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AD. 1901.]

PUBLIC HEALTH.

[No. 10.

875

ORDINANCE No. 10 OF 1901. Repealed by Ord:

C

100382

ORDINANCE to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Public Health.

[25th March, 1901.]

Ordinance No. 13 of 1901, with Ordinances No. 23 of 1901 and No. 29 of 1901

It enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :-

Preliminary Provisions.

This Ordinance may be cited as the Public Health Ordinance, 1901.

8. 15 incorporated.

Short title.

2. In this Ordinance and in any by-laws made thereunder, unless the context otherwise requires,-

**

"Author of a nuisance" means the person by whose act, default, permission, or sufferance the nuisance arises or continues :

"Board" means the Sanitary Board:

"Building" includes any house, dwelling house, tenement-house, common lodging-house, verandah, cook-house, privy, gallery, balcony, chimney, bridge, outhouse, stable, matshed, warehouse, manufactory, shop, work-room, distillery, and place of secure stowage:

"City of Victoria" means that portion of the Island of Hongkong bounded on the north by the harbour; on the south by a contour of the hillside six hundred feet above the level of the sea; on the east by a straight line from the centre of the nullah crossing the Shaukiwan Road at the south-west corner of Causeway Bay to the Wongnaichong public school-house, produced southward until it meets the southern boundary; and on the west by Mount Davis:

"Common lodging-house" includes-

(1.) any house or part thereof where usually male persons only are housed, not being members of the same family, to the number of ten persons and upwards; and

(2.) any permanent structure in which employers of labour lodge their employés other than domestic servants or shopmen:

"Domestic building" means any human habitation or building where persons pass the night, but does not include any building where caretakers only, not exceeding two in number, pass the night:

"Drug" means any medicine for internal or external use

"Food" means any article used for food or drink other than drugs or water

"Hill District" means any part of the Island of Hongkong above 600-feet contour, except Chinese villages

Interpretation of terms.

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AD. 1901.] PUBLIC HEALTH. [No. 10. 875 ORDINANCE No. 10 OF 1901. Repealed by Ord: C 100382 ORDINANCE to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Public Health. [25th March, 1901.] Ordinance No. 13 of 1901, with Ordinances No. 23 of 1901 and No. 29 of 1901 It enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :- Preliminary Provisions. This Ordinance may be cited as the Public Health Ordinance, 1901. 8. 15 incorporated. Short title. 2. In this Ordinance and in any by-laws made thereunder, unless the context otherwise requires,- ** "Author of a nuisance" means the person by whose act, default, permission, or sufferance the nuisance arises or continues : "Board" means the Sanitary Board: "Building" includes any house, dwelling house, tenement-house, common lodging-house, verandah, cook-house, privy, gallery, balcony, chimney, bridge, outhouse, stable, matshed, warehouse, manufactory, shop, work-room, distillery, and place of secure stowage: "City of Victoria" means that portion of the Island of Hongkong bounded on the north by the harbour; on the south by a contour of the hillside six hundred feet above the level of the sea; on the east by a straight line from the centre of the nullah crossing the Shaukiwan Road at the south-west corner of Causeway Bay to the Wongnaichong public school-house, produced southward until it meets the southern boundary; and on the west by Mount Davis: "Common lodging-house" includes- (1.) any house or part thereof where usually male persons only are housed, not being members of the same family, to the number of ten persons and upwards; and (2.) any permanent structure in which employers of labour lodge their employés other than domestic servants or shopmen: "Domestic building" means any human habitation or building where persons pass the night, but does not include any building where caretakers only, not exceeding two in number, pass the night: "Drug" means any medicine for internal or external use "Food" means any article used for food or drink other than drugs or water "Hill District" means any part of the Island of Hongkong above 600-feet contour, except Chinese villages Interpretation of terms.
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AD. 1901.] PUBLIC HEALTH. [No. 10. 875 ORDINANCE No. 10 OF 1901. Repealed by Ord: C 100382 ORDINANCE to consolidate and amend the Laws relating/A.D. 1901. to Public Health. [25th March, 1901.] Ordinance No. 13 of 1901, with Ordi- nances No. 23 of 1901 and E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and No. 29 of 1901 consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :- Preliminary Provisions. This Ordinance may be cited as the Public Health Ordinance, 1901. 8. 15 incor- porated. Short title. 2. In this Ordinance and in any by-laws made thereunder, unless the Interpretation context otherwise requires,- ** "Author of a nuisance a. means the person by/whose act, default, permission, or sufferance the nuisance arises or continues : "Board" means the Sanitary Board: "Building" includes any house, dwelling house, tenement-house, common lodging-house, verandah, cook-house, privy, gallery, bal- cony, chimney, bridge, outhouse, stable, matshed, warehouse, manu- factory, shop, work-room, distillery, and place of secure stowage: "City of Victoria" means that portion of the Island of Hongkong bounded on the north by the harbour; on the south by a contour of the hillside six hundred feet above the level of the sea; on the east by a straight line from the centre of the nullah crossing the Shaukiwan Road at the south-west corner of Causeway Bay to the Wongnaichong public school-house, produced southward until it meets the southern boundary; and on the west by Mount Davis: "Common lodging-house" includes- (1.) any house or part thereof where usually male persons only are housed, not being members of the same family, to the number of ten persons and upwards; and (2.) any permanent structure in which employers of labour lodge their employés other than domestic servants or shopmen: "Domestic building" means any human habitation or building where persons pass the night, but does not include any building where caretakers only, not exceeding two in number, pass the night: it. "Drug means any medicine for internal or external use "Food" means any article used for food or drink other than drugs or water Hill District means any part of the Island of Hongkong above 600-feet contour, except Chinese villages of terms.
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AD. 1901.]

PUBLIC HEALTH.

[No. 10.

875

ORDINANCE No. 10 OF 1901. Repealed by Ord:

C

100382

ORDINANCE to consolidate and amend the Laws relating/A.D. 1901.

to Public Health.

[25th March, 1901.]

Ordinance No. 13 of 1901, with Ordi-

nances No. 23

of 1901 and

E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and No. 29 of 1901

consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :-

Preliminary Provisions.

This Ordinance may be cited as the Public Health Ordinance, 1901.

8. 15 incor- porated.

Short title.

2. In this Ordinance and in any by-laws made thereunder, unless the Interpretation context otherwise requires,-

**

"Author of a nuisance

a.

means the person by/whose act, default, permission, or sufferance the nuisance arises or continues : "Board" means the Sanitary Board:

"Building" includes any house, dwelling house, tenement-house, common lodging-house, verandah, cook-house, privy, gallery, bal- cony, chimney, bridge, outhouse, stable, matshed, warehouse, manu- factory, shop, work-room, distillery, and place of secure stowage: "City of Victoria" means that portion of the Island of Hongkong bounded on the north by the harbour; on the south by a contour of the hillside six hundred feet above the level of the sea; on the east by a straight line from the centre of the nullah crossing the Shaukiwan Road at the south-west corner of Causeway Bay to the Wongnaichong public school-house, produced southward until it meets the southern boundary; and on the west by Mount Davis: "Common lodging-house" includes-

(1.) any house or part thereof where usually male persons only are housed, not being members of the same family, to the number of ten persons and upwards; and

(2.) any permanent structure in which employers of labour lodge

their employés other than domestic servants or shopmen: "Domestic building" means any human habitation or building where persons pass the night, but does not include any building where caretakers only, not exceeding two in number, pass the night:

it.

"Drug means any medicine for internal or external use

"Food" means any article used for food or drink other than drugs

or water

Hill District means any part of the Island of Hongkong above

600-feet contour, except Chinese villages

of terms.

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