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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD OCTOBER, 1891.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 403.
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The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
W. M. GOODMAN,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd October, 1891.
No. 18.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on friday, the 18th day of September, 1891-
PRESENT:
The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART), Vice-President.
The Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. PHILIP BERNARD CHENERY AYRES).
The Acting Surveyor General, (FRANCIS ARTHUR COOPER, Esquire).
The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, (George HorspooL, Esquire).
JOHN DAVID HUMPHREYS, Esquire.
John Joseph FRANCIS, Esquire, Q.C.
The Honourable Dr. Ho KAI,
Dr. JAMES CANTLIE.
ABSENT:
The Surveyor General (Honourable SAMUEL BROWN), President.
NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
Woo LIN YUEN, Esquire.
In the absence of the President the Vice-President presided.
Minutes.-The minutes of a meeting held on the 4th day of September, 1891, were read and confirmed.
Exhumation of the Dead.-A letter-which had been circulated to Members--from the Honourable Colonial Secretary, dated the 4th September, 1891, concerning the exhumation of the remains of dead other than Chinese was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
A discussion ensued.
Mr. FRANCIS moved,-
That the Colonial Secretary be informed that the Board cannot usefully lay down any general rules applicable to such cases, and that the Colonial Surgeon, on whose advice the exhumations will be permitted, is the proper person to decide, in each case, under what conditions and with what precautions the operation may be authorized.
The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Stanley School-house.-A letter which had been circulated to Members-from the Honourable Colonial Secretary, dated the 11th September, 1891, concerning the unhealthiness of a school at Stanley, was laid on the table and a minute on the circulating cover read.
It was agreed that Dr. CANTLIE and the Secretary should inspect the School-house and submit a report thereon to the Board,
Mortality Returns.-The returns for the weeks ended the 5th and 12th September, 1891, respectively-which had been circulated to Members-were laid on the table.
French Mission Sanitarium.-An application, made under Ordinance 12 of 1891, for permission to erect water closets at the French Mission Sanitarium at Pok-fu-lam-which had been circulated to Members-was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
It was agreed that the permission asked for be granted on the conditions stated to be necessary by the Surveyor.
Hospital for Infectious Diseases.-Mr. FRANCIS addressed the Board and moved,-
That this Board is at all times responsible for the proper segregation of persons suffering from infectious, contagious or communicable diseases, and for the disinfection and purification of their dwellings and clothing and of any boats or other vehicles in which they may have travelled.
Dr. CANTLIE seconded.
A discussion ensued.
The Board divided.
Ayes.
Dr. CANTLIE.
Mr. FRANCIS.
The Vice-President did not vote.
Motion lost.
Mr. FRANCIS moved,-
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Noes.
Honourable Dr. Ho KAI.
Mr. HUMPHREYS.
Acting Captain Superintendent of Police. Acting Surveyor General. Colonial Surgeon.
That this Board is, whenever any part of the Colony is threatened or affected with any formidable epidemic, responsible for, and invested by Ordinance with the fullest powers for dealing with epidemic, endemic and contagious diseases of all sorts with a view to their prevention or mitigation, and has among other things to provide suitable accommodation, medical aid, and medicines.
Dr. CANTLIE seconded.
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