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The resolution was the pub to the meeting and was carried withi out damt Biz veled in favour and there were four Abstentions all Officiale · '

CASE FOR A HEALTH [not see eye to eye with Dr. Koch He thought the question of con- FHENTION might be discussed at future meeting of the Board.

Dr. Koch thought no harm, would (Continued from Page 2) be done if they passed the resolu

An Unpleasant Duty. The Chairman: Gentlemen, Be- which received it as being worth tion as it stood. The question of what it cost. The public health of the constitution of the Board fore we adjourn I have s somewhat unpleasant, duty to perform, It is a the Colony should be of the first im could be threshed out later.

The Chairman suggested to Dr. duty. I think I owo to the Board, pertanen, The Public Health Do

resolution would) Koch, as the

and particularly to the Unofficial: partment of the Colony was not wo

indoubtedly go through as it

membors of this Board I have boon considered by the Government. It

Lood, that the Government would: was subservient to nearly all the sure to ask for more details of accused in the Legislative Council public departments of Hongkong. he scheme proposed, in which of somewhat lightly flouting con If they wanted any money they as it would be proper for the sidered public opinion in voting had to beg it from the Troneury, oard to appolo a sub-committee against a certain Unofficial motion in this Board on August 10th. There and if they wanted to spend soyo go into detalls.

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that public Works Department Proceeding, the Chairman said Board should put it in their budget, he agreed entirely with a good voted for the motion, the secondar as a supplementary vote. If they deal of what Dr. Koch and Dr. also voted for the motion but I]· 9869" To spil wanted any advice from the P.C.MO. Özprlo had said. He was in rather think he said he did not entirely. difficult position. He must agree with it; one Unofficial mem or any work done by any of the staff a thay had to go down on their knees, obviously not vote for or against bor voted against, and two Un- As it stood the re-official members abstained from They had to go so far as to ask the muớn,

Increase voting Gentlemen, I think aay fur- the Police to help them to remove solution was simply to

functions so as to ther comment of mine would be their patients. They had to ask the Beard's the Director of the Botanical De-make-It-n-Board of Health, An to entirely superfluous.”

Dr: Osorio, as the Unofficial who partment to clear the roads for nontonclature, to which Mr. Tso

cor-had referred, ho

thought it was voted against the resolution, ex them. The Department was

1011 when important. In

the plained that the resolution related tainly very subservient.

They had to ask every year for Ordinances wore being rovised, a certain amount of money for then President of that Board aug-to a Water Board His own opinion their needs, but they did not peces-gested that the word "Sanitary" was that if a Water Board was sarily get it. They had to ask the should be dono-away--with-and brought into existence it would only P.W.D. to train nullahs, to build the word "Health" be substituted, create stil~-another-department. and the De-That was the reason why he voted quarters for their staff, latrines bath for the Board

supported by against it. and bath houses for the public.partment. It was He put them in his budget and several members of the Board, but they were approved. What hap-it did not get sumclant support. INSPECTION OF MEAT. HEAD OFFICE Nos. 92 to 100, 'Queon's Rd. C.

Un- pened? Ho (Dr. Ozorio) had been As a matter of fact the

nino officials were the Tories in those on the Board for the last years and there was never a year days and voted against it, for in which the whole amount voted reasons which, ha thought, were

ovor by Mr. N. L. Smith. There for that Department had been quite strong.

In the first place the Ordinance, were also present the Director he did not spent. The reason know, and it was not his buslaosa which was their Law and Proof Public Works (the Hon. Mr.. phets, was not called the Sanitary H. T. Creasy), the Secretary for to find out.

Ordinance but the Public Health Chinese Affairs (Hon. Mr. A. E.

Then there was

DR. KOCH'S QUESTIONS.

A moeting of the Banitary Board was held yesterday, presided

with notice, seked the following questions:

"i. Will the Head of the Banitary

Lack of Co-ordination.

the lack of co- and Buildings Ordinance. In the Wood), Lieut. Colonel Fitzgerald, ordination between that Depart-econd place "Health" was a good Hon. Mr. G. G. Alabaster, K. C., ment and the Fublic Works Depart-Anglo-Saxon word, and "Sanitary" Dr. W. V. M, Kech. Dr. F. M. G. ment, as was weli illustrated in was dog Latin. It had, in the Ozorio, Mr. B. W. Teo, Mr. Wong the cutting down of a hill opposite eyes of most people, a very much Kwong-tin, Dr. W. W. Pearso Pestricted moaning. He was sure (Medical Officer) and the Becretary Homuntin. What did they And

that if any member proposed a (Mr. G. 8. Kennedy Skipton.) there? A huge lake breeding any motion purely on the queation of Dr. W. V. M. Koch, in accord- amount of mosquitoes. The San-

A Compromise. itary Department sent Inspectora name, it would be passed, round to people's houses and brought

As regards the extension of the them up before the Magistratos functions of the Board, the Chair- for breeding mosquitoes, yet moman said the main point seemed quitoes were being bred in this to him the question where the place by the Public Works Depart Board's powers ended and the ment by the millions. There was

Medical Department's powers be also lack of co-ordination in regard gan. He had been going into the to sewerage. When they got per- history of the matter fairly care- mission for the erection of a public fully recently, and reading be. latrine, the Public Works Dopart-

the lines of the tween ment vetoed it because the sewer Ordinance, the 1906 Commission age of the district was not in order and the 1908 Amendment and the

There were other departments

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Department lay on the Table the Béport on Cholern in the Tung Woh Hospital in 1002| drawn up by Dr. Pearso

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The Chairman replied that the 3395 with which they did not get on too late Mr. Booker's History of Sani-report on cholera bad boon laid un smoothly, and one of them was the tation, he came to the conclusion the table and would be circulated, the first part of the Medical Department. They prided that the present situation as re-for information, to members, The 3454

(IRISH MEDLEY · thamselves on having a University gards the P. C. M. O. and the answer

He second question was that Board was a compromise.

