PUBLIC HEALTH ORDINANCE, 1887

PUBLIC HEALTH ORDINANCE, 1887

No. 24 of 1887.

Public Health.

An Ordinance for amending the Laws relating to Public Health
in the Colony of Hongkong.

[30th May, 1888.]

HEREAS it is expedient to make provis

W ion for preserving and

Be, prProm the, public health m this CColony: it therefore

enacted by the Governor of i3onbkon~, with the advice of te Legislative
Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance maybe 'cited for all purposes 4s The Public Health
Ordinance, 1887.
ORDIKANCE 1\o. 2-1 of 1887.

Public Health:

4. The several Ordinances and parts of Ordinances lnentroned in orainanu
schedule A to this Ordinance appended, are hereby repealed, provided
repealed:
always that all rules and regrulations made in virtue of any of the said
Ordinances or parts of Ordinances and in force at the date of the passing
of this Ordinance sliall retnain in operation, until they shall leave been
amended or repealed.

3. In this Ordinance and in any bye-laws ,made thereunder, the
u~fll,itips..
following words and expressions sh;All have or shall include the meanings
,
hereinafter respectively set against them, unless such meanings be re-
pregnant to or inconsistent with the; context.

l , Author of a rntisance.--The person by whose act, default, klthor of

~. nuisz~l~c~
perinlssion, or sufferance the nuisance arises or continues.

2. Boa?°d.---The Sanitary Board.

3. DU2ldh~q.--Any building, house,, dwelling-house, tenement-
house, common lodging-house, verandah, cook-house, privy,
gallery, balcony, chimney, bridge, out-house, stable, mat-
shed, ware-house, rnanuf'actory, shop, w orh-room, distillery,
and place of secure stowage.

Common loc~qing-house :-
(a.) any house or part thereof, where persbns are
housed--not being members of the same family
--at an amount not exceeding five cents a day,
or one dollar a month, for each person ;
(G.) any permanent structure in which employers of
labour lodge their employes other than domestic
servants, or shopmen, as part of the remunera-
tion g.iven for their, services. `

Don2esdc building.--Any human habitation, or building Domestic
where persons pass the night. building.

G. Drug.--Any medicine for internal or external use.
7. -.Food.--Any article used for food or drink other than drup Fond.

Board.

LU11dL11-..

Common,
lodging-
Izolzse.

or water.

8. Hill-side.-The face of the natural hill, or the face of any
scarp or retaining-wall built to support the same, or any
artificial filling in or terracing with earth behind such scarp
or retaining-wall, made with the object of supporting a
street or forznin~ a sitePfor a building.

Hill-side.-
ORDINANCE No. 24 of 1887.

Ptcblie Health.

IT Ouf4elxolder.

9. Householder.-For the purposes of this Ordinance, the actual
tenant or occupier of any building, or in cases where there
shall be no such person, then the immediate landlord of
such building, and, in the case of corporations, companies,
and associations, the secretary or manager thereof shall be
deemed the householder, and shall be liable under this
Ordinance.

10. Keepe7° of a <;ommon lodyiizq-house.-An cT person licensed to

keep a common lodging-house.

Keeper of a

c;omxnor.L
lodging-
house.

211g.

'ocCupicv.

11. Neu; huzldiny.-Any structure bebun after the commence-
ment of this Ordinance or of which the enclosing walls
have not been carried higher than tile footings, or such old
buildings as shall for the purposes of reconstruction be
taken down to an extent e.xceedily one half, such half to
be measured in cubic feet.

1 `?. Occupier.-The person 11 actual occupation of arty premises:

1 3. Dune?.-- Any house-owner, ox' the person for the titre being
receiving the rent of any premises, solely or as joint-tenant,
or tenant in common with others, or receiving the rent of
any premises whether on his own behalf or that of any
other person, or, where tile owner cannot be found or
ascertained, the occupier; and for the purpuses of this
Ordinance every xxlortga.gee , in possession shall be deemed

an owner.

>az~5all. 1 4. Persona (and words applied in 'this Ordinance to any in-
- dividual ).--Col°laorations, companies, and associations.
15. Premises.--Any land, building, or structure of any kind,
footway, yard, alley, court, garden, stream, nullah, pond,
pool, paddy-field, marsh, drain, ditch, or place open,
covered, or enclosed, cesspool or foreshore; also any vessel
or boat lying within the ivalters of the Colony.

~ic'.(',i'Gf'-iLl'3'. 1(i. Secretary.-The Secretary to the Sanitary Board
duly
appointed 'under the , hro~-isions of section 6 of this Ordi-

nance.

17. Tenant.-Any person 1x110 leases direct fl°On1 ally house-
holder the whole of any door or floors of any building or

tenement-house.
ORDINANCE No. 9 4 of 1887.

Public Hea.7th.

2181

18. Tenem.ent-house.--Iny domestic buildino, let to and inha- Tenement -
bited by more than one occupier or family, as tenants of a ~`°u e' .
common landlord, or as sub-tenants of a tenant of anV
portion of such domestic building.

19. 1 essel.---Any steam or sailing ship, launch, junk, lighter, ve18o.
sampan, or boat.

4. The Board shall consist of the .Surveyor General, the Registrar
oonstituticn
General, the Captain Superintendent of Police, the Colonial Surgeon,
et the 'Board-

and not more than sit additiocial thembers, four of whom, (two being
Chinese) shall be appointed by the Governor, and two elected by such
rate-payers as are included in the special and common jury lists, and
.~Tso-by such rate-payers as are exempted from. serving on jur' on
account of their professional avocations. Non-official members 6 tile
Board shall hold office for three years.

5. The mode of election, the proceedings incident thereto, and all
other matters relatin(r to the election of the said members, by the said
rate-payers, shall lie governed by rules made by the Governor in Council,
who may, from time to time, add to, vary, or revoke, any of the said
rules.

6. The Governor shall appoint the president, vice-president, and
secretary of the Board, and the names of all members appointed to the
Board shall be forthwith notified in the Government Gazette, and any
slumber of the Government Gazette. con~.aininy a notice of any such
appointments shall be deemed sufficient evidence thereof, before any
Magistrate or Court of law.

7. If any member of the Board be at any time prevented by absence
substitute
member.
or other cause from actincr for wore than six months, the Governor, may
appoint, or, if the member has been elected, the electors lnay nominate
some other person to replace such member, until he shall be able to
resume his functions.

8. The Board shall be held to be legrally constituted, notwithstand-
vacallcie-
in o. any vacancies occurring therein by death, absence, resignation, or
incapacity of any member.

9. 'The Governor may appoint such officers as be shall see fit to
sa»;tax'yctaff..
he sanitary superintendent, sanitary surveyors, inspectors of nuisances,
and such other servants as the hoarft may from time to time recommend,

[See Urcl i._
mzituce No. I
of 18-90.]

Governor to

make rangy

for C31Cf`tl0itq..

1'resideut,
Vice. Presi-
dcnt and
secretary.

[See Ordi-

nance 11To. .T'
of 1890.]
.:~tanaing
-t)rderq.

Power 1°.o
make 'dye-:.
Laws.

ORDINANCE No. 24 or 1887.

.Public Reulth.

aind there shall be paid from the Colonial Treasury to such officers, sucl
salaries and allowances as the Governor, with the consent of the Legis
lati.ve Council, may from time to time deter'mine.

10. The Board shall meet once in every alternate *eeli and oftener
if need be, and may adjourn from tine to time. The president may ai
.any time, and shall, on a requisition signed by three members of the

Board, summon a meeting thereof.

11. Any four members shall be a quorum for the despatch of busi-
zless, and at every meeting, the president or vice-president shall
preside,
or, in their absence, the members present shall appoint a chairman. The
president or vice-president or in their absence the chairman so appointed,
shall have a deliberative and a casting vote.

12. The Board may from time to time make standing orders for
regulating the mode and order of procedure at its meetings, for the
appoiDtn gent of select committees, for the conduct of its business
between
such i:neetin~s, and for the guidance of its officers, and may from time
to
time alter and amend such standin ; orders.

13. The Board shall have power to naal:e, and when made, to alter,
amend, or revolve bye-laws with regard to the following matters:-

I . The proper construction, tr appiug, ventilating, and main-
tenance of private house-drains in the City of Victoria, and
the villages, and rural districts of Hongkong and Kowloon.

Z.

The provision end proper construction .of dust bogies in
private premises.

:;, The provision of adequate subsoil drainage in order to arrest
damp in dwellin-houses.w

4. The cleansing, lime-yvhiting, and 1)roloer sanitary mainte-
nance of all premises in the Colony.

5. The sanitary maintenance of public latrines, urinals, dust-
bins, and manure-depots.

G. Surface scavenging,' the removal and disposal of night soil
and of other refuse.

7, The closing of premises unfit for human habitation and the
prohibition of their use as such.

$. The rrotection of the public water supply from pollution.
ORDINANCE No. 24- or 1887.

Public Health.

9. The pre-crention of the- manufacture or sale of unsound,
adulterated, or unwholesome food.

10. The regulation of bahehouses, dairies, x-rated water
manufactories, and food preserving establishments.

11. The prohibition of the establishinent within certain liulits,
and the control of any noxions or offensive trade, business,

or manufacture.

Tale sanitary maintenance of common lodCg)lnr(:,),-houses,
opium slnokin~ divans, factories, and places of ° public
instruction, recreation, or assembly.

13. The prevention of overcrowding in premises, either in
respect of human beings or the lower animals.

14. 'fhe licensin(r and regulation of all depots and pens for
cattle. pins, sheep, and boats.

1;). The sanitary maintenance of nzarhets and slaucrlztcr-holzses.

16. The construction, licensing, and hiopersanitary maintenance
of pin-sties in private premises.

The brearninu of vessels, and the maintenance of cleanliness
in the harbour of Victoria, the waters of the Colony, and
the foreshores thereof.

1$. The disposal of the dead, the disinfection of dead bodies,
and the sanitary maintenance of mortuaries and cemeteries.
19. The compulsory vacating of infected premises, and the
disinfection and purification of the same.

20. The disinfection and purification of all infected vessels and
public vehicles.

21. The niitiaation or prevention of epidemic, ezzclerriic, or
contagious disease nrnong animals.

2=2. The znanufacture.and sale of poisons and the sale of unsound
and lidulterated d rums.

The regulation of public baths, laundries, and ~~ash houses.

24. The compulsory reporting of infectious, contaaious, or
comrnunicable diseases.

14. 'haze president or vice-president shall hive directions for curl°yink
,.,out and givin- effect to the decisions of the Board.

1'owem of
president ai0
vice-presi-
ilent.
De6nirinll of

ORDINANCE No. 24 of 1587.

. Public Health.

15. All bye-laws made by the Board under the provisions of this
C)rclinmce shall be submitted to the Governor, and shall not take effect
lllatil approved by the Legislative Council. And all such bye-laws,
when so approved, shall be published in the Government Gazette iii
English and Chinese and shall have the salve force of law and be equall3T
binding aml valid, as if they had been contained in this Ordinance.

16. 'f lie word Nuisance as used in this Ordinance shall include:-'

Any failure to supply, or any inadequate or defective
17rovision of drain, drain-trap, v entilating-pipe, subsoil-
drainage, or cess-pool. accommodation, or an.), building of
hart of a building so dark, or so ill-ventilated as to be
dangerous, or prejudicial to the health of the inmates:

>. Any street or road, or any purl thereof, or any water-course,
Mullah, ditch, gutter, side-channel, drain, ashpit, server,
privy, a rival, or cess-goal so foul as to be noxious, or
noisome, or unhealthy. '

3. Any water-course, well, tank, pool, pond, canal, conduit, or
cistern, the water of which, from any cause, is so tainted
with impurities, or so unwholesome as to be inj urious to
the health of persons living near, or using~such water, or
which is likely to promote or aggravate epidemic disease.

4. :1xly stable, cow-house, pig-sty or other prernises for the use
of animals, which 1S 111 such a condition as to be injurious
R to health.

o. A ny accumulation, or dep osit of stagnantwater, sullage-water,
manure, dirt, house-refuse, or other natter, wherever
situated, which is unhealthy.

