Secretary serve the owners of the premises with copies of bye-laws 12 and 13, schedule A, made under
Ordinance 17 of 1887.
The Honourable the Acting Captain Superintendent of Police seconded. Question-put and agree to.
Bubonic Plague.-The President addressed the Board and moved—
That the district bounded on the North by the Harbour, on the South by Kennedy and Morrison Hill Roads, on the East by Causeway Bay and on the West by the eastern boundary of the military cantonments is hereby declared by the Board to be affected by Bubonic Plague.
The Medical Officer of Health seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
The President read drafts of two letters, one requesting His Excellency's authority to employ three additional temporary Sanitary Inspectors and three additional Interpreters, the other recommending that the Military Authorities be asked to lend 12 men of the Royal Engineers Corps to be employed on house to house visitation. Both letters were agreed to.
It was further agreed that arrangements should be made for the cleansing and disinfection of "Infected Premises" as quickly as possible and that the occupants of such premises should be allowed to return to them as soon as they have been cleansed and disinfected.
Adjournment.-The Board then adjourned.
Read and confirmed this 9th day of Apr., 1896.
HUGH MCCALLUM, Secretary.
FRANCIS A. COOPER,
President.
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