WELSH MEDLEY of their own-the lighthouse of

(MAY BE the Far East it had been describ-could not say anything further Colonial Veterinary Surgeon was than that. He would not say the responsible official. na to the ed, but when

good second part of the question, the 3404TWO BLUE EYES ал epidemic of

whether he thought it.a Infectious disease appeared they compromiss or a bad compromise. Chairman said that by a curious MEMORY LANE had not got the personnel to cope:

without any coincidence he intended to cir.) with it, much less trace the originHe thought that of the disease. They had to send broach of confidence he could say culato the Board on this

that he knew the Government matter within the next few dayss for people from England or America No research work was was at the moment considering The situation at prevent was a done by the department, therefore, this rather important question. follows: There was a market byot

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marko. how could they trace the source of on it, of course, depended a great law which and shut no, meat many of the questions which Dr.

except that elaughtered the disease?

Koch had raised-the question of Government slaughter houves. When they had patients to re- move to hospital they had to ring port health and the question of There was also a provision about Ho frozen meat, which was, however up the Police Department, and ask analyst and bacteriologist. them to send the ambulance along. did not know whether Dr. Koch not of very great importance. Most He had the misfortune to pass suggested that they should dupli- the frozen meat went to the along Queen's Road the other day cale those posts. Ho (the Chair Dairy Farm. No imported mest. on the way to the French Hospital,man) said the other day that he could go into the market. Then He saw two bodies lying dead by did not think it was an economical there was section 82 of the Ordia- the roadside, and they were still advantage to duplicato posta of suce which prohibited the sale or there when he came back. They that sort, but he thought it was the exposure for sale of any un- were dis-wholesüme meat. I course one! ware the victims of a house col-argueable that these lapao. People who were the victinctly public health posts. How had to find this unwholesome meat. ever, as he had said, he was tread-Ho raised the question a month or tims of house collapses were asphyxiated and although they ing on somewhat delicate ground, two ago because it seemed to him might appear to be dead, they were and he thought the less he said that that was not quite sufficient for that particular matter the the Board. He had suggested the Board should make some bys-laye not really dead. They sont coolles to dig them out and the ambulances

As regards coordination of de- under Bestlun 16, sub-acation 82, down to fetch them away, but there was no one with them who partments, the Chairman said with by which the Veterinary Surgeon of artificial all respect he thought Dr. Ozorio would have power to impose certain conditions on imported most. This had any knowledge respiration. If that Department drew a slightly lurid picture of the was decided by the legal exports t was not at fault the Government antagonisms between the various bo ultra vires to the section. He bad was at fault. It was guilty of Government departments When then suggested it would be a good manslaughter if it did not send all was esid and done he supposed thing for an additional sub-section! people down who had a knowledge all the departments of the Govern to be put into section -10% saying| of artificial respiration..

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Not to Please the Public. act for the welfare of the public its many other powers, to In conclusion, Dr. Ozorio sald ho They looked at it from different impose conditions under which agreed with most of the statements angles, perhaps from the angle of food might be imported Intu made by Dr. Koch. He had given the practical engineer, from the the Colony. That was a very good and sufficient reasons why angle of law and order, from the did not think the Board would they had no power. There had been

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they should have a Health Board. angle of Chiness susceptibilities, consider it was too wide. He considerable correspondence un during the hot resson of the year They were not bringing this matter and, of course, very important, from thought the Board should have the subject. It was usual to ex by keeping the systems clean and

plore the preliminaries before the blood, up just because they wanted to the angle of the taxpayer's pocket such power. pleana-the public, and he thought But he could osrtainly say that as far! The Chairman gavo two suggesting an innovation of this

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Dr. Koch for bringing his resolus that Department and the Public instances which he quoted in or to order to be quite certain when n

Works. Department was concerned tusking the recommendation, that the thing was practical or shas CNDAR Mr. S. W. To supported the the laison at prosent existing was Cop was, 'presumite a dairy farm there were no legal dimouities-in liver, banja

prin extraordinarily intimate. He did was instituted--just over the the ways so that when bỏ put his

Chinew border at Shum Chun, they propomula before the Board motion on the general ciple that the powers of zot think perhaps the members would abs presens have no contrul would stand a chance

the Board would believe him if he very the milk, of the dairy farm approval of the Board, of

Shrough The Board was very much handi- talde how's man

di noi bem capped as it was ab” present on account of its powers noti belz

the Board should be extended.

adequate enough for

had to de

constitution of the Board.

but matter

unless they happened to and