0'. Any noxious matter, or waste waters, flowing or discharged
li am any premises, wherever situated, into any public
street, road, or-into the gutter or side-channel of any street,
or road, or into any nallah; or water-course, or the bed.
thereof.

t. _Any manufactory, trade; or business of a noxious, noisome,
T
or unhealthy nature.
s
ORDINANCE No. 24 uF 1887.

Public Health. .

S. Any cemetery, or place of burial, so situated, or so conducted,
as to be ullhealtlly.

9. Ally act, omission, or thing which is, or may be dangerous
to life, of injllriot:5 to health or property.

17. I t shall be lawful for the 11oarcl, on reasonable presumption of
itil,iit )L,
the existence of v nuisance, on any premises, by an order in writ;inff, to

authorize any sanitary officer, with an assistz.nt, or assistants, to
enter
:inch'premises, at allay time between six in. the lrlorniuo, and six in
the
ev C',11111u, a11C1 to iDSI,)CCt the same.

The inspecting officer shall produce clad show the older to any
person being, or claiming to be, the occupier 0f such premises. Provided
that the inspecting officer shall not enter any house, or upon any land
which. may be occupied at the time, unless with the consent of tl a
occupier
thereof, without previously ~ivin~ the ::aid occupier six flours' notice
in
1V1'1t1T1~ Of 1115 intention t0 d0 S0.

Any person refusing admittance to the slid .irlslaectiW0 r officer, after

Sl1Ch notice leas been -ivc;11, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding
twellty-
iiva dollars.

18. «n the receipt of any information reshectin~ the existence of aa,
nuisance, the Board shall, if satisfied of the existence of a nuisance,
serve
o, notice oil the person by whose act, default, or sufferance, the
nuisance
arises, or continues, or, if such person cannot be found, on the owner, or
occupier, of the premises an which the nuisance arisen, requiring him. to
abate the same, within a time to be specified in the notice, and to
execute
such works, and do such things, as may be necessary for that purpose:
Provided,

hir.st. That, where the nuisance arises froru the want, or defect-
ive construction, of any structural convenience, or, where
.there i5 no occupier of the 1>reulises, notice under this
section shall be served on the owiicr

Secondly. That, where the person causing the nuisance cannot
be found, and it is clear that the nuisance does not arise,
or continue, by the act, default, or sufferance of the owner,
or occupier, of the premises, the Board inay themselves
abate the same, , 'without further order.

Notice of
entry to 1>u
given.

inn i 1;ctr y
13oarcl to wrvo
notice. requir_
i n nlm tetuet i t
of nuisance.
:38 and ;3'.!
Viet. c;. :,:~.
5. a.l.

[&e ord. No.
NG of 1 <g!1 0.
Simitmy
Board to serve
notice direct-
ing compli-
ance With
bye-laws.

L , &C Ord. No.
26 (?f rsso,

ORDINANCE = No. 24 of 1887.

Public Health.

19. It shall be lawful for the Board, in any case where there is a
contravention of any of the requirements of any of the bye-laws, made
under section 13, to issue a notice to the offender, stating what is
required
to be done to carry out the provisions of such bye-laws ; and to call upon
him to comply with such notice -within a reasonable time to be stated in

the said notice.'

Board inaY N®. If the person served with notice; under section 18 or 19 is
review notice. dissatisfied with such notice, it shall be lawful for him,
within the time
therein specified, to apply to the Board to review the same, stating the
grounds of his application, and the Board shall, thereupon, inquire into.
the matter, and shall confirm, modify, suspend, or discharge the said
notice, or eltei:;d the time allowed for compliance.therewith.

On nor-com-
hliance with
notice com-
plaint, to be
made to Ma-
gistrate.

11,0wer of Ms-
giatmte to
yake~ order
dealing. with
nuisance.
CZaid, see.

21. If the person on whom a notice has been served in pursuance
of section 1$ or .ly, has not obtained from the Board a modification or
withdrawal of the notice, and continues to make default in complying
with the requirements of such notice, or, in the case of a nuisance, if
the
same, although. abated since the service of the notice, is, in the opinion
of the Board, likely to recur on the same premises, the Board shall cause
a complaint relating to the non-compliance with the said notice, or ,to
such nuisance, to be made before a Magistrate; and such, Ma.gistrate-
slaall, thereupon, issue a summons, requiring the person on whom the
notice was served to appear before him.

2~'~,'' . If the Magistrate is satisfied that the requirement of the Board
is legal, or that the alleged nuisance exists, or that, although the said
nuisance is abated, it is likely to recur on the same premises, the
illagis-
tra,te shall make an order on such person, requiring him to comply with
all, or any, of the requisitions -of the notice, or otherwise to abate the
nuisance, within a time specified in the order, and to do any works neces-
nary for that purpose; or an order prohibiting the recurrence of the
nuisance, and directing the execution of the works necessary to prevent
the recurrence; or an order both. requiring abatement and prohibiting
the recurrence of the nuisance.
The Magistrate may, by his order°,,impose a.penalty not exceeding
twenty-five dollars, on the person on whom the order is made, and shall
also give directions as to the payment of all costs incurred up to the
time
of the heari ng or making the order for-obeying the rcquirenients of the
bye-law, for abatement or prohibition of the nuisance, as the case may
be..
ORDINANCE No. 24 -of 1887-.

Public Health.

23, Where the nuisance proved to exist is such as to render a
house on builclinm, in the jud(rment of the A-Licristrate., -unfit for
human
habitation, the Magistrate may prohibit tale using thereof for that pur-
.
pose,' until. in his ,judgrnent, the house al, building is rendered fit
for that
purpose; and, on the NTa~istr;;te being satisfied that it has been
rendered
fit for that purpose, he may determine leis previous order by another,
cacclarin~ the house or building habitable, and, from the data thereof,
such house or building may be let or inhabited.
?,$. A ny person not obcying an order to comply with the requisi -
t10nS of the Board, aaicl failing to satisfy the ~flyistya,te that he has
used
all due dilience to carry out such order, shall be liable to a penalty
not,
exceeainz ten dollars per clay, drir and any person
know-
ingly and wilfully acting contraz~y to an order of prohibition, shall be
liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars per day, daring such
contrary action ; moreover, the Board may enter the premises to which
any order relates, and abate the imisance, and do whatever zany be neces-
sary in execution of such order, and recover, in a sumlnzzry manner, the;
expenses incurred by tliern fioozxi the person on whom the order is made.

. 25. .any inerrrbc:r, or officer of the Board duly authorisd by
the seizure ar,
u~1NVhctlC,nrtue
said I3orlrcl in writing, may, at any tune b:;tween the hours of six in
the f~nd.
nzornina and sit in the e;veninn, entei any shop or premises used for
-the
sale or prepara;iozi for sale, or for the stcra;e of food, to inspect and
elarrrine :any food found therein which he shall have reason to believe is
intended to be used as human food, md; in case any such food appear to
such member or officer to be unfit for sucla use, he may seize the same,
and the Board may order it to be destroyed or to be so disposed of as to
prevent it from being used as hu2nan fond. -

26, It shall be laRTfuI for the Governor in Council .from tune to time
to select acrd appoint. and by advertisement in the Hongkong Government
Gazette, to notify sufficient, and proper places to be the sites of, and
to be
used a cemeteries or places of burial for the Chinese; and from time to
tirrze, to alter, vary, and repeal the said notifications by others, to be
ad,erti sed in the like manner; and in such cemeteries or places it shall
be lawful fir the Chinese, in conformity kith the provisions of the
notifications actually in force, to b>lry~their dead, yet so as that any
person
who shall use for that hurpose,,a wrzve of less than sip feet in depth
from

Order of z,><o-
liibitinn and
use, s;,C. of
hensc mrfit for
human habi-
tation.
~.zvld, sae.
97-1

i'0mait-z -for
cctntrr.ventiua
oaf, nrclcr of
Mngistrntc.

Climese
cemeteries.

See Adt:er-
ti, 5 rittcnt,

Bc~brttutyy,

Issa.j
43urial elsewhere.

OIVDINAVCB \'o. 24 of 1887.

Public Health.

the ordinary, surface of the ground to the'uppermost side of the corpse or
coffin therein deposited, shall for every such offence forfeit and hay a
surm
not exceeding fifty dollars.

,Closing of 27. The Governor in Council is authorised from title to time
to notify by
Chinese
c*sneteries. advertisement in the Honghona Government Gazette, that any
Chinese cemetery or

burial ground shall, from a time in such notification to be specified, be
closed, and the
same shall be closed accordingly; and whosoever, after the expiration of
the said
specified tine, shall bury any corpse in the said cemetery or burial
ground slyll, for
every such offence, forfeit and hay a sum not exceeding one hundred
dollars. .Repeated
by Ord. No. 4 of 1890, and new section substituted.]

.23. Whosoever shall bury any corpse or coffin in any ground not .liein5
a cemetery
or burial ground authorised under this or any other Ordinance, shall
(except in cases
provided for by section 27 of this Ordinance) for every such offence
forfeit and pay a
sum not exceeding one hundred dollars. [ILepea,led by Ord.. No. 4 qf
1890, and- new
section substiterted.]

Rerxwv.,1. of fig, Where any person is sufl'crin~ fi'o:rr small-pot cr any
other
i rcfcctcd
~~r~t~R. contagious or infectious disease, and 1S W1t110L1t proper
lodbirta or accorn-
modation, or is lodged in a tenement occupied by more than one family,
or is' on hoard any, ship O1' vessel, a i~l,agistrate may, on the
certificate of
the Colonial Surgeon or: any other. duly qualified medical practitioner,
order the removal of such person to such suitable hospital or other like
place as may lie provided for the purpose. a
t:.mrdnA pil;s, 30. The keeping of cattle, swine, sheep, or Yoats without
a licence
from the Board is hereby prohibited, and any person keeping such animals,
either without a licence from the Board, or in a, manner contravenin.(Y
such

snitary conditioDs as inay be endorsed on such licence, sball be liable,
a
on conviction before a .! Iabistrate, to a fine not exceedino- five
dollars,
and, in default of payment, to imprisonment. for any terra not exceeding
fourteen days, and, in the discretion of the Magistrate, to forfeit all
animals in respect of the I;eepinw of which he has so offended.

PART II.

xeoa;n~natzoa 31. Whenever any part of the Colony appears to be threatened
with,
.of epiiiemic F :.
a, or is affected by any farmicLLble epidemic, endemic, or contagious
disease;
the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, may, by proclama-
tion from time to time, direct that the provisions contained in sections
32
to 37~of this Ordinance, both inclusive, be pct; in force in the Colony,
or

sp I llaniatio4i may be s1pecified and may

u-ch a -t thereof; as by such proc%
-'E No. 24' Or 1 8$ t .

Public. Health..

from time to time revoke or renew any such proclamation ; and, subject
to such revocation and renetval, every such proclamation shall be in force
for such period as in such proclamation shall be expressed, and every such
hrochtination shall be published in the Government Gazette, and such
hnblication shall be conclusive evidence thereof.

52. From time to time after the issuing of any stick proclamation
as aforesaid, and while the wine continues iii force, the Board may issue
lye-laws, as they shall thirih fit, for the prevention as far as
possible, or
r»i.ti~Yation of such el)idemic, endemic, or contagious disease, and from
tune
to time may recol:e, renew, and alter any such bye-laws.

Any person committing any infraction of the above-mentioned bye-
laws shall be liable to a fine not exceeding tNvo hundred dollars or to
imprisonment not exceeding six months.

