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Destruction of bedding, etc., in certain cases. Disinfection of receptacles for excre-mental matter. Closing of building certified to be unfit for human habitation.
No. 10.] THE ORDINANCES of HONGKONG: [A.D. 1901, an Inspector of Nuisances, be preserved without danger to the public health and can be effectively disinfected, then such article shall be removed from any premises in which it may be found by coolies hired by any person acting under the instructions of the Board or of one of its duly authorized officers, with such precautions and in such manner as the Board may from time to time direct, and shall be effectively disinfected and then returned to the owner or owners thereof.
(2.) No person, save as aforesaid, shall handle any such article until it has been disinfected.
5. If, however, in the opinion, duly certified in writing, of an Inspector of Nuisances, or of any other duly authorized officer of the Board, or of a legally qualified and registered medical practitioner, any bedding, clothing, or other article which has been in contact with any person or any dead body in any way affected by any such disease, or which has been found upon any premises recently occupied by such person or body, cannot be effectively disinfected or ought, in the interests of the public health, to be destroyed, then such article shall, if the Medical Officer of Health or other officer of the Board duly authorized to act on his behalf concurs, be destroyed in such manner and in such place and with such precautions as the said Board may from time to time direct.
Additional By-Laws to be enforced only during the Prevalence of an Epidemic, Endemic, or Contagious Disease in the Colony or in any District thereof.
6.-(1.) During the prevalence in the Colony, or in any district thereof, of bubonic plague, cholera, small-pox, or such other epidemic, endemic, or contagious disease as may from time to time be notified in The Gazette, all receptacles, whether public or private, for excremental matter shall be kept thoroughly disinfected by the owner thereof, to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health or other duly authorized officer of the Board, by causing to be thrown into every such receptacle after use a sufficient quantity of any such disinfectant as may be approved by the Board.
(2.) All floors and channels, as well as all partitions, seats, and other fittings, of every latrine shall be frequently washed and cleansed with water to which some such disinfectant has been added,
7.—(1.) During the prevalence in the Colony, or in any district thereof, of any of the aforesaid diseases, any building or part of any building which is certified in writing by the Medical Officer of Health, or by any legally qualified and registered medical practitioner, to be unfit for human habitation, even although the same may have been cleansed and disinfected as provided in By-Law 3, may be closed by order of the Board during the prevalence of any of such diseases or for such less period as the Medical Officer of Health or such legally qualified and registered medical practitioner may certify to be necessary, and the occupants of the same may be removed, after twenty-four hours' notice has been given to the householder or occupier to vacate the premises, by the service of a notice, duly signed by the Secretary.
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914
Destruction of bedding,
etc., in certain
cases.
Disinfection
of receptacles mental matter.
for excre-
Closing of
building cer- tified to be unfit for human
habitation.
No. 10.] THE ORDINANCES of HONGKONG: [A.D. 1901, an Inspector of Nuisances, be preserved without danger to the public health and can be effectively disinfected, then such article shall be removed from any premises in which it may be found by coolies hired by any person acting under the instructions of the Board or of one of its duly authorized officers, with such precautions and in such manner as the Board may from time to time direct, and shall be effectively disinfected and then returned to the owner or owners thereof.
(2.) No person, save as aforesaid, shall handle any such article until it has. been disinfected.
5. If, however, in the opinion, duly certified in writing, of an Inspector of Nuisances, or of any other duly authorized officer of the Board, or of a legally qualified and registered medical practitioner, any bedding, clothing, or other article which has been in contact with any person or any dead body in any way affected by any such disease, or which has been found upon any premises recently occupied by such person or body, cannot be effectively disinfected or ought, in the interests of the public health, to be destroyed, then such article shall, if the Medical Officer of Health or other officer of the Board duly authorized to act on his behalf concurs, be destroyed in such manner and in such place and with such precautions as the said Board may from time to time direct.
Additional By-Laws to be enforced only during the Prevalence of an Epidemic, Endemic, or Contagious Disease in the Colony or in any District thereof. 6.-(1.) During the prevalence in the Colony, or in any district thereof, of bubonic plague, cholera, small-pox, or such other epidemic, endemic, or con: tagious disease as may from time to time be notified in The Gazette, all receptacles, whether public or private, for excremental matter shall be kept thoroughly disinfected by the owner thereof, to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Heath or other duly authorized officer of the Board, by causing to be thrown into every such receptacle after use a sufficient quantity of any such disinfectant as may be approved by the Board.
(2.) All floors and channels, as well as all partitions, seats, and other fittings, of every latrine shall be frequently washed and cleansed with water to which some such disinfectant has been added,
7.—(1.) During the prevalence in the Colony, or in any district thereof, of any of the aforesaid diseases, any building or part of any building which is certified in writing by the Medical Officer of Health, or by any legally qualified and registered medical practitioner, to be unfit for human habita- tion, even although the same may have been cleansed and disinfected as provided in By-Law 3, may be closed by order of the Board during the prevalence of any of such diseases or for such less period as the Medical Officer of Health or such legally qualified and registered medical practitioner may certify to be necessary, and the occupants of the same may be removed, after twenty-four hours' notice has been given to the householder or occupier tó vacate the premises, by the service of a notice, duly signed by the Secre
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