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August 22, 1908.]
HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD.
A meeting of the Sanitary Board was held on Ang. 18th at the Board Room, Mr. C. McI. Messer (president), presided, and there were also present Hon. Mr. W. Chatham,(Vice-President), Hon. Mr. E. A. Irving, (Registrar-General), Messrs. A. Shelton Hooper, H. A. W. Slade, Lan Chu Pak, Dr. Pearse, (Medical Officer of Health), and the following officials: Dr. Macfarlane, (Assistant Medical Officer of Health), Lieut.-Colonel Reid, R.A.M C., and A. Gibson, (Secretary).
HOUR OF MEETING.
Mr. SHILTON HOOPER asked permission to move the suspension of the standing orders in order to propose a resolution which he did not think would rouse any controversy and which he thought might be taken that day, instead of giving notice. Tie motion was that the hour of meeting should be changed from 4-15 to 3.45. That would enable members who wished to go in for recreation to get away by five o'clock. He had consult-d all the unofficial members with the exception of Mr. Fung Wa Chun, and they were all agreeable.
The official members having signified their approval, the motion was unanimously carried.
AMENDMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
BYE-LAWS.
Correspondence was submitted to the Board relative to the amendment of the bye-laws for (1) disinfection of infoted premises; (2) pre- vention or mitigation of epidemic, endemic or contagious disease; (3) notification of infectious dia ase; (4) removal of patients.
Mr. LAU CHU-PAK minuted-It appears that a new set of amendments is now submitted independently of the recommendation of the sub-committee. I should like to bave a com. parative statement drawn up showing the amendments proposed by the Head of the Sanitary Department side by side with those recommended by the sub-committee. As things are at present, it is impossible for members to compare thoroughly and carefully the merits of the two. As these by laws are so important, I suggest that when the comparative statement has been drawn up, the whole thing should be referred back to the sub committee for further report before taking the opinions of members. The REGISTRAR-GENERAL-Could not long and important Stale document like this be typewritten?
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The PRESIDENT-Sometime ago this watter CALDO up with the report of the sub-committee, and we agreed to wait until the new Ordinance came out. The Medical Officer of Health, who was a member of the sub committee, did not quite agree with all the things in the report. 1 have asked Dr. Pearse to go into them, and he bas reported that the whole Board should consider them. They are important, undoubted. ly, and if we go into them we should go into them in committee.
Mr. HOOPER-I am rather in favour of what Mr. Lau Chu Pak says in his minute, that they should be referred back to the sub-committee to consider them. Then the Board can consider them with the sub-committee's report, and go into committee. It would be a very long task for all the members of the Board to discuss each detail of them now.
The PRESIDENT-As Mr. Fang Wa Chuo is absent, I would ask Mr. Slade or Mr. Hum. phreys to take his place on the sub-committee,
Mr. LAU CHU PAK-I was not on the previous
committee.
The REGISTRAR-GENERAL-I would suggest that Mr. Lau Chu Pak taka Mr. Fang Wa Chun's place, and the Medios Officer of Health, Dr. Clark'e.
The PRESIDENT - It would be best to balance the Chinese side, and have either Mr. Slade or Mr. Humphrey's on the committee.
Mr. SLADE-I am too busy just now to serve. The PRESIDENT-Prhaps Mr. Humphreys will, and he knows a lot about it.
The REGISTRAR-GENERAL did not under. stand the remark regarding the balancing of the Chinese side.
The PRESIDENT-We want to get it discussed by both sides.
AMENDMENT OF VARIOUS BYE-LAWS.
Correspondence was laid on the table relative to the amendment of various bye-laws.
Mr. Lau CHU PAK-What about the bye. laws for the prevention of infectious diseases F
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
Have they been amended, or are they being amended as recommended by the sub committee consisting of the Registrar-General, the Medical Officer of Health and Mr. Fung Wa Chuen ? The sub-committee's report was adopted by the Board while the new Act was being discussed.
The PRESIDENT-Re Mr. Dan Chu Pak's minute: these bye-laws are down on the agenda for consideration. They were dever adopted by the Board, but their consideration was adjourned for the passing of the amending ordinance.
The PRESIDENT We want the amending Ordinance to come out, and then we will print a new edition of all the bye-laws. According to one of the present bye-laws all people are not allowed to keep cats, and we want to permit all residents to keep cats,
Mr. HOOPER referred to the bye-laws with regard to cemeteries, and wished to know whose duty it was at present, when an application was made for a grave in the Colonial Cemetery, to say in what portion of the cemetery the body was to be interred. This matter had not been satisfactory to his mind for some years. It used to be the duty of the Surveyor General, and then it was changed by some authority-what, he did not know-to the Sanitary Board or the Medical Officer of Health. He thought a bye- law regarding the subject should be ma le, sad therefore he would like the byelaws before the meeting to stand over with the object of pro- pasing a bye-law to that effect. In the mean time, be would like to be enlightened.
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The PRESIDENT explained that each appli. cations were usually matters of argency, and it would probably be better for the Registrar- General or the Medical Officer of Health to be responsible.
Mr HOOPE-There has been dissatisfaction alleged on previous occasions as to the portions of the cemetery in which people were interred. They thought they had the right to be interred in certaic portions, and were informed that they had not because such portions were reserved for old residents, Just after this information had been issued, the wife of a very sahordinate officer of that department died, and 'er body was allowed to be interred in the old quarter.