33. The Board by such bye-lanvs rnay provide :--

1. For tile speedy and safo disposal of the dead.

2. For house to house visitation.

3. For the dispensing and distribution of medicines.

4. For. providing such accommodation and medical aid as ma~
1)e required.

5. For the destruction of infected beddinf, clothing, or other
articl es.

G. For the conipcllhory va,eRtina of liouse4.

7. For any such matters or things as slay to the Board appear
advisable for preventing or mitigating such. disease.

34. Such bye-laws after apl)roval by the Governor in Council, shall
lie published in the Government Gazette.

35. The Board shall, tl)rou.h its offices°s, superintend the execution
of such bye-laws, and shall act, and shall provide all such thinogs as may
be advisable for rnitigating such disease, or for superintending or
aidilnb
in the execution of such bye-laws, or for executing the same, as 'the case

niay require.

36. Any officers or.persons anthorisedjn that behalf by the Board
inay enter at any reasonable time dtlring the day or night, and inspect
any premises where they have~ground for believing that any person has

Bye-laws for
prevention or
mitigation of
epidemic.

Punisbinent
forcontravbu-.
Lion of 1»e- .
laws.

Bye-laws to
be published
in tile Gazette...

Board to
supervise
execution of
bye-law,,.

Inspection of
premises.
(See Ord:21To-
26 of x890,
ORDINANCE 'o. 24 of 1887.

Public Health.

recently suffered from or died of any such disease, or that necessity May
othewvise exist for executinn in relation to such premises any of such
bye-laws.

37, When ally such yroclaniatic)11 is in force, and upon i,n\, evidence
.Hvcrcrowdod .
.that the Board may deem sufficient that any premises arc so ovPrcrOwde&
as to be injurious.to health, the hoard shell have power to rnal:e. such.
order as it shall see fit to abate such overcrowding, and the house-holder
tenant, of occupier of such premises who shall hermit such overcrowding
to continue after such order shall have been served on him, shall forfeit
a sun l not eaccedinri one 11uLldrecl dollars for every dny during which
such overcrov'diny shall continue; and ill default of payment he shall he
liable to imprisonment far any period not, cxece;dillo three nlontlls.

Proclamation 38. All proclamations of the Governor 111 C01111C11 for
executing
t y cxtellcl to
watcre?<Yf'the the 1')rOV151.0115 contained in sections 32 to 3( of this
Ordinance, both
C't`''r' inclusive, shall extend to the waters of the Colony, and the
l-')o;lrd may
issue, under the said proclamations, by virtue of tile provisions of
section
, bye-laws for V11CF1t111~, Clea11S711~, purifying. <111d ventilating
vessels.

PART III.

Drains. 39. Every owner of a new building erected within the city of Vie-
~a~;~ Ord. ~~. toria` shall construct t.lle ground floor of SI1Cl1
building at sucli sufficient]
15 hf 1880, high level as will allow of the construction of a drain and
of'tlle provision
.vot>x, 73, i ~.
of the requisite CU111111L1llICati011 with any public sewer into which
such
drain may lawfully empty, at v point in the upper half-diameter of snlcll
sewer.

Materials to 40. Every owner of a new building within the city of Victoria
gLILII, in the
i7,cci fbo drains.- n
construction of every drain of such building, use good sonnet pipes,
formed of cast iron,
' jointed with lead, or hard, well blazed, stone-w<L,ro sochetted pipes,
jointed water-ti(,'ht
iii cement mortar composed of at least one part of good cement to three
equal parts of
clean sand. Black bricks shall riot be used. in the construction of any
hoilse-drain;
intended for the conveyance of ,sees aae. Pled bricks may he usocl,
provided they are
hard and sound, v1d that they are set in ccilicut mortar of the foregoing
descriptiou,
and that the interior surface Of the drain is also smoothly rendered with
the sarne
II'lOrteLY. [REperclecl by Oz'clinanee ~'~To. 26 oJ'189M
J
' .

Sizes amt falls of 41 Every owner shall cause every such drain t0 he of
adequate size, ,SiiCh S1GL t«
~.lrrcitts.
be approved by the Board, and in no case to 1:r? less than sip int;hes
internal diameter.
Where the 111'OtlllCl i5 croft, such cMrvin shall 1m1 ^laid in a bed of
~pOCl llllle concrete.
ORDINANCE. \'o, 24 of 1 87.

1'~tblic 11eafth:

Every house-di;ain shall be laid with a proper fall, to the satisfaction
of the Bao-i,rd.

ERepealed by Ordinance No. 26 of 1890.]

42. No drain shall be so constructed as to pass under any building,
except in ur=tis «tt4ier

t,itiidh~.

;any case where any other mode or construction xnay be impracticable. Any
drain
passing under a building shall be laid in one straight line for the whole
distance
beneath such building, and shall be completely embedded and encased all
round in
good and solid lime concrete at least four inches thick all round.
[Repealed b f
Ordinwtce No. 26 of 1890.

43. Adequate disconnetion and ventilation shall be provided at.the end of
every i>i
'1)101 tu~triiutirnt
house-drain by means of gully-traps, with dolt-stono covers, or suitable
iron perforated ~~,i~;,~,
covers or gratings, and ventilating pipes, placed at such'yolnts and
levels, and in such'
inanner, as shall, in etch case, he required by the Board; and every
inlet to every
house-drain shall be properly trapped, and shall lie grated, or covered
with a perforated,
stone or iron cover that shall effectually prevent the introduction of
ally solid substance
into such inlet., rind the perfdrations or apertures of every such
-rating or cover sball
be of not less than the sectiomul area of the pile; or drain to Nvhich it
i5 fitted.
[Repealed by Ordiaanc,- No. 26 oj' 1890.]

44. Every drain from a building counnuuicatin;directly with any public
sewer, 'n.l,i,sa;,,1 _
shall he provided with a suiti ble trap ventilating-grating, disconnecting
1 1 a ~ D~ manhole, or
other applimice, to the satisfaction of the Board, at such point between
such building;
and such public sewer as shall be pointed out, in ca-h case, by the
Board. rRepcaled by
Ordinance No. 2l>' of 1890.]

45. No house-drains shall beg ,joined in such a waniier as to form any
right- jan0j,li, of
angled junction, either vertical or horizontal. 'Every drain slia11 join,
another drain
obliquely in the direction of the flow of such drain. [Repealed by
Ordinance No. 26 of
1890.]

46. No ventilating-pipe of any drain shall be of a less hlternal diameter
than Ve_
four inches, and such ventilating pipe shall, in every case, be securely
fixed and carried
.up clear of the eaves or to such height, as shall effectually prevent
any escape of foul
air into any thoroughfare or building. (Repealed by,Ordinwice No. .26 of
1890.;

4'?. No overflow from any cistern or bath, or ablution, sullae, or refuse
waters
of guy kind, nor the surface -draiila'e of ally y and or back-yard shall
be led from any
building or premises through any down-pipe or open gutter into, or over
any surface-
channel of guy-Z)nblic street, alley, thoroughfare, or other ground, nor
shall such refuse;
waters be led into, or emptied over the surface of ally 1iac1:-yard,
alley, or other ground
belonging to such building, or premises, or other adjoining building- or
premises, let
shall be conveyed in a watertight waste-pipe or down-pipe taken through
an external
wall, and discharged in the open air over a gully-trap covered with a
grating, or
granite slop-stone cover, and no such waste-pipe or down-pipe, shall be
brought down
guy external wall or retaining wall, when- such wall looks upon any
public thoroughfare.

Repealed by Ord. No. 26 of 1890.

Overflow' ;aril
':'to water'.
I ORDINANCE 11o. 24 of 1887:

.Public Health..

stot)-stones and 4$, Every kitchen of a dwelling or tenement-house; shall
be provided nn every
down-pitta.
floor with a suitably dished and perforated slop-stone, :;.nd with n,
down-ripe securely
fixed, trapped, disconnected, and ventilated, to the satisfaction of the
Board. [.It'epealect
by Ord,. No. 9< of 1890.

X1.11 works to 49. AII works connected with the construction,
d1sCU11T1e11UTi, tl'al)-
be carried out
I,v Board or ping, and ventilatinzof house-drains, shall be carried out at
the cost and

approved s
a cllar(res of tile owner of the house, either by the Board or by persons
`;~,11°., approVcu of 1>y, the Board tinder the supervision of the Board
or to its

SatlaflLetl OI'l.

Xe~v lo>nse- 50. The Board may, by a written notice, require the, owners
of'
eaistiry buildings, the drains of which are in the opinion of the Board
in -a defective rind i-rz.sanitary ['- defective or i7zsanitary' as
anrended by
Or°dirzrznce No. .26 of 1890] condition, to construct within a reasonable
tune to be deter rained by tile Board, necv house-drains in accordance
with the l:> orrisions of this Ordinance, [' or of any bye-law made in
i.;2rtZ.re cf this Ordinance' a.5 amended: Aid.] or to make such other im-
provements in tile eYictino, defective drainage of such buildings as in
the
opinion of the Board may be necessary to meet the requirements of this
'Ordinance C'or oj' tiny bye-laic made in virtue of this 'Ordinance' as
aror.ended. by Ordinance No. 26 of .890. 1

Groups of

61, if it appears to the Board that a (,rroup of conti~Llous tenements.
may be drainecl more advantageously in co;rlbina.tion than separately,
the Bowl°d may order that such ai~ouh be drained upon some combined
plan to be approved by it, and the expenses shall be ap por tinned by the
Board betweeii the different Owners of such group of contiguous tenement..

`.ow-~ners to 52, If any buildilly be without a sufficient drain, and if
a, public
connect
(trains, with sewer of sufficient size be within one hundred feet of the
premises or

nmi a-;sewers.

outermost boundaries of the lot on which such building is situated, and
if such. public server be.on a lower level, it shall be lawful for the'
Board
to require the owner of such building to connect with such public server
` .by means of a proper drain adequately= trapped 'and ventilated, to the
satisfaction 'of the Board: Provided always that, if, after the prlssincr
of
' this Ordinance, any owner, by older of tlie Board, connects his building
with a public sewer, he shall not be required to connect such building
,
at his own expense, with any other public sewer.
OP.DINA\CB No. 24 of 1887.

Public Health.

553. Whenever the Board shall have reason. to believe that the
,drains of any building are defective and ire a condition 1>JIurlous to
health,
it shall be lawful for tile Board to order an inspecti»(r officer to
enter the
premises and to inspect such drains, and, if requisite for the puq)oses of
such inspection, such officer shill cause the ground to be opened in any
place or places lie may deeln fit, doing as little dal1lnre as may be, and
should such drains be found in a satisfactory conditiou, they shall be
reinstated and made good by the Poard at the public exhOnse, but should
such drains prove in the opinion of the Board defective, it shall callsc
them to be properlN7 reconstructed in accordance with the provisions of
this Ordinance.

64. 'very owner of a new building in the villages arid l-l.iral dis-
tricts of Honuhono, and Kowloon shall construct the ground floor of such
building at such sufficiently high level as will allow of the construction
of a drain, and of tile provision of the req1:~islte coin lllunlcat101`l
\vlth anv
public sever into which such drain may lawfully empty or with 'any
other means of drainage with whicll such .drain inay lawfully conl-
anunicate.

55. Wherever feasible, every house-drain, in the N~illaoes and runs opee
<Ir'dt,,.
districts of Hongliono, and Kowloon sball hereafter be an open drain
consisting of a, semi-circular cliarniel, of (lazed stoneware jointed in
-cement mortar and laid to adequate falls on a bed of food Iiarie or
corrient
concrete, to the satisfaction of the Board.

suspected

(trains to 1>e
opened by
Bomrl.
LSee Ord.
Xo. ifs of rs9n.

x. 2. 3

I.loLtw (tvaitts
in vil.l<,g-t1 ~,4

,,,d rt,ro-i,1

cl i;a rict,.

56. In isolated places not connected with guy public drainag'e
system, every such open drain shall lead aid euipty into a covered suillp
or cesspit built of brick or liNe concrete rendered. smoothly in. good
Portland cement rnor tar in such manner as to lie water tight.

57. \'o prei.nises within the city of Victoria or the villages of
HollZD-rhoo~ avid Kowloon', shall be so exca.vated as shall admit of the
formation, on the surface thereof, of pools of stagnant or other foul
waters.

