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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2ND FEBRUARY, 1895.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 38.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st February, 1895.
No. 2.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 17th day of January, 1895.
PRESENT:
The Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, Esquire), Vice-President.
The Director of Public Works, (The Honourable FRANCIS ALFred Cooper).
The Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. PHILIP BERNARD CHENERY AYRES, C.M.G.).
ROBERT KENNAWAY LEIGH, Esquire.
Dr. WILLIAM HARTIGAN.
ABSENT:
The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART), President. JOHN JOSEPH FRANCIS, Esquire, Q.C.
The Honourable Dr. Ho KAI.
NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
In the absence of the President, the Vice-President presided.
Minutes.-The minutes of a meeting held on the 3rd January, 1895, were read and confirmed.
Fevers in the Tung Wa Hospital.-The papers having reference to the registration of deaths occurring in the Tung Wa Hospital, which had been circulated to Members--were laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
A discussion ensued.
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The Vice-President moved-
(a) That the Board is of the opinion that the work of obtaining at the Tung Wa Hospital trustworthy sick and mortality statistics is so heavy that the Colonial Surgeon should be furnished with professional assistance, and that a proportion of the cost of such assistance should be borne by the Tung Wa Hospital authorities. (b) That it is very desirable that the last addresses of all sick and dead taken to the Tung Wa Hospital should
be obtained by the Hospital authorities and duly recorded in the Hospital Books.
Dr. HARTIGAN seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Inland Lot 1018.-The papers having reference to the sanitary condition of Inland Lot 1018-which had been circulated to Members-were laid on the table and â minute on the circulating cover read.
A discussion ensued.
It was agreed that the District Inspector should again carefully inspect Toland Lot 1018 and report on its condition. Disinfection of Military Clothing--An application from Surgeon-Colonel PRESTON that infected Military clothing be disinfected at the Board's disinfecting station was considered.
It was agreed that a reply be sent to Dr. PRESTON in the sense of the Secretary's minute in submitting the application to the Vice-President.
Wells. Four applications for the review of certain notices which had been served on the owners of wells yielding waters which are polluted were considered.
The Vice-President moved-
That the decision of the Board regarding the closing of these wells be adhered to.
The Honourable Director of Public Works seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Defective Drains.-The Surveyor's report-which had been circulated to members-on the condition of the house drains at Nos. 1 to 17 (odd Nos.) Gough Street, and Nos. 1 to 11 (odd Nos.) Aberdeen Street, was laid on the table and a minute on the circulating cover read.
The Vice-President moved--
That the owners of these houses be called upon to redrain them in accordance with the law governing house-
drainage and to amend the defects specified in the Surveyor's report.
The Honourable Director of Public Works seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Defective Drains.--The Assistant Surveyor's report-which had been circulated to members-on the condition of the house drains at Nos. 72 to 122 (even Nos.) Station Street, and Nos. 49 to 95 (odd Nos.) Temple Street, Yau-ma-ti, was laid on the table and a minute on the circulating cover read.
The Honourable Director of Public Works moved--
That the owners of these houses be called upon to redrain them in one combined scheme in accordance with the
law governing house drainage and to amend the defects specified in the Assistant Surveyor's report.
Mr. R. K. LEIGH seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
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