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4. Licences shall be issued free of charge. In the event of the loss of a licence, a duplicate shall be issued on payment of a fee of 25 cents, except in case of duplicate.
Pattern of bucket.
Periods of removal.
Time for conveyance.
Forfeiture of licence on second conviction.
No. 10 of 1901.
5. Every night-soil carrier licensed under these By-Laws shall, for the purposes of his work, use a bucket of such pattern as may from time to time be approved by the Board.
6. Every night-soil carrier licensed under these By-Laws shall remove at least once in every 24 hours all excretal matters from the premises from which he has undertaken to remove such matters.
7. No night-soil carrier shall convey excretal matters along any public street or road except between the hours of 1 a.m. and 6 a.m.
8. Any licensed night-soil carrier who is convicted of a second offence against these By-Laws shall forfeit his licence, in addition to any penalty which may be inflicted under the Public Health Ordinance, 1901.
Notification by medical practitioner of case of small-pox, etc.
Notification by occupier of premises, etc., of case etc.
PART XVII.
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
1.-(1.) If any inmate of any premises is suffering from small-pox, bubonic plague, cholera, diphtheria, scarlet fever, typhus fever, enteric fever, relapsing fever, or puerperal fever, and if such inmate is under the care of a legally qualified and registered medical practitioner, the said medical practitioner shall forthwith furnish the Medical Officer of Health with a notification thereof in writing, stating the name of such inmate and the situation of such premises.
(2.) Such legally qualified medical practitioner shall be entitled to receive, on application to the Secretary of the Board, the sum of $1 for each and every such notification.
2. If any inmate of any premises is suffering from small-pox, bubonic plague, or cholera, and if such inmate is not under the care of a legally qualified and registered medical practitioner, the occupier or keeper of such premises or part of such premises, or, in default of such occupier or keeper, the nearest male adult relative living on such premises, or, in default of such occupier, keeper, or relative, any person in charge of or in attendance on the sick person, shall, on the nature of the disease becoming known to him or on suspicion of the existence in such inmate of any such disease, forthwith notify the same to the Medical Officer of Health or the officer in charge of the nearest Police Station, who shall, immediately on receipt thereof, transmit the information to the Medical Officer of Health.
Case of notification containing false information.
3. No notification which contains any false information shall be deemed a notification as required by these By-Laws, unless the person notifying proves that he believed, and had reasonable grounds for believing, such false information to be true.
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No. 10.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1901
4. Licences shall be issued free of charge. In the event of the loss of free of charge, licence, a duplicate shall be issued on payment of a fee of 25 cents. except in case of duplicate. Pattern of bucket.
Periods of removal.
Time for conveyance.
Forfeiture of licence on second con- viction.
No. 10 of 1901.
5. Every night-soil carrier licensed under these By-Laws shall, for the purposes of his work, use a bucket of such pattern as may from time to time be approved by the Board.
6. Every night-soil carrier licensed under these By-Laws shall remove at least once in every 24 hours all excretal matters from the premises from which he has undertaken to remove such matters.
7. No night-soil carrier shall convey excretal matters along any public street or road except between the hours of 1 a.m. and 6 a,m.
8. Any licensed night-soil carrier who is convicted of a second offence against these By-Laws shall forfeit his licence, in addition to any penalty which may be inflicted under the Public Health Ordinance, 1901.
Notification by medical practitioner of case of
small-pox, etc.
Notification by occupier of premises, etc., of case
etc.
PART XVII,
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
1.-(1.) If any inmate of any premises is suffering from small-pox, bubonic plague, cholera, diphtheria, scarlet sever, typhus fever, enteric fever, relapsing fever. or puerperal fever, and if such inmate is under the care of a legally qualified and registered medical practitioner, the said medical prac titioner shall forthwith furnish the Medical Officer of Health with a notifica tion thereof in writing, stating the name of such inmate and the situation of such premises.
(2.) Such legally qualified medical practitioner shall be entitled to receive, on application to the Secretary of the Board, the sum of $1 for each and every such notification.
2. If any inmate of any premises is suffering from small-pox, bubonic plague, or cholera, and if such inmate is not under the care of a legally qualified and registered medical practitioner, the occupier or keeper of such of small-pox, premises or part of such premises, or, in default of such occupier or keeper, the nearest male adult relative living on such premises, or, in default of such occupier, keeper, or relative, any person in charge of or in attendance on the sick person, shall, on the nature of the disease becoming known to him or on suspicion of the existence in such inmate of any such disease, forthwith notify the same to the Medical Officer of Health or the officer in charge of the nearest Police Station, who shall, immediately on receipt thereof, transmit the information to the Medical Officer of Health.
Case of noti- fication con- taining false information.
3. No notification which contains any false information shall be deemed notification as required by these By-Laws, unless the person notifying prove that he believed, and had reasonable grounds for believing, such false informa
tion to be true.
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