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980 [ 24 OF 1887. ] PUBLIC HEALTH.


12. The sanitary maintenance of common lodging-houses ,
opium smoking divans, factories, and places of
public instruction, recreation , or assembly.
13. The prevention of overcrowding in premises, either in
respect of human beings or the lower animals.
14. The licensing and regulation of all depôts and pens for
cattle, pigs, sheep, and goats.
15. The sanitary maintenance of markets and slaughter
houses.
16. The construction , licensing, and proper sanitary main
tenance of pig -sties in private premises.
17. The breaming of vessels, and the maintenance of clean
liness in the harbour of Victoria, the waters of the
Colony , and the foreshores thereof.
[ No. 12 of
1891. ]
18. The disposal of the dead , the regulation and sanitary
maintenance of cemeteries the fees to be charged in
respect of graves and interments, the keeping of such
registers as may be necessary and all other matters
connectert therewith and also for the regulation and
sanitary maintenance of mortuaries and the disinfec
tion of dead bodies.
19. The compulsory vacating of infected premises, and the
disinfection and purification of the same.
20. The disinfection and purification of all infected vessels
and public vehicles.
21. The mitigation or prevention of epidemic, endemic, or
contagious disease among animals..
22. The manufacture and sale of poisons and the sale of
unsound and adulterated drugs.
23. The regulation of public baths, laundries, and wash
houses .
24. The compulsory reporting of infectious, contagious, or
communicable diseases.
Powers of 14. The president or vice -president shall give directions for
president ,and carrying out and giving effect to the decisions of the Board.
dent .
Legislative
Council to
15. All bye-laws made by the Board under the provisions of
approve this ordinance shall be submitted to the Governor, and shall
bye -laws. not take effect until approved by the Legislative Council. And
all such bye- laws, when so approved, shall be published in the
Government Gazette in English and Chinese and shall have the
same force of law and be equally binding and valid, as if they
had been contained in this ordinance.