,
and it shall be lawful for the Board to call upon the ov,ner of boy pre
wises whereon such pools im`ay exist, to fill up the same with food clean
earth to the level of the surroundinb ground, 01' to drain off such pools
by rrleans of surface-drains into Nay cliaunel with Nvllich such harfalce-
drains hl.ay lawfully CUIFlIT1LInlcate.
A
ORDINANCE No. `?4.ff 18,97.

Public Health.

PART IV.

still erect a new building on land obtained
58. 11'VerY Persori,'who li, M
from the Crown, after the passing of this Ordinance, and on a site,
excavated out of a sloloc or declivity, shall not hermit such new
buildin(r
to .,abut. against the hill-side, but shall leave a: clear intervening
space or
area, of at least, four feet between such new blllldlllu, alorio, its
whole

,extent, and the toe of the slope of the bill-side; always provided that

(1.) Arty kitchen, or out-11oLisc, appertaining to such new
building, malt' abut against the hill-si(le, if not ilesi~ned,
or intended for human habitation ; and,

(2.) :Xzly basement story; designed for cellaracre or purposes.
other than htanzala habitation, may- abut against the-
~hill-aide, to. the extent of the height of such basement
story.

aun,!st to U'! 59. In t,lie case of laud ol)talro;d froth the Crorrr rr
before the passing
lorr ill land
pmo<dias,en of this 0rclinolicc:, every person, T who shall erect any new
building on a
1) reviolis to. .
O,flollam,o. site 'which has be en excavated out of 4z slope or declivity,
shall leave a
clear irltervening space criz a-t7ea of at least four feet, hetweel1 such
new
building, Ill(')Il~ its whole extent, and tire toe of the slope: of the
bill-side,
nnles5.

( :1. ) The bascrrrent story of such. mw l)iilding is intended
for 1>trrl)oscs other than Izttmlln habitation, or,
( 2. ) Such bL111d1I1r is situated at the intersection of two' streets
and tile basement story thereof is properly ventilated
from both sti sets, or,
(8).1 The ljasement mall, alb;rzttiaa on the hill-side, is carried-uj.~
/ to such a height above the level of the ground outside
as will Lzdrnit of the CUllStr 1zCt1011 111 such abGittlno, wall
of one or more, windows, Ol,)E'.n111g from the b4L.S~arlellt
start' directly into the elter'nal air; or, where this is
iniloractic<ible.` the basement story shall be lighted and
ventilated by mealts of grated openings or areas on
Grown lal c.3, the permission for the erection of such ul'cas
url C1ozvn land to b,-p entirely at the discretion of t11 C
Governor in Council, or ~ -
ORDINANICk' No. 2-4- OF 1894'.

Public Health.

(4. ) The basement 'story of such new building consists of one
single shop, the frontage of which shall face on a public
thorou(0hfa 'e, and shall be open to the external air from
the floor to the ceiling alonV the whole extent of such
frontage.

60. It shall not be lawful for guy person, polio shall leave beeli
~:i~elle»r, 'Re.
allowed to erect guy nevi building, kitchen, or outhouse, abuttino,
auainst
the hill-side, under the provisions of section iS, or sub-section I of
section
59., oz' for any subsequent owner or tenant thereof; to use, or stiffer
to be
rlsed, at any subsequent period, the basement story of such new building,
or such kitchen, or outhouse, for the purposes of loutmm habitation.

61. .Every person who shall, under the provisions of section 5$ or
sub-::ui i
<Ir~ti nv;;e..
:z9, leave a clear intervening space or area between a new building and
tLe hill-side, shall make, the surface of the floor of such area, at
least twelve
iwclles lower than the level of the basement floor of such new building,
and he shall lay, to the full extent of such area, along the toe: of the
slope;
of the hill-side, and to a depth of at least twelve inches below the
slar:fucc,
a line of hard, sound, stone-ware field-pipes, of not less than three
inches.
diameter, for the purpose of effectually draining the sub-soil of such
area,,
and he shall not cruse such sub-soil drain to be passed out under the
floor of any building, unless any other mode of outlet maybe
impracticable;
<l.nd, in such case, he shall cause the sub-soil drain to be so laid
under the
ground floor of such new building, that there shall be a distance o£ at
least nine inches between the top of. such drain and the surface of such
ground floor.

62. The floor of every area and of every basennent story shall be
properly asphalted, paved, or covered over, with a layer of good concrete
at least nine inches thick and the fioor.of such area shall have a fall,
from'
the external. wall of such building towards the face of the bill-side) of
at
least half an inch to the foot.

63. Every area, shall be kept, at all times, face and unobstructed by
structures
structures of any kind other than flights of steps, nor shall such area
be , pn1
roofed in, or covered over with glass or other material. No bride or .
flight of steps shall be placed over any window opening into such .arena
Every area shall be provided with .,a suitable parapet wall, or safe iron
railing, or fence, along its upper edge.'' v

1'avim, or
a.reawd
floors.
wercauwd-
in.

3(,)o Cub1C feet,
of space to be
liven each
inmate of
h ou ses.

:Inspection of
common lod'g-
in g:houses.
38 and 39 v..
c. 55, sec. 85.

1Vater-
closets.

*P.rivies in
factories (7I'
other
industrial
establish-
ments.

0PDINANCE No. 24 of 1887.

Public Health.

64. No person shall construct, except in a hospital, any water-closet
having.any communication with any underground public sewer or private
drain, nor, without the permission of the Sanitary Board, any urinal
having
such communication, and any such existing water-closets shall be removed
by the owner upon his being required by the Board to effect such removal.

65. Every factory, refinery, distillery, goclown, or other industrial
establishment walaatsoever, employing a number of persons, shall be
provided by the owner thereof with proper privy accommodation on the

premises, to the satisfaction of the Board.

Building,; on 66. Every person who shall erect a domestic building upon
land
new Crown .
Lots. obtained from the Crown after the passing of this Ordinance shall
provide
along the entire back of such building, if one storied, a clear space
form-
inb a back-yard of at least ten feet in width, and if such building be of
two or more stories, lie shall cause the wi.:ith of such back-yard to be
at

least fifteen feet.

PART v.

67, Every domestic building or portion thereof found to be inhab-
ited in excess of a proportion of one adult. to every three hundred cubic
feet of clear internal space, shall. be considered to be in an overcrowded
condition, and shall be deemed a nuisance. . ( Illci.;> section shall
apply only
to such dist7°icts or portions of districts, as nay, Vfrom thne to dyne,
be desiq-
nated fey an order of the Governor in Council. Repealed by Ordinance
No. 26-of 1890. ]
$8. It shall. not be lawful for any, householder or tenant to let or
sub-let, for occupation, any tenement-house or any floor, compartment
or, portion thereof to so large a number of persons, or families, as shall
leave less than three hundred cubic feet of clear space for every adult
inmate of such tenement-house; or portion thereof, includin the family
of such. householder or tenant if resident on the premises, and the
presence
of any number of persons in excess of this proportion, between the hours
of 11 Pam. and 4 A.M., shall be taken as prima facie evidence tluat such
tenement-house, floor, compartment, or portion thereof; has been let in
eontraventign of this section.

69. Tie keeper of a common lodging-house, and every other person
acting in .the care or management thereof, shall, at all times, when
required
by any officer of the Sanitary Board, give him free access to such house,
or, any part thereof, and any such keeper, or person, who refuses such
access shall be liable to a penalty 'not exceeding twenty-fire dollars.
ORDINANCE No. 24 o~ 188i .

.Public Health.

70. If any tenement-house, or domestic building, or portion thereof,
shall be found to be in au overcrowded condition, the Board shall, by a
written notice, require the tenant of the same , or any portion thereof,
and
also, if necessary, the house-holder, to abate such overcrowding, within a
period of one calendar rnanth ; such notice shall specify the cubic
capacity
w-ailable for habitation in such tenement-house, or other domestic build-
ina, and the number of persons which icnay be legally accommodated
therein. If the said notice be not obeyed, it shall be lawful for the said
Board to apply to a 1laaistrate, who, on 8afficient cause shown, shall,
Summon before him the tenant or occupier of such dwelling house, or
such householder.

If the person summoned admits, or if it be prop ed to the satisfaction
nzagistlate
may Make
of the said Ma~istrate that the said house is overcrowded, the Magistrate
'order.
shall make an order for the abatement of the nuisance forthwith.
On the hearin ; of the said matter, the Magistrate may make such
mshGccioi,.
order for the inspection, at any hour of the night or day, of the said
house,
as the circumstances of the case may require. Stich order to continue in
force for a period not clceedinone month.

71. Any room of a tenement-house used as a common kitchen, shill
11ot be used as a sleeping room, and the householder, or tenant thereof,
shill be responsible that such common kitchen is not so used, nor shall
any passage; lobby, or other place, partitioned off from any sleeping
room to the height of the ceiling, be included in the calculation of the
cubic capacity available for flLlinan habitation. '

72. In the calculation of cubic space, for, the hiu°poses of the
four Children-of
ten 3 ears.
preceding sections, two children ten years, or under ten years of age,
shall.
be counted as one person, and eviery person over tell years of age shall
be
considered. as an adult.

73. -No person shall open, or beep open, a common lodging-house, Lodging.
unless the house is registered, and the keeper thereof is licensed by the
houses.
Registrar General. [Amended by 0rdhaccnee No. 26 of 1890.

74. No person who shall erect a domesticbuildinb shall allow the
carne or any portion thereof to be occupied, until such building shill
have been previously examined by an officer of the guard, duly authorised'
by the Board, and certified .by such. officer as having been built-in com-
pliance with the entire provisions of this Ordinance.

2197

Steps to be
taken to abate-
overcrawding.

Common
kitchen not
to be used as
sleeping
rooms.

Domestic

buildings.
;a
fil

UJI

ORDINANCE No. 24 nF 18

Public Health.

76. Any person who shall not cornply with the requirements of
sections 67, 68, 70, and 71 shall be liable to a penalty not exceedin
fifty dollars, or, in default of payment,, to. 1121p1'1501'1111E;11t not
C'1Ceed113
one month.

PART VI.

zzeimburse- 76. All reaSonable expenses incurred 13y the Board in
consequence
memt of
expenses to of any default in complying with, any order or notice issued
under the
the Board. provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be money paid
for the
use anal at the requirement of the person on whom the said order of
notice; was lrzacle, and shall be recoverable from the said person in the
ordinary course of law at the suit of the secretary to the Board duly
authorised by the said Board. .
,i,eor>,.erv of ` 77. The provisions of the Crown I?eo~ecl~e.~
f)i~c%in<znee, _115, shall
~'''I'~, y)1)ly to the recovery of all such expenses, ,uid the certificate
required
by that C)rdinnncc; shall he sinned by the secretary.
A;,Sauaii assaults, obstructs, molests, or hinders any
lneznlacr
Ayit,et rn~;uxl~c;r it uc 1;1t6or officer of the hoard in the execution-
Qf the duties or eie`r cise of the
t
r3onm-t. powers imposed of conferred upon him lay this Ordinance, shall be
liable
' to 'a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars or to in-1prisoimnent
not;
exceedin~ three months.
,;~j,~,.~, ~~. 79, livery notice issued by the hoard sha.11 be in the form
contained
in schedule B to this Ordinance. ,
~n;1~t~l at. 80. Every such notice or order noay be served by any officer
or
servant of the Board by delivering the salve to or at the residence of
the person to whom it is addressed, and when addressed to the owner of
any premises it may, if such owner cannot be found, 1)e served by deliv-
ering the salve to some person upon 'such premises, or if there be no
person upon such premises who can be so served, by affl.Xing the same
to some conspicuous part of the premises.
:rOrMlMC5. $1. Any. person in whose possession there shall be foxznd any
food
liable to 'seizure under section 25 of this Ordinance shall be liable to a
penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars or to iza3prisonment not

e'Keeeding three months.
$2. Any person or, persons who shall, in making application for
registration or licensing of a, common A lodging-house, knowingly make
any false statements regarding any of the particulars required to be
ORDINANCE .No. 24 -ov 1SS'l.

