1969 Ed.]
Merchant Shipping (Minimum Passenger Space) Regulations.
[CAP. 281
N 31
[Subsidiary]
(10) Every stairway or ladderway leading to a deck on which a hospital accommodation is situated shall be placed at a suitable angle not less than 37° from the vertical and shall be of a width adequate for the passage of a stretcher.
(11) Every lavatory within or serving any hospital accommodation shall be-
(a) provided with a wash-basin fitted with running fresh water and an efficient and hygienic discharge system with waste pipes so arranged as to facilitate cleaning;
(b) provided with a single water-closet seat with a trapped pan of white vitreous china, with an adequate flush of water always available and an adequate soil pipe so constructed as to facilitate cleaning and minimize the risk of obstruction; and
(c) adequately lighted, both naturally and artificially, and ventilated to the open air in accordance with paragraph (5) of regulation 26, except in the case of a lavatory in or serving an isolation hospital:
Provided that no lavatory shall be required to be fitted with a wash-basin and running water if this facility is provided inside the hospital to which the lavatory gives direct access.
(12) In all hospital accommodation, at least one lavatory shall be provided with a bath or a shower-place, fitted with running fresh water, and every such lavatory shall have fitted to it, at the lowest part of the room, a scupper of at least 2 inches in diameter.
(13) Nothing in this regulation shall be deemed to be in conflict with any regulation concerning hospitals, dispensaries and adjacent washing accommodation or sanitary accommodation prescribed in the Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) Regulations in operation in Hong Kong from time to time, where the Director is satisfied that the hospital accommodation is adequate for both the crew and the passengers of the ship.
(Cap. 281, sub. leg.)
Accommodation for unberthed passengers.
33. (1) In every ship to which these regulations apply engaged in the eastern trade area, other than a ship engaged exclusively in the river trade area, hospital accommodation shall be provided-
(a) separately for both male and female passengers; and
(b) in sufficient volume so that the aggregate deck area of each hospital space, exclusive of any adjacent lavatories, washing accommodation or dispensary shall be not less than 24 square feet for each bed therein.
(2) Where the number of unberthed passengers that the ship is certificated to carry or is intended to carry, whichever is the greater-
1969 Ed.]
Merchant Shipping (Minimum Passenger Space) Regulations.
[CAP. 281
N 31
[Subsidiary]
(10) Every stairway or ladderway leading to a deck on which a hospital accommodation is situated shall be placed at a suitable angle not less than 37° from the vertical and shall be of a width adequate for the passage of a stretcher.
(11) Every lavatory within or serving any hospital accommoda- tion shall be-
(a) provided with a wash-basin fitted with running fresh water and an efficient and hygienic discharge system with waste pipes so arranged as to facilitate cleaning;
(b) provided with a single water-closet seat with a trapped pan of white vitreous china, with an adequate flush of water always available and an adequate soil pipe so constructed as to facilitate cleaning and minimize the risk of obstruction; and
(c) adequately lighted, both naturally and artificially, and ventilated to the open air in accordance with paragraph (5) of regulation 26, except in the case of a lavatory in or serving an isolation hospital:
Provided that no lavatory shall be required to be fitted with a wash-basin and running water if this facility is provided inside the hospital to which the lavatory gives direct access.
(12) In all hospital accommodation, at least one lavatory shall be provided with a bath or a shower-place, fitted with running fresh water, and every such lavatory shall have fitted to it, at the lowest part of the room, a scupper of at least 2 inches in diameter.
(13) Nothing in this regulation shall be deemed to be in conflict with any regulation concerning hospitals, dispensaries and adjacent washing accommodation or sanitary accommodation prescribed in the Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) Regulations in operation in Hong Kong from time to time, where the Director is satisfied that the hospital accommodation is adequate for both the crew and the passengers of the ship.
(Cap. 281, sub, leg.)
commodation for unberthed passengers.
33. (1) In every ship to which these regulations apply engaged Hospital ac- in the eastern trade area, other than a ship engaged exclusively in the river trade area, hospital accommodation shall be provided- (a) separately for both male and female passengers; and (b) in sufficient volume so that the aggregate deck area of each hospital space, exclusive of any adjacent lavatories, washing accommodation or dispensary shall be not less than 24 square feet for each bed therein.
(2) Where the number of unberthed passengers that the ship is certificated to carry or is intended to carry, whichever is the greater-
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