376 THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 11TH MAY, 1894.
6. In any neighbourhood affected by the said disease and within such limits as shall from time to time be defined by the said Board, the officers of the said Board duly authorised in writing shall 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 are any persons in or upon the said premises attacked or affected by the said disease or who have died thereof. If the premises so visited or any part thereof shall be found in a dirty or insanitary condition in the opinion of the officer making such visitation, he shall forthwith take steps to have the same thoroughly cleaned out and disinfected by the staff of the said Board or by contractors or others specially appointed for that purpose. All dead bodies found on such premises shall be forthwith removed for burial, and all persons attacked or affected by the said disease shall be taken to the Hygeia or to such other place as shall be appointed in pursuance of No. 1 of these Bye-laws.
7. All articles of clothing or bedding and all other articles whatsoever, which have been in contact with any person or body in any way affected by the said disease, shall be removed from any premises in which they are, or shall be found, by the officers or contractors of the said Board, in covered vehicles and with such precautions and in such manner as the said Board shall from time to time direct, and shall be thoroughly disinfected and then returned to the owner or owners thereof. No persons, other than the officers or contractors of the said Board, shall remove or needlessly handle such articles until they have been removed and disinfected.
8. If in the opinion, duly certified in writing, of a duly authorised officer of the Board, or of a duly qualified medical practitioner, any bedding, clothing, furniture or other article cannot be effectively disinfected or ought for any sanitary reason to be destroyed, it shall be destroyed in such manner and in such place and with such precautions as the said Board may from time to time direct.
9. Every room or place in which any person attacked by the said disease, or in which the body of any person who has died of the said disease shall have been, or shall be found, shall forthwith, after the removal therefrom of the diseased person or of the dead body, be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected; and if more than three deaths have occurred in the same premises, the persons residing therein shall be removed and their furniture and effects thoroughly cleansed and disinfected under the directions and supervision of the officers of the said Board, and the premises disinfected and cleansed as before mentioned before they are allowed to return and re-occupy the same.
10. If in the opinion, duly certified in writing, of any duly qualified medical practitioner any house or houses is or are in such an insanitary condition that it or they cannot be thoroughly disinfected and cleansed or made safe, all the inhabitants shall be removed therefrom to some other premises selected and appointed by the said Board with such articles of furniture, clothing, bedding, &c., as in the opinion of the said Board may safely be removed, and such house or houses, shall after being disinfected and cleansed as herein before provided, be closed and shall not again be occupied by any person without a special order from the said Board.
11. All latrines, public and private, shall be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected twice daily to the satisfaction of the said Board, and the owner or manager thereof shall keep on the premises adéquate quantities of quick-lime, and shall cause to be thrown into each bucket or other receptacle after use a small quantity of such lime. All the woodwork in such latrines shall be washed and cleansed with water to which some disinfectant supplied by the said Board has been added.
12. A permanent Committee of three Members of the said Board may be appointed by the said Board, with full power and authority to exercise under the authority of the said Board all or any of the powers or authorities vested in or exercisable by the said Board under sections 32 to 38 both inclusive of The Public Health Ordinance, 1887, or under these Bye-laws.
Made by the Sanitary Board, this 11th day of May, 1894.
EDWARD A. RAM, Acting Secretary,
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