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1010 [ 24 of 1887. ] PUBLIC HEALTH .

Affixing sign
boards, & c .
9. The keeper of a common lodging -house shall affix and keep in a con
spicuous position on the outside of his common lodging-house a board having
painted on it in English and Chinese in legible white letters and characters
not less than two inches long, on a black ground, the words “ Registered
Lodging-House. " He shall also aflix and keep in a conspicuous place in
cach room , a board having painted on it in English and Chinese the number
of persons the room is registered to accommodate.
Separation of
sexes .
10. The keeper of a common lodging -house shall not permit males and
females above ten years of age respectively to occupy the same sleeping
apartment except in the cases of husband and wife, and parents and children,
and he shall not allow any person to occupy his house for immoral purposes.
Good order.
11. The keeper of a common lodging -house sball not knowingly permit
persons of bad character to lodge in his house and he shall maintain and
enforce good order and decorum therein ; and he shall also keep a register of
the name, occupation and native place of each lodger.
Ventilation .
12. The keeper of a comnion lodging -house shall cause the windows of
each of the sleeping rooms to be kept open to their full width for at least
four hours each day, unless prevented by inclement weather or by the illness
of any person occupying any of the rooms.
Cleansing and
lime washing
13. The keeper of a common lodging -house shall cause the internal walls
and ceilings of every part of his house to be thoroughly cleansed and lime
washed during the sixth and twelfth months of the Chinese year.
Cleanliness, & c . 14. The keeper of a common lodging - house shall at all times keep his
premises in a clean and wholesome condition, and the fittings of the sleeping
rooms shall be maintained by him in a thorough state of repair. He shall
cause every room , passage and stair to be thoroughly swept at least once a
day.
Do.
15. The keeper of a common lodging -house shall cause all filth and house
refuse or other offensive matter to be removed from his premises daily.
Infectious
contagious, and
16. If any person in a common lodging -house becomes ill from any infec
cominunicable tious, contagious, or communicable disease, the keeper of such common
diseases.
lodging-house shall forth with give notice thereof to the Inspector of Nuisances
in whose district the lodging-house is situated , or to the nearest Police Station
or to the Registrar General, and the keeper of such common lodging -house
shall cause the house to be vacated and shall allow the bedding, clothing, and
other articles used by the infected person to be destroyed or disinfected and
the house to be fumigated, disinfected and lime-washed, at the public expense,
in such manner as the Sanitary Board may direct. !




17. These bye-laws will come into force on and after the 1st day of
August, 1892.




* As amended by Bye-law approved by the Legislative Council on the
9th November, 1891 . Gazette 14th of the same month .