Public Rea lilt.

.stated in such application, shall, on conviiction before a
A!Ia.gristrate, be
liable to a penalty not eaceedina twenty-five dollars.'

$3. Any person mho shall contravene any provision of this Urdi-
I'eaalties.
nance or of any Bye-Law made thereunder for which no special penalty
is provided shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollar., or,
in
-:default of payment, imprisonment not eYCeedino, three months.

$$. All penalties imposed by this Ordinance or by any Bye-Laws Do.
thereunder may be recovered in n, summary manner before a, ~111-agistrate
-at Mlle uit of the Secretary. '
8 '~J' . Where proceedinIngs under this Ordinance arc competelt
against ~e,
:sec'eral persons in respect of the joint act or dclault of such persons,
it S~weral

shall be sufficient to proceed against cane or more of thc'rll without
faro- '`..ceedilh against the others.

$6. This Ordinance shall not come 111t0 operation unless and until
uluosc~.
the Officer Acllninisteringthe- Government notifies by proclamation that
it is Her Majesty's pleasure not. to disallow the same, and thereafter it
.-shall Co111e into operation 117011 such day as the CJfliccr
Adrrlillisterinw the
-Government shall notify by the same or any other proclanlnt:i.on.

Z l'9 d.

Schedule A.

The followi'nb Ordinances or parts of Ordinances and all rules'` made
thereunder ~~.s~Ji>C',
. are repealed:-

a

No. 12 of 1856, sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, and 1.3., .
No. 8 of 1858, sections 19, and 28, sub-section 0.
No. 10 of 1872, sections 6, and 7.
No. ? of 1883.

Schedule 8.

To

Hongkong,

Nt>TzcE is hereby give,, to you on behalf of the Sanitary Board that the
wuisance

.-specified hereunder is found to exist in dour -premises No.
send that you are t9exefore hereby required within a delays of
[See 'ec. Z 0,)'
Ordinance YO.
24 of 1887, and
wmdm' A.]

ORDINANCE No. 24oF' 1887.

Public Realth.

from the time of service upon you of the present notice to abate
such nuisance in the manner hereunder set forth.

By order of the Sanitary Board.

Nature of Nuisance.

Action to be taken for the abatement of the nuisance.

[I'n force fiona the 31 st May, 1888, by proclamation o, f same date.

Confirmation proclaimed 30th May, 1888, anal also proclaineed 9th,
.Tune,.
188$, which cancelled the last mentioned proclamation.]

Secretary.

Additional rule nraade by the, Governor in Council the ?grad gazetted
24th, May, 1884,
under Ordinance No. 7 of 1883 in relation to the maintenance of order
. and cleanliness within the Colony of Hongkong.

No fertilization or irrigation of land with excretal matter shall be
carried on,

within a distance of fifty yards of and public road or thoroughfare.

U)o.i Regulations made by the Governor its Council under flee provisions
of section 12 of

Ordinance 7 of 1883 for the guidance of owners, lessees, or agents of
premises
proposed to be used as Chinese Emigrant .Lodging Houses on the 27th
.Tune, and gazetted the 1 Gth August, 1884.

1. The house must be substantially built, b`,e in good repair, clean and
have proper

drainage. .

2. The house drains must not be in direct comxn unication with the public
sewers.

3. Each sleeping room must be provided with proper means of ventilation
to the,.
satisfaction of the sanitary inspector. ^'

4. Each sleeping room must be fitted with proper bunks, the number of
bunks in
each room to be so arranMged as to give an average cubic space of 350
feet for each-
sin ;le bunk,

5. The house must have adequate kitchen accommodation provided 'with
proper
means for, the removal of smoke, &c., to the satisfaction of the
sanitary, inspector:

The house must have a proper receptacle for the storage of water.
ORDINANCE No: 24 -OF 1887 .

Public Health.

The house must have proper accommodation for personal washing to the
.satisfaction of the sanitary inspector.

$. The house must have proper and adequate privy, urinal and ash-bin
accom-
modation to the satisfaction of the sanitary inspector.

Additional rules made by the Governor in Council, under section 12 of The
Order mad elecan
liness Amendment Ordinance (7 of 1883), the 27t7a and gazetted 28th
August, 1886.

1. The breaming and repairing of vessels will only lie permitted on such
portions
of the public foreshores of Kowloon near Ynumfiti and, Hunghbm as are set
apart for
the purpose and indicated by granite boundary posts painted white.

2. No vessel shall be hauled up on any public foreshore for the purpose
of being
breathed and repaired except under a written permit fiom the Captain
Superintendent
of Police or the Police officer in charge of the district. The conditions
under which
the permits will be granted shall ire subject to the approval of the
Governor in Council.

3. Vessels while lying on the foreshores undergoing breaming or other
repairs
shall be subject to the same sanitary laws as are applicable to tenements
on sliore,
more especially as regards the disposal of waste products and the
prevention of
.accumulations of filth in their immediate vicinity.

Rules made by the (governor in Council, under section 5 of _'lhe F`uhlic
Ilealthc

Ordinance, 1887, (,24 of 1887), the vIst May, and

gazetted the 2nd June, 1888.

ELECTION BY THE HATE-PAYERS OF MEMBERS OF THE
SANITARY BOARD.

1. Elections shall tale place at such tube and place as shall be
previously notified
command of the Governor in the Hongkong Government Gazette.

2. The Registrar of the Supreme Court, hereinafter termed `The.
Registrar., shall
in accordance with any such notification summon to an election the
persons by law
entitled to vote at such election and shall preside. at the election.

3. The naTe of every candidate must be proposed in writing by one elector
and
seconded by another.

4. No elector will give more than one vote.

5. The voting will be by ballot.

6. The name of every elector voting must be recorded.

7, The ballot box must be opened aid the votes counted in' the presence
of the

.electors present.

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[..ee see. ? of
0W o6ri<roM El O.

.,cn,yt«n .t.1
OI',DINANCE No. 24 of 1887.

` Public Health.

$. Candidates, as such, are not disqualified from voting.

9. In the event of two candidates having an equal number of votes, only
one of
whom can be elected, their names must be submitted to another ballot.

10. As to any matters connected with the order of proceeding not hereby
provided
for, the Registrar shall tape such order as he thinks fit.

11. The Registrar shall inalne a return of the electors to the Governor
as soon as
conveniently may be after the election. The return must be accompanied
for the.
Governor's information, by:-

(a.) A list of the electors present at the meeting.

(b) A list of the candidates with the navies of their proposers and
seconders.

(c.) A list of voters.

(d.) A statement of the number of votes given for each candidate.

Bye-laws made b y the Sanitary Board of Hongkong for `the compulsory
reporting v,.'
infectious, contagious or communicable diseases under the provisions of
section
.T S of The Public Health Ordinance, 1887, sub-section 24, approved by
the
Legislative Council 2nd January, and gaxetted 5th January, 1889.

1. The following bye-laws refer to small-pox only.

2. The words ' Medical Practitioner' shall include all persons of whatever
nationality who pra2tise Medicine whether registered or not under
Ordinance No. G.
of 1884.

3r If any inmate of any premises be suffering from small-pox, and if such
inmate-
be under the care of a medical practitioner the said medical practitioner
shall forth-
with furnish the secretary to the Board or the Reaistrar General with a
notification:
in writing of the name -of such inmate. and -the situation of such
premises.

4. If any such inmate be not under the carp. of a medical practitioner,
the occupier
or keeper of such premises or part of such premises or the nearest male
adult relative
living on such premises shall on the nature of the disease becoming known
to him or
on suspicion of the existence in such inmate of any such disease
forthwith notify the
same to the secretary to the Board or the Registrar General or the
officer in charge of
the nearest Police Station.

1 5. Such notification shall immediately on receipt thereof be
transmitted by w-hom--
soever received to the secretary to the Board.

- $. The secretary- to the-Board shall upon application furnish every
medical =prac-
titioner in the Colony,` the Registrar General and every officer in
charge of a Police--
Station with the printed forms of notificat'ion to be used.
ORDINANCE No. 24 of 1887.

Public Health.

.Bye-laws made by thd Sanitary Board of Hongkong for the compulsory
vacating of infected
premises, and the disinfection and purification of the same under the
provisions of
sub-section 19 of section 18 of The Public Health Ordinance, .1887,
approved
b y the Legislative Council 7th and gazetted 9th March, 1889.

1. In the following Bye-Laws the words 'infected premises' mean and
include
any premises in which any person suffering front any infectious disease
is or has been
recently, located.

The words 11 infectious disease' mean and include small-pox and such
other diseases
as may from time to time be defined by the Board by resolution for the
purpose.

2. On receipt of a certificate from a duly qualified medical practitioner
that any
person suffering from any infectious disease is improperly lodged, the
sanitary super-
intendent shall in case the said person is unwilling to be removed
forthwith apply to a
Magistrate for an order for the removal of such person under the
provisions of section
?9 of the Ordinance.

3. When any person suffering from airy infectious disease is willing to
be removed
to a hospital or other suitable place the sanitary superintendent shall
with the assent
of the patient take such measures as he may deem necessary for the safe
and convenient
removal of the said patient.

4. When any person suffering from any infectious disease has been removed
from
any premises or has recovered or has died the sanitary superintendent
shall with the
assent of the occupiers of the infected premises take such steps as he
may deem
necessary for the disinfection and purification of the said premises.

In case of emergency or if for any reason the sanitary superintendent is
unable to carry out the duties specified in the foregoing Bye-Laws any
officer of the
Board authorized by the president for that purpose may act in his place.

Bye-laws made under sub-section 6 of*section 13 of Ordinance No. 24 of
188 approved
by the Legislative Council the 20th and gazetted 28xd November, 1889.

1. The general surface scavenging of the City o£ Victoria the Hill Dri and
the larger villages in the Colony and the removal of night-soil and
cognate matters
from the Hill Districts, public buildings and free and licensed latrines
shall be carried
out by contractors in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
contracts for the
time being in force.

2. The servants of the various public sanitary contractors shall, while
at worn,
wear such distinguishing badge as shalh.from time to tine be directed by
the Sanitary

Board.
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ORDINANCE No. 24 cF 1887.

Public Health.

3. Except between the hours of 2.30 A.m. and 7 A.M. in suxumer, and 2.30
A.m.
and 7.30 A.M. in winter, the conveyance of egcretal uxatters alonj any
public road or
street is prohibited. -

4.. Except between the hours of midnight and 9 A.M. the conveyance of
pig-wash
or other noxious or offensive waters along any public road or street is
prohibited.

5. Except in strong substantial buckets with closely fitting covers the
conveyance
of excretal matters, pig-wash, or offensive waters along an-y public road
or street is
prohibited.

6, The occupiers of any premises, or if there be no occupier the
immediate land-
lord shall make due provision for the daily removal of all excretal
matters and house
refuse from their premises to the conservancy-boats; and dust-carts,
dust-bins or dust-
hoats.

7. Occupiers shall provide tllclnselves with strong substantial moveable
dust-bins
f
for the reception of the day's house refuse.

Bye-laws -inade under sub-sections TS, 14 arid 16 of section 13 to give
effect to section 1,10
of Ordinance 24 of 1$8f, approved by the legislative Council the 20th and
gazetted 23rd November, r889.

1.. Annual licences expiring on the 31st day of December of the year in
which
they are granted shall be issued for the keeping of cattle, swine, sheep,
and (),oats.

2. Any person desirous of obtaining a licence to peep cattle, swine,
sheep or
goats shall make application to the Board by means of a properly
filled-in form, for
which purpose blank forms can be obtained from the Secretary to the Board
at his
office.

3, No building In which cattle, swine, sheep and gaits are housed shall
be situated
nearer than six feet to any dwelling-house and shall not 7x1 any way
connect with a
public or private sewer except with the special he.rnxission of the
Sanitary Board. Such
building shall be lighted and ventilated to the satisfaction of the Board
and the flooring
thereof shall be of granite slabs concrete or other impervious material
and provided
with water-tight channels for draininb all urine and fluid noxious
matters into a
water-tight covered sump or such other place as may he approved of by the
Board.
The suxnR shall be constructed to t-he satisfaction of the Board and
shall be emptied
.and the contents thereof together with the solid manure in the building
removed daily.