The VICE-PRESIDENT-I would like to say with regard to that, that Mr. Hooper is quite right in saying that the matter of deciding in which section of the cemetery intermenta should Lake place is in the hands of the Director of Public Works, 8 far as I am aware that arrangement has never been altered, but daring recent years reference has rarely ever been made as to where interments should take place. There were places set aside for ordinary inter ments, and no authority was required to bury people in those parts.
Mr. HOOP&B-I would suggest that a small committee be appointed to go into the question.
A committee composed of Mr. A. Shelton Hooper, the Director of Public Works and the President is to consider the matter.
RINDERPEST AT KENNEDY TOWN. The following letter from Mr. A. Gibano, Colonial Veterinary Surgeon,, was read :-Sir, I have the honour to report for the information of the Board that out of a lot of 51 cattle which arrived at the Kennedy Town cattle depò from Kwangsi to-day (August 10th) for Fak Les, cattle dealer, one bullock was suffering from rinderpest, three others bad abnormal tempera tures, and the remainder appeared healthy. The affected bullock was in extremis, and was slaughtered. The postmortem showed well marked indications of rinderpest. I have put the whole lot in the segregation sheds, and the ballooks showing temperatures in a small shed by themselves.
The VETERINARY SURGEON in reply to Mr. Hooper said that the only case; which had come in had developed. Sixty cattle, which had not developed, had been slaughtered for food, and two cattle which came in sick had recovered and been killed.
Mr. HOOPEE-Any claim for compensation?
Dr. GIBSON-No.
BAT RETURN,
The rat return for the week ending August
15th showed that out of a total of 139 rata killed, not one was found to be plague infected.
The REGISTRAR GENER› ‡—This retara should show how many rats are caught by the street committees, and how many by the rat catchers.
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The PRESIDENT-It is impossible to say how many rats the street committee catch unles, they label or mark them. The Registrar- General could inquire of the committees.
MORTALITY STATISTICS.
The death rats of the whole Colony for the week ending August 1st was 312 against 36'3 for the previous week, and 279 for the corresponding week of last year.
KULANGSU (AMOY) MUNICIPAL
COUNCIL.
Minutes of a meeting of the Council, held at the Board Room, on the 28th July 1908.
Present-Messrs W. H. Wallace, (Chair- man), Huang Ta'an-chew, W. Kruse, d Okayama, W. Wilson, the Health Officer and C. Berkeley Mitchell, the Secretary.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.
RESIGNATION OF MR. GARDINER.
A letter was read from Mr. A. F. Gardiner, the Vice-chairman of the Council, resigning his seat owing to his approaching departure for England.
Mr. WALLACE :- I am sure we all regret that Mr. Gardiner has had to resign. He has bɔen a member of the Council almost since its incзp- tion, and has always done all in his power_to help his fellow members. 1 need hardly say that we all wish him a complete recovery of his health during his stay at home, sad hope that in due course he may be again amongst us.
On the motion of Mr. WALLACE, seconded by Mr. WILSON, it was unanimously, agreed to invite Mr. J. 8. Fenwick to take the asst on the Council vacated by Mr. Gardiner; Mr. Wallace remarking that as Messrs. Boyd & Co. had always ben represented on the Council he did not think there was any question as to whom they should ask to join now, and he had much pleasure in proposing that Mr. Fenwick be invited to become a Councillor.
BONUS TO THE SECRETARY,
Mr. WALLACE, in proposing a bonus to the Secretary, said:-Now that we are established in our airy and commodious new building I think it only right to say how mash we are indebted to Mr. Mitchell for his constant and painstaking supervision while the work was in progress. e has practically done as much for as as an architect, and I have much pleasure in proposing that we vote him a bonus of say $300 as a mark of our appreciation of his efforts.
Mr. WILSON, in seconding the motion, said that be thought the sum voted should have been considerably larger as Mr. Mitchell had saved the Council at least $1,0 10 in architect's fees sad probably more, and it was only the straitened condition of the Council's funds that precluded him from asking the members to voti a larger
Bum.
The vote was passed un uimon dy.
PIRATES AGAIN,
A trading junk was riding peacefully at anchor off Saikung on the night of the 6.h instant. Dask was just closing in when another jaak ran Before thos8 alongside her and mide fast. on board the trader were aware of what had
happened, eight pirates, armed with knives and revolvers, swarmed on buurd and hid little difficulty in driving the terrified crew into the hold, no resistance being offered. When all were under batches the pirates battened them down and proceeded to ranssok the vessel. After transferring goods to the valus of $268,9 ) to their own craft they sailed away without releasing the crew of the trading junk. When all was quiet, however, the latter set to work, and after much exertion suoseeded in forcing the hatch. Bat when they regained the deck the pirate craft was out of sight, so they promptly hauled up the anchor and set sail for Hongkong. On arrival here they reported the malter at the Water Police Station, and Detective-Bergeant Wilden took the case in band. His investigations have led to the arrent J. R. Wood at the Magistroy yesterday with of eight seamen, who were charged before Mr. armed robbery. The hearing of thê charge was adjourned.
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