874 SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE OF 23RD JULY, 1887.
Open drains.
Sumps.
Stagnant
water.
Windows to communicate with external air.
Space underneath floors.
Sizes of windows.
Basement
Kitchen, &c.
Sub-sell drainage.
59. Wherever feasible, every house-drain in the villages and rural districts of Hongkong and Kowloon shall here- after be an open drain consisting of a semi circular channel of glazed stoneware jointed in cement mortar and laid to adequate falls on a bed of good lime or cement concrete to the satisfaction of the Board.
60. In isolated places not connected with any pic drainage system, every such open drain shall lead and empty into a covered sump or cesspit built of brick or lime con- crete rendered smoothly in good Portland cement mortar in such manner as to be water tight.
61. No premises within the City of Victoria or the villages of Hongkong and Kowloon, shall be so excavated as shall admit of the formation on the surface thereof, of, pools of stagnant or other foul waters, and it shall be law- ful for the Board to call upon the owner of any premises whereon such pools may exist, to fill up the same with good clean earth to the level of the surrounding ground, or to drain off such pools by means of surface-drains into any channel with which such surface-drains may lawfully communicate
PART IV.
61. Every person who shall erect a new domestic build- ing, shall construct in the wall of each story of such building which shall immediately front or abut on any open space a sufficient number of suitable windows, in such a manner and in such a position, that each of such windows shall afford effectual means of ventilation by direct communica- tion with the external air.
62. Every person who shall erect a new domestic build- ing shall construct every room in the lowest floor if provided with a boarded floor, in such manner that there shall be, for the purpose of ventilation, between the underside of every joist on which such floor may be laid, and the upper surface of the asphalte or concrete with which, the ground surface or site of such building may be covered, a clear space of three inches at the least in every part, and he shall cause such space to be ventilated by means of vents, gratings, or air-bricks.
€3. Every person who shall erect a new domestic build- ing shall construct in every habitable room of such building, one window, at the least, opening directly into the external air, and he shall cause the total area of such window, or, if there be more than one, of the several windows, clear of the sash frames, to be equal at the least to one tenth of the floor area of such room. Such person shall also construct every such window so that one half, at the least, may be opened, and so that the opening may extend in every case to the top of the window.
PART V.
62. Every person who shall erect on a level site excavated out of a slope or declivity any new building the basement story of which is intended for human habitation, shall not abut such new building against the hill-side, but shall leave a clear intervening space or area of at least four feet between such new building along its whole extent and the toe of the slope of the hill-side, always provided that for the purpose of this section any kitchen or outhouse ap- pertaining to such new building may be so abutted against the hill-side, if not designed or intended for human habi-
tation.
63. Every person who shall erect a new building the basement story of which shall be designed for cellarage or for purposes other than human habitation, may abut such new building against the hill-side to the extent of the height of such basement story.
64. It shall not be lawful for any person who shall have been allowed to erect any new building, kitchen or out- house abutting against the hill-side under the provisions of the two preceding sections, or for any subsequent owner or tenant thereof to use or suffer to be used at any subse- quent period the basement story of such new building, or such kitchen or outhouse for the purposes of human habita- tion.
65. Every person who shall, under the provisions of Sec- tion 64, leave a clear intervening space or area between a new building and the hill-side shall make the surface of the floor of such area at least twelve inches lower than the level of the basement floor of such new building, and he shall lay to the full extent of such area along the toe of the slope of the hill-side, and to a depth of at least twelve inches below the surface, a line of hard sound stone-ware
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