4. Each cow shall Lave at least 24 square feet nett area of standing room
and 360
cubic feet of air-space; but in no case shall the building be less than
12 feet in height

5. Each sheep; goat and pig shall have A least 8 square feet of standing
raoni
and 90 cubic feet of air-space. '~.
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Public Health.

6. The buildings shall be at all times kept in a cleanly condition and
the walls
shall be scraped and lime-washed at least once every six months.

7. A building for which a licence is held to house cattle, swine, sheep
or boats shall
not be used for any other purpose than the housing of such animals except
the storage
of fodder, and the space occupied by such fodder shall not be included in
the cubic
,air-space laid down in Bye-Laws 4 and 5. .

$. Buildings in which cattle, sheep, ;oats and swine are housed shall be
at all
t.iines open to inspection by meinbeas of the Sanitary Board or any of
the Board's officers.

9. Every licensee or in- his absence the person in charge of the animals
shall, with
all possible speed, report to the officer in chore of the nearest Police
Station any and
ever v case of disease occurring amongst his animals. In the event of an
annual dying
the carcase shall not be removed or buried without an order in
from an in-
spector of live stock or from some person authorised by him.

10. The Sanitary Board may,,in its discretion, cancel any licorice to
keep animals
on the holder of such licence being a second time convicted before a
Police Mabistrate
fur a breach of these bye-laws.

11. In the calculation of cubic space under bye-law 4, two calves-under
one year
--shall be counted as one cow.

12. In the calculation of cubic space under bye-laW 5, two lambs, two
hills and
two young pigs-under 4 months--shall be counted as one sheep, one boat,
and one
pig respectively.

Government Notification, (No. 169) given grad gazetted ,?6th April, 2890,

Notice is hereby given that the Governor in Council has, under section 27
of
Ordinance No. 24 of 1887, directed the Old.Chinese Cemetery, at
Shaukiw~un to be
closed from this date.

Bye-laws made by the Sanitary ..Board of Hongkong and submitted to the
Governor under
sub-section 1 of section .T 3 of Ordinance No. 24 of 1887, and approved
by

.Legislative Council 13th October, 1890. (Gazette .18th
of same month.)

Preliminary Explanatory Notes.

A. The following notes convey, in general terms, the principles that
should guide
the design and construction of house-drains. Before proceeding to lay
down in detail
the instructions which should be attended t!, in order to apply the same
satisfactorily;
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ORDINANCE No. 24 of 187.

Public Health.

it must be observed that no code of instructions e4n possibly embrace
every case that
will occur. It must be remembered that no system of house-drainage that
has yet
been devised, or probably will ever be devised, does away with the
necessity for care
in use. The real remedy for the inconveniences which are too often
experienced from
house-drains lies, not in any, elaboration of appliances, but in careful
construction,
careful- use, and a reasonably liberal water supply. Without the
co-operation of the
public, the sanitary authority is almost powerless to effect improvement.
It is there-
fore to be hoped that the public will assist, by insisting on good
construction and the
proper use of house-drains.

B. The object of a house-drain is to carry off, from the dwelling to the
street=
sewer, water fouled by use, together with all the solid or semi-solid
refuse which is
usually associated therewith, such as excrement of men or domestic
animals, refuse
from cooking and the like; in short, the foul liquid usually known as
sewage.

C. The house-drain: insist be ' self-cleansing.' The sewage as produced
in the
daily life of the inmates, must flow through the drain with a current
sufficiently rapid
to sweep along with it all suspended matter, so that no permanent deposit
can tape
place. A drain in which deposit takes place, is a cesspool in disguise,
from which
offensive emanations find their way into the dwelling; and from which
putrid sewage
flows into the street-sewers, making then exceedingly offensive. A badly
constructed
or badly kept house-drain is, therefore, not only a source of danger to
the inmates of
the house that it drains, but a public nuisance also. Unless house-drains
are well
made and properly used, no system of street-sewers, however perfect, can
work in ,a
satisfactory manner.

D. Water being the agent which cleanses the house-drains, its liberal use
by the
inmates of the dwelling, is essential to the proper maintenance of
house-drains. The
sewage must be well diluted. Nevertheless the quantity of water necessary
for the
proper cleansing of house-drains, is not excessive. The water normally
used by the
inmates of a dwelling for washing and cooking, is sufficient for this
purpose, provided
that it is readily obtainable at all times, either in the dwelling, or in
close proximity

thereto.

.E: The principal point to be attended to in the design of house-drains,
is so to
arrange matters that the sewage, as produced, shall flow through them in
the most
rapid current practicable; so that all suspended matter shall be swept
away at once and
completely.

F. The speed of a stream flowing through a pipe or chancel, of given size
an~1
shape, depends upon the following conditions:-

(a.) The inclination of the channel.

(b.) The smoothness of its surface.

(c.) The volume of the stream. ~,
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Public Health.

The steeper the slope and the smoother the sides of the channel, the
swifter will
be the current. The greater the volume of the stream, inclination being
the same,
the greater the speed.

Thus; if a 12' and a 3' pipe have the sauce inclination the velocity in
the 12' pipe
would be about twice as great as in the 3' pipe, provided that both were
half' full. But
-to fill the two pipes to this extent, the quantity of water passing
through the 12' pipe,
would be about thirty-two times that passing through the 3' pipe. But. if
the same
quantity flowed through both pipes, then the current in the 3' pipe,
being more con-
-centrated, would flow snore rapidly than that in the partially filled,
12/' pipe. .

G. These considerations would lead to the conclusion that the best size,
to be
-used for any house-drain, would be that which would just suffice to
carry off the sew;ige
with the pipe not less than half full. Within certain limitations, this
is the case,

II. In the case of street-sewers draining large districts, from which the
flow of
sewage is comparatively regular and capable of estimation, the proper
size of sewer may
be calculated with some approach to precision. In the case of
house-drains, however,
such precision is impracticable. The rate of flow is irregular and the
quantity of
sewage depends upon the habits of the inmates. Were the size of a
house-drain
-,calculated to carry,off even a most liberal water supply, which is, for
practical purposes
the measure of the sewage, it would be found, in the vast majority of
cases, to be much
less tban that which experience has shown, to be applicable in practice.
It has been ,
found that a house-drain less than a certain size, is inconveniently
liable to stoppages,
caused by extraneous matters; such as raga, paper and the like, which
occasionally find
their way into the best managed house-drains.

I. The minimum size of house-drain is usually fixed at from four to six
inches in
Ziameter. A four-inch drain, constructed in the usual manner, is probably
somewhat
-stnkall as a minimum; and a six-inch somewhat large. A diameter of five
inches, were
-this size readily obtainable, would be a better minimum.

J. Whenever the minimum size will suffice it should be used. Indeed,
subject to
-the limit laid down in the preceding paragraph, and to certain
conditions to be set
forth later on, the smaller the house-drain the better. The use of
unnecessarily large
house-drains amounts to an abandonment of the self-cleansing principle.
If a drain
is so large that the normal flow of sewage cannot fill it to a sufficient
depth to establish
. a self-cleansing velocity, depbsit takes place and goes on, either till
the pipe is choked
and the sewage escapes, through leaks, to the sub-soil : or, until the
deposit has
.accumulated sufficiently, to `reduce the area of the sewage-way to that
which will
-establish a current sufficiently rapid to prevent further deposit.

.K. In order that the size of house-drains may be reduced to the minimum
prac-
ticable, in each instance, rain-water should be excluded from them as far
as possible.
Rain-water cannot, however, be wholly e4cluded from house-drains. Many
uncovered
surfaces such as back-yards, receive slops aVl, fouhwater inthe course of
daily use and'
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Public Health.

this must be carried off by the house-drains. A duplicate set of drains
fox such, areas,
one for sewage and the other for rain-water, would be a costly
complication and there'
would be no security- that each set would be used for its proper purpose
only. Some,,
sewage would almost inevitably find its way into the rain-water drain,
which, being of
large size, would be imperfectly flushed and therefore offensivel.

L. Rain-water should be diverted from house-drains to the full extent
that is
possible by the use of surface-channels. As a general rule, when
surface-channels-
Gt1n110t he used to divert rain-water, it must be admitted to the
house-drain. Hence,
in the majority of cases, the amount of rain-water to be carried off
determines the size
of the house-drain. The table, hereunto attached, gives the area from
which 4° of rain,
falling in one hour, will be carried off by pipes of various sizes,ilaid
at different inclina-
tions. Iii providing for the removal of rain-fall, from a given surface,
it is to be.
remembered that it is not sufficient to provide a pipe o£ ample size to
carry off the-
rain-fall. Traps and gratings must be provided in sufficient numbers and
o£ sizes to
admit the rain-water freely to the drain and the surface must gave a fall
to carry it to
the openings. In lnvny cases neglect of these precautions has caused
fluodina. This
leas been put down to the size of the pipes, whereas the inlets `vere
really at fault.

Rain-water cannot be looped upon 'as a legitimate
abeutfoyrcleansinyhouse-drains
frond deposit. Firstly, there should be no deposit to remove from well
constructed and
properly managed drains; and secondly, because there are lone; intervals
in which no-
rain falls so that this flushing agent fails when most wanted. 4

M. The irregularity and uncertainty of the flow of sewage, which
precludes. an
accurate determination of size, makes it impracticable, to calculate
definitely the proper'
inclination of house-dr Gins. Experience spews that, under the normal
conditions of use,..
an inclination of one in thirty is desirable to ensure a self-cleansing
drain; especially when
the drain conveys the sewage from a single trap or inlet.' An inclination
of one in,
thirty, therefore, should, as a rule, be given to house-drains. Drains
laid at{ much.
flatter gradients can be made to work perfectly, with care, and provided
that the flow
of sewage is copious i. e. sufficient to fill the pipe nearly half full.
The designer of
house-drains having 1'!U control over their subsequent usage, will do
well to dive them,

in every, case, the greatest, practicable fall.

X The ordinary ' trap ' or syphon i5 not a perfect preventive against the
escape;
of sewage-tainted air from house-drains, although it is the only
appliance available for
the purpose. The water which seals the trap ray evaporate during disuse,
or a piece
of fibrous matter may act line a syphon and draw off the water
sufficiently to leave a
free passage for the escape of sewage-tainted air. Again, if there be a
series of inlets
connected to a drain which is unprovided with any free outlet; a sudden
rush of water
through one trap will force the air contained in the drain through the
other traps or
unseal them by drawing off~their contents, and open a passage fox the
escape of sewage-
tainted air into the dwelling, orv into some confined space in its
neighbourhood: Con-'-

sequently, house-drains must be 'ven0ated,'^or rather pi

ovided with vents, to
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Public Health.

prevent the accumulation of sewage-tainted air therein, and to secure the
efflc:iency of
the traps. To effect this thoroughly, the drain must have, at or near its
extremities,
-openings giving a free escape to the air within it, and between these
openings, there
should be no trap or outer obstruction to the free passage of air.

0. These ventilating-openings should be so placed that ally
sewage-tainted air
which may escape from them shall be as little offensive as possible. With
this object
the inner ventilating-opening should be placed above the roof of the
dwelling. This is
usually done by carrying up a pipe, having a free opening at the top,
alcove the root ;
and at a distance from any window. The second opening is usually made on
the house-
side of the trap which severs the direct communication between the drain
and the
public sewer. If, however, there be no trap between the house-clraiu and
the sewer
then there is no necessity for a second opening, the server itself
serviu`the purpose.
With a well constructed sy stem of self-cleansin ; street-sewers this
arrangement may
be adopted with safety, even with advantage. Then every house-drain
ventilator
serves as a sewer ventilator also; and when this is done universally, no
accumulation of
sewer-tainted air call take place in any part of the system.

