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Annexe O.

REPORT OF THE SANITARY SURVEYOR.

NEW HOUSE DRAINS.

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1. Plans have been passed by me during the year for the drainage of 97 houses. plans of 112 were carried forward from 1906 making a total of 209 in hand during the year.

2. The drainage of 124 houses has been completed and the plans for 27 have been cancelled leaving 58 to carry forward to 1908.

RE-DRAINAGE AND ADDITIONS.

3. Plans for re-drainage of or additions to the drainage of 74 houses were also carried forward from 1906 and new plans have been received for 159 houses making a total of 233 for the year. Of these 155 have been completed and 15 cancelled, leaving 63 to be carried forward to 1908.

4. A summary of the above is appended in Tables I, II and III.

INSPECTION OF PRIVATE HOUSE DRAINS.

5. The drains of 57 houses have been examined and reported on, in consequence of complaints having been received regarding them.

Of this number 21 required reconstructing, 27 amending and 9 were found to be in good order.

Notices were served on the owners of 33 houses calling upon them to execute the necessary work. All of these have been complied with. In 15 instances the work was carried out by the owners without notices being served upon them.

11,348 houses have been visited by the Drainage Inspectors with the result that 1,090 drainage nuisances have been discovered.

Notices have been served in each case on the owner or occupier calling upon them to abate the nuisance. All of these bave been complied with.

113 nuisances have been referred to the Medical Officer of Health and 211 to the Hon. Director of Public Works to be dealt with by them.

485 choked drain traps on private property have been cleansed by the Drainage Foremen.

WATER CLOSETS AND URINALS.

6. During the past year, water closets and urinals have been erected in the following buildings by permission of the Board and, with the exception of those at the Star Ferry Wharf which discharge direct into the harbour, have been connected to the public sewers.

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Closets.

Closets. Urinals.

Shaukiwan (Shipyard Office),

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Salisbury Road, Kowloon, (Star Ferry Wharf).......... Quarry Bay (Tai Koo Sugar Refining Co.),

Russell Street (Tramway Station),.

Barker Road, Peak, (R. B. L. 126),

Wong-nei-chong (Naval Pavilion),

Peak Road (Abertholwyn), I. L. 1485, Chater Road (H. K. Club Annexe),

Des Voeux Road (H. K. Hotel), Seymour Road (I. L. 576),.............

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