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Report of the Sanitary Surveyor, for the year 1901.
SANITARY BOARD OFFICES, HONGKONG, 17th February, 1902.
SIR,—I have the honour to forward herewith my Annual Report for the year 1901.
NEW HOUSE DRAINS.
1. Plans have been deposited and passed by me during the year for the drainage of 1,051 houses. The plans of 741 houses were carried forward from 1900, making a total of 1,792 in hand during the
year.
2. The drainage of 715 houses has been completed, and the plans for 56 have been cancelled, leaving 1,021 to carry forward to 1902.
3. In addition to the above, notices for repairs or additions to the drainage arrangements of 147 houses were carried forward from 1900, and new notices were received for 363, making a total of 510 for the year.
Of these, 308 have been completed, leaving 202 to be carried forward to 1902.
4. A summary of the above is appended in tables A, B and C.
INSPECTION OF PRIVATE DRAINS.
5. The drains and sanitary fittings of 54 buildings have been tested and reported on; of this number, 9 required reconstructing and 45 amending.
Notices were served on the owners of the above 54 buildings, calling upon them to execute the necessary work, which in each case has been complied with. In addition to the above, 21,482 houses have been inspected by myself or the Drainage Inspector, with the result that minor drainage defects have been discovered in 2,017 instances. Notices have been served on the owner or occupier in each case to carry out the necessary work. Six hundred and sixty-one (661) nuisances have been reported to the Medical Officer of Health, and 417 to the Director of Public Works to be dealt with by them. The drains of 1,181 private houses have been cleansed by the Drainage Overseer.
WATER-CLOSETS AND URINALS.
6. No new Water-closets have been erected during the year. Urinals with automatic flushing tanks have been erected in the following licensed public houses, by order of the Board :—
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NEW BUILDINGS.
.Stag Hotel.
.Globe Hotel.
.Central Hotel.
..German Tavern.
.Rose, Shamrock and Thistle. International Hotel.
Land-we-live-in Hotel.
Western Hotel.
.Praya East Hotel.
.Colonial Hotel. ..Traveller's Hotel. ..Criterion Hotel.
7. Certificates have been granted during the year for 796 new houses and two additions, cer- tifying that they have been built in accordance with the entire provisions of the Public Health Ordinance of 1901. This is the largest number of new buildings certified in any one year since the records have been kept, viz., 1889. (See Table B.)
CEMETERIES.
8. The Plague Cemetery at Kennedy Town is nearly full, there being room for about 50 more bodies. As an extension could not be very well made, owing to the nature of the ground, a valley at Cheung Sha Wan has been selected for future burials, and the work of laying out this cemetery is now being proceeded with.
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