P. Care must he taken in selecting tile position of tile lower
vetttil4ntiu~; ol)eoiu;;'r
because the elevated veLtilating pipe by no means secures a permanent
upward current
-of air. Accoruina to, the relative temperature of the air within and
witLout the clrailt,
to the direction and force Of the wind, s0 all upward or downward current
will obta,ill.

Q. Complete ventilation is especially important when any part of-the
house-drailt
system is in communication with the interior of the dwelling or where the
system is
extensive and leas numerous inlets. It is essential where water-closets
are used, or,
where the drains receive excrementitious matter. In the case of a short
length of
drain, leadinfrom a sin9le inlet, placed in an open space, such as v
back-yard, though
~desirable, it, is less necessary stud may be omitted without serious
dauber.

.R. Any direct communication between tile interior of the house and the
house-
.clrain slioul be avoided. Pipes carrying water from baths or sinks,
within the dnellin y,
should therefore deliver their effluent above flapped bulleys, in the
open air. The
..effluent from: baths or sinks, on upper storeys should, whenever
practicable, be received
by open-topped pipes, del i.verina freely above trapped gulleys at or a
little below the
;round-level. If, as in the case of water-closets, a direct communication
has to he
znad4uetween a fitting inside the house and the drain, then there innst
be complete
ventilation lay means of a pile carried IT outside and to the top of tile
building.

BYE-LAWS.

12 2)() 9

1. Any owner or occupier of private premises about to construct any new
drain, Nees.
shall give at least seven days' hr evous written notice of such intention
to the Board,
and such notice shall be delivered at the office of the Board, in a form
of which

p,t6d blank. copies in be obtained graA in English and Chinese oil
application tit

rin ay C.
2z1o

'Nature of
notices.

OlvDINANC.L No. 24 or 188i.

Public Health.

the office of the Board, or in the case of the villages-at any Pillage
Police Station,.
between tile flours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.m.

2., Every such notice shall specify the name of the street, the number of
the lot
and tile number of the house if any, which it is intended to drain and
shall be accom-
panied by a plan in duplicate of the premises drawn on a scale of not
less than twenty
feet to the inch, and such plan must show the whole of the new drains
with their-
proposed sizes figured thereon, and a section or sections showing the
proposed falls or
inclination and drawn to the same scale and to a vertical scale of not
less than ten feet
to the inch. The plan must also show the position and course of all
proposed surface-

11

Except that in case of suburban lots which cannot, be conveniently
included within
a plan of ordinary dimensions, when the lot and the out-fall drain may be
shown on a
scale of not less than one hundred feet to the inch.

A m»aoval of 3. Within seven days after receipt of the notice, the
sanitary surveyor shall, by
Walls, u;,r.
means of a'writtel communication, in English or Chinese as may be
necessary, inform
the person who has given the said notice whether his. designs and
proposed mode of
construction are approved or disapproved, and in case of disapproval such
modifications
or improvements as may be requisite in order to comply with -the
provisions of Ordi-
nance No. 24 of 1887 and of any bye-laTas made thereunder shall be
indicated in detail
to such person by the sanitary surveyor, and it shall not be lawful for
such person to
commence the new drains until the approval thereto of the sanitary
surveyor shaft
have been previously obtained by him, and in the case of such approval
one copy of
the deposited plan shall be returned to hiln, and the remaining copy
shall remain filed
in the office of the sanitarv surveyor.,

NOTE.-The approval of plans conveyed by the sanitary surveyor under this
bye-law certifies

simply to the feet that the lplauh awe in accordance with the Fublic
Health Ordinance and with the
bye-laws made thereunder but signifies no approval of the sufficiency or
otherwise of the plan and
throws no responsibility on the Board. ,

r,ig,,t;np ext.n'a. 4. Any person carrying out excavations for new
drainage works on any premises-.
contiguous to a public thoroughfare whereby the safety of the public may
be jeopard-
ized, shall light such excavations by means of ,lantern or lanterns kept
lighted through
the night, and he shall further provide watchmen, erect hoardin;s and
otherwise take'.
such precautions as may be necessary for securing the safety of the
public and the
1)rotLCt1011 Of adjoining properties.

I~oaterhnnnu 5. House-drains shall be made of impervious materials with
,smooth internal
Jointing.
surfaces, such as well glazed earthen-ware pipes or cast-iron pipes
protected against
rust or corrosion by suitable asphaltic coating. The drains shall be so
constructed. as
to be water or air-tight. In jointing pipes with cement, tarred-hemp
shall be caulked
into the joint before the cement is applied, and care shall be taken that
no cement or,
other jointing material projects from the joints into the interior of the
pipes; and
sup such projecting material or other irre,(~ularities in the bore of the
drain shall be-,
carefully removed.
Publae.~lealth., .

8. House-drains shall be firmly -bedded in selected material free from
large stones
and well rammed into place.

2211

7. All stoneware pipes shall be well glazed and free from creeks and
flaws and' Materials, stone-
ware pipes.,
shall have a thickness of not less than one twelfth of their diameter.

8. Disconnecting chambers shall be red brick manholes fitted with
stoneevare * traps T
A>aterium

disconnecting
chambem,

and ventilating. grates of iron or stone.

9. Lime mortar, used for the building of manholes shall be composed of
three wateriais,n»>o

parts of sand or red earth and one part of good lime. mortar.

10. Lime concrete used for encasing new drains shall be composed of four
parts of Watexaetg,a»no

' concrete.

good sound clean stone, broken to half inch cubes, two parts of red earth
and, one part
of live thoroughly well mired and well rammed into place.

11. Cement mortar used for the jointing of pipes or any other work shall
be mired Xateliuh>

ceniacit ,nor tzar.
in the proportions of three parts of clean sharp sand and one part of
good :Portland
cement and used fresh.

12. No main house-drain shall be less than sip. inches in clear internal
diameter. Size of drains.
13. Subject to the limitation mentioned in the preceding bye-law, no main
house- site of araijl8,
drain shall be larger than is necessary in the opinion o£ the Board to
carry off the .
sewage of the dwelling, or the sewage with the rain-water, which, under
conditions
hereinafter specified in bye-laws Nos. 38, 39; 40 and 41 shall be
admitted to the house-
drain.

14. Every house-drain shah. have the maximum fall throughout its length,
that Fall to drains.
the relative levels of the public sewer and o£ the most remote inlet;
will admit of.

Provided always

(a) That the maximum available fall does not exceed one in thirty (or 4
inches
in 10 feet. If it does, then the part of the drain, more remote from
the public sewer, may be laid with a fall. of one in thirty ; and the
remainder, with such greater fall as may be necessary to connect with

the public sewer.

(b) That the, excavation, necessary to obtain the maximum available,
fall, is
not of such a nature as'to endanger the stability of the adjoining. or

neighbouring property

In these.and similar cases the gradient may be redueetlaubject to
the-approval of

1,1a: Whenever a reduction of fall, (below the standard, :grade l: in 30)
is necessary: . Fa.n to drains-
or permissible, it shall, wherever practicable, be made in the. .portion
of the, drama,
nearest to the outlet, rather than in the part nearest to the inlet and
in the main trunk
of the drain, rather than in the branches. ,

NOTE.r-The available fall in a house-drain, 100 feet long, is 2' 6' or
one in forty. It will be better
to make the first thirty feet from the inlet, with rfall of 1 foot, or 1
in 30 ; and the remaining length
of 70 feet with a fall of 1 in 4666, than to give an inform fall
throughout.
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Then
CD would have a fall of t in 40 only. The proper course to pursue would he to give CD a fall of one
in thirty, or

1` 4' in all.13C would then hove a fall of 1` 4' in :10, or 1 in 22:1, and CA a fall of I' 8' in GO
feet; or one in thirty-six.
ORDINANCE No. 24 of 1887.

Acblie Realth.

18. No drain shall be so constructed as to pass under any building except
when Drains under

nnildini:s, &c.

any other mode of construction is impracticable. Any drain passing under
a building

ss
ball, whenever possible, be laid in one straight line for the whole
distance beneath
such building, and shall be imbedded and incased throughout its entire
length in four
inches of good concrete.

Whenever a drain traverses soft or yielding ground, or where water may
make its f
appearance in the trench, the drain shall be surrounded throughout its
entire length
with four inches of good concrete.

The stones. composing the matrix of the concrete iii both cases shall be
of a size.
to pass through a half-inch ring.

18. No new drain shall be constructed in such manner as to allow any
inlet to
such drain to be placed inside any building on such premises.

20. The aggregate area of the openings in any grating fixed on inlets to
waste- sire. of (,peiiiag,,
in gratings.
pipes from baths or sinks shell not be less than four square inches and
the waste-pipe
shall not have a less internal diameter than 1 1 inches. ,

NOTE.-The object of thus is to secure. an efficient flush.
21. Traps or gulleys for the removal of rain-water shall be provided with
gratings
having the nett area of the openings not less than twice the area of the
trap or pipe.
Such gratings shall be sunk to a depth of at least one inch below the
surrounding
pavement, with a slope round theru equal to half the width of the
grating.,

NOTE.-It is not sufficient to provide pipes of ample diameter there must
be openings of sufficient
size to admit the rain to them.
22. Traps at the inlets to drains shall be placed so that the water-level
iii .them r,aps.
is not less than one foot below the ground, and such trap shall be placed
as low down
as the level of the house-drain or branch will permit of; provided that
the depth be

ubt more than two feet.

23. Traps shall have not less than two inches of water seal and shall be
securely Traps.
fixed to the drain. All stoneware traps shall be surrounded with a
thickness of four.
inches of lime concrete.
24: No person shall construct or fix in connexion with any new drain or
waste- roni, <f trains.
pipe the form of trap of the kind known as the bell-trap or any trap of
the kind known
as the D trap and all traps connectedwith any private drains shall be
properly set in -

cement mortar to the satisfaction of the Board.

NOTE.-Bell-traps and D traps from their form give rise to deposit of
filth difficult to remove by
flushing.

25. Eve;y main house-drain, whdrever practicable, shall be, ventilated at
its upper
end by an opening, in free communication with the outer air. This opening
shall be
placed in such a position, as to render any emanations from it as little
obnoxious as
possible. ' .

NOTE.-(This is, in most cases, to be done by carrying up a well-jointed
pipe, not less than four
inches in clear internal diameter, to some point, above the eaves -of the
building, which is not in close
proximity to any window or chimney. In the case of rural or suburban
tenements, the ventilating
opening may be provided on any eminence, or open space at a distance ft
om the dwelling; the venti-
lating pipe and opening, in this case, being not ledthan four inches in
internal diameter.)
Down-picas.

«e,ste-pipes.

Waste-pipes.

ttain-water
pipes.

URDI1~'AVTrE` I1To: = ,24 0FYI-88i .

Public Health.

26. Every main house-drain shall have a ventilating opening near to its
lower end
and no trap or other obstruction to the free circulation of air shall
exist between this
opening and the one described in the preceding bye-law.

If there be a trap between the house-drain and the public sewer, then an
opening,
shall be made on the house-side of the trap, and the said opening shall
be so arranged
as to give access to the trap for inspection, cleansing or repair.

If there be no trap between the public sewer and the house-drain no
special
opening need be provided at the lower end.

'27, .rains leading from a single trap and not being more than sixty feet
long,
need not be provided with an elevated ventilating opening at their.upper
end .but if
'this be omitted, they shall be provided with a trap, disconnecting them
from the public
sewer, and shall have a ventilating opening at the lower end on the
house-side of the
trap.

2$, Ventilating and fall pipes of stoneware shall be securely fixed to
the exterior
surfaces of walls with wrought iron bands fitted round the pipe and made
fast to the
wall with two wrou;ht iron spikes not less than four inches in length.
Metal pipes
shall also be fixed as above or shall have two ears fixed to then and
secured to the wall
with two wrought iron spikes, not less than four inches long.

29. Down-pipes, conveying rain-water from roofs, shall be constructed of
cast or
welded wrought-iron, and -when the down-pipe discharges into the
house-drain it shall
be completely disconnected. therefrom, as described in bye-law No. 31 and
fitted with a
bend, shoe or pedestal pipe. Wherever practicable,, the rain-water
down-pipes on the
street side of buildings, shall be carried under the footpath and
discharge into the
side-channel.

NOTE.---It is moat important that such pipes should be completely
disconiect.ed from the sewk4rs
so that they cannot by* any ;possibility serve as conduits for conducting
sewer air up and into the
dwelling.

30. Waste-pipes from baths, sinks and other similar appliances, on the
upper
floors of buildings shall be of cast-iron soclietted pipes or
wrought-iron welded-pipes
With screwed joints coated with bituminous composition, or in the case of
wrought-iron,
galvanised; or of well glazed.stone-ware socketted pipes, or other
approved materials,
securely filed outside the wall, and provided, at,--ach point of
connection, with a suitable
head, and at their lower extremity with a bend, shoe or pedestal pipe.
All joints of
stoneware pipes to be made in the manner provided for in bye-Jaw 5.

NOTE.-Zinc, tin-plate, rivetted or lap-jointed sheet-iron will not be
approved.

i. ~ 31. Waste-pipes, as well as down-pipes from < roofs; shall. not be
Aonnected direct
with any drain but shall discharge in the open air near to of over a trap
and they-shall
be brought down to within one foot or less from the ground.

32. No rain water-pipe from the roof of a building shall be used as a
ventilating

shaft to any drain which communicates or is designed to communicate with
a public
sewer.

NOTE.-Rain water-pipes terminate a the eaves of the house a point not
high enough above
windows to be a safe ventilating outlet.'~
0!RDLTTANCE No. 24 0F 1

Public Health.

.33. Any person who neap have laid guy new drain or constructed new
drainage caverin~tt-P

at~tins.

works connected therewith shall not cover up such drain or works until
the same shall
have been previously inspected and passed by the Board, and such person
shall give
three clear days' written' notice to the Board that such drain or works
are ready, for
inspection, and such notice shall 'be delivered at the office of the
Board in a farm of
which printed blank copies may be obtained gratis in English and Chinese
on application
at the office of the Board, or in the case of villages-at any Village
Police Station,
between the hours Of 10 A.M. and 4 p.m.

34. Before any drain is covered in, it shall be inspected and, tested to
ascertain lnsl,ection of
duaiaw.
whether it is water or air-tight; and no drain that fails in this respect
shall be passed.,

After inspection, the earth shall be carefully filled in, above and.
around the drain;
.and thoroughly rammed and consolidated. For a depth of at least sip
inches, above
the summit of the sockets of the pipe, selected material, free from
stones larger tbau
will pass through a 2~/ ring, shall be used in filling in the trench.
` 35. The floors of cook-houses, stables, cow-sheds and the like, where
practicable
.shall be elevated above the ground outside the dwelling, and be provided
with surface
-channels, passing out through the wall, and delivering above a trapped-
galley, outside.
When new drains are being laid and where the floor is at the level of the
ground
outside, the surface-channel of the cook-house, shall be connected to a
trap; outside
the house, by ,a straight open pipe, terminating above the water-level of
the trap,
which shall be accessible and in free communication with the air.

3E. The floors of cook-'houses, latrines; privies, bac~=yards -shall b©
paved with moor, of tv>ok-
~<.
same impervious and durable material, such as- granite seas, or vitrified
bricks, laid houses,
on a bed of good concrete not less than four inches thick, and painted
with good
mortar, or with good concrete laid in a bed not less than six inches
thick and rendered
with cement, and shall have a fall from the walls to the outlet of at
least a, -1 inch to
the foot. `
3'7. All surfaces of back-yards and paved areas of premises wherever
practicable rnnotvVaras,sa.
shall have a fall, from the walls of the building towards the trap or
inlet of the drain,
at the rate of not less than ? an inch to 1 foot, and such inlet shall be
placed as far
from the walls as practicable..

38. Open surfaces such as back-yards, court-yards or other spaces, on
which
slops are thrown, or from which foul waters flow, shall be provided with
trapped con-
nections to the house-drains, for the removal of such waters, as well as
some o the
rain-water. But such surfaces shall be properly paved, in the manner
prescribed for
back-yards and coon-houses, so that no sand or silt'may be washed into
the drains

from them..

39. Wherever an outlet is available, surface channels shall be provided
to carry snit'xce

channels.

III <rorot co
houstes, uc.

-excessive rain-fall from premises and these channels shall be properly
connected with
the storm-water channel, in the street. Traps not less than 4 inches in
diameter in
-connection with the hawse-drain shallabe placed in this surface-channel,
which will
carry off slops or sewage, as well as some°>Ain-fall.

Openings into

drains in yards,
011.`D1N.k,X,CE No. 24 OF 1887.

Public Health.

40. Rain-water shall be diverted from house-drains by means of surface
channels.
or otherwise to the fullest extent practicable.

41. The rain-water from roofs, which slope towards enclosed court-yards,
or-
back-yards, may, if diversion to the surface chancel is impracticable, be
received into
the house-drain. But no ventilating pipe shall be used for , the
conveyance of rain-
water from the roof.

:sari,-xc>;r ar,mi,. 42, No person shall, where it eau possibly be
avoided, lay any pipe for conveying
sub-soil drainage in such manner or in such position as to communicate
direct with.
ally sewer, cess-pool or drain used for the conveyance or reception of
sewage.

NoTn.-It is important to exclude sewage tainted air from the sub-soil.
The connection of sub-
soil drains to sewers even if a trap is used is objectionable; because in
dry weather the flow of the drain
may cease and the water or the trap may dry up and leave a free
communication between the sewer
and, the/sub-soil drain. The object of sub-soil drainage is not only the
removal of water, but the
aeration <>f the sub-soil, The mouths of such drains tucrefore should be
so paced that pure air can
cuter freely, a condition incompatible with direct connection with sewers
or house-drains.

New ,nndi« and 43. In every case where the course of a new drain shall be
diverted, any cesspool
previously existing and into which such new drain may have previously
emptied, shall
be cleansed, deodorized and filled with clean earth.
44. All new drains or drainage works, shall be built and carried out in
all respects
vin -accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 24 of I$$7 and of
these bye-laws
and of any that may be made hereafter and if no written notice as
provided in bye-law
No. 1 shall have been given to the Board by any person about to
construct, reconstruct,-
alter or amend any new drain on his premises, and if by such default the
Board shall
have bad no opportunity of inspecting and approving or disapproving of
new drains
actually built and already covered in, it shall be lawful for the Board
on discovering
the existence of such new drains or works to call upon the owner to open
and uncover,
the same for the purpose of inspection and'should such new drains or
works prova-
upon inspection to be defective either in respect of design, workmanship
or materials
they shall be deemed a nuisance and dealt with as such.
carr,v~g~ (,)«t of 45. All works connected with the construction of new
drains and drain-connec-

wcarl:s..

tions shall be carried out 111 strict accordance with the plans and
sections previously
submitted to and approved by the Board, or with such amendments to such
plans and
sections as may have been required by the Board, and such works shall be
carried out
in a proper and worhinanlike manner with the best materials of their
respective kinds
and shall be subject during their progress to the continuous control
ary'a supervision of
the officers of the Board appointed in that behalf and shall be completed
to the entire
satisfaction of the Board.

46. These bye-laws shall come into force on and after the 1st day of
January,..
1891; and the bye-laws dated the 17th day of November, 1888, and
published in the
Government Gazette of the 24th November, 1888, are hereby repealed as
from the 1st:.
day of January, I8cJ1. ~'
ORDINANCE No., 24 of 1887.=

.Public Health.

Bye-lazes made by the s.5anitarJ Board under sub-section 5 of section 13
of
Ordinance No. -94 of 1887, and approved by thelegislative Council
16th February, 1891, (Gazette 91st February, 1891.)

LATRINE.

1. Every public latrine together with its fittings shall be kept at ~tll
trues in
thorough state of repair.
2. Every public latrine shall be kept, at all times, if a cleanly
condition.
3. While open to the public, every latrine shall have pit toast one
able-bodied adult
.attendant constantly oil duty therein.
4. All the partitions, seats, floors and channels of every public hutrine
as, Nvell as all
aitensils therein, shall be thoroughly scrubbed at least once every day
with such detergent
and deodorant of such a strength as the Board may from time to time
approve.
5. The whole of the interior walls of every public latrine shall be
lime-wnst1od und
.Mly fittings made of wood shall be tarred at least once every lunar
month.
g. Fumigants of such description as may be approved of by the Board shall
be kept
burning in every latrine while it is open to the public.
7. The contents of soil pans in publiq latrines shall be kept covered
with either eartl1,
.saw-dust, opium-packing or such other suitable material as the Board may
approve of.
8. The soil and urine collected. in public- latrines shall be re;novel
therefrom. dailv
by the public conservancy contractor its provided for by the terms afid
conditions of leis
tyoutract.
9. Every latrine open to the public before smlrise or after sunset shill
be at such
times adequately lighted.
10. Any building used its a public latrine shall. not be used as :t
dwelling.

Government 1Volifiration of the 20th gazetted 21st Jlfareh, 1891.

Notice is hereby given that the Governor in Council has selected and
appointed
the sites: hereinafter described as cemeteries or. places of burial for
Chinese, under the
provisions of Ordinance 24 of 1$$7, namely:-

. KAULUNG. .

Situated on the north side of the road from YaumAati to the village of
Mat`auwai,
:aud'near this village and within a short uistance of the limits of
British territory. The
site is an irregular figure bounded by Government ground, measuring on
the north,
-520 feet ; south, 300 feet ; east, 290 feet; west, ,520 feet. ,

SHAUKIWAN.

Situated at Shaukiwn bounded or. the north by a line of boundary stones,
on the
west by. a mullah, and on the east -and south by the shore of Sywan Bay.
The limits

'have been marked out by boundary stones.
ORDINAVCE No. 24: of ngs7.

Public.; HeattJc:

SHEgb. . .

Situated about 4 of a mile to the north-east of the northern portion of
the village
of Shek6; bordered by the cliff facing the sea on the east, and on the
three other sides
by Government, ground, measuring on the north, 550 feet; south, 500 feet;
east, 340
feet', wept, 300 feet.

STANLEY.

Situated about ~ of a mile to the south-east from the Stanley barracks ;
bordered.
on the south-east by .Tytam Bay on the north-west, east and west sides by
Government
ground, aid measuring on the north-west, 480 feet; south-east, 520 feet ;
east, 560
feet; west, 500 feet.

ABERDEEN.

Situated on the promontory z a mile to the south-east of the village of
Aberdeen,.
.and bordered on the southern side by the Aberdeen channel, and on the
north, east
and west by Government ground, measuring on the north, 1,200 feet; east,
300 feet;
west, 350 feet.

Nmrh:.---d%or s2zpersedcd, or repeated notifications, rules, etc., see:--

Gnvcrnme7tt Notification as to Cemeteries for Chinese at Mount Davis,.
Gazette 19th June, 1856.

laat?ernment Notification as to Cemeteries for Chinese at Yaumatee,
Gazette

. 2nd- December, 1871.

Rules and -regulations as to scavenging in the City of Victoria Of
the,lSth
June, 1888, Gazette of the same date.

rtzdes and regulations as to scavenging in out-districts of the X3tla
June,.
1883, Gazette of the same date.

Instructions to senior and other inspectors of nuisances of the 20th
June,.
1888, Gazette 23rd of the same month.

Instructions to Police officers in charge of out-stations of the 20th
June,.
1883, Gazette 23rd of the,same month.

Rules arid- regulations as to 'scavenging, in Hill Districts of the 10th,
Azcyust, 1888, Gazette 18th of the same -month.

Sanitary conditions of licence for keeping cows, et(-.,, of the 8th
:S'e?3tember,.

s
1883, Gazette of the same date:

Additional instructions to inspectors. of nuisances of the 21st November,
1.888,.
Gazette 24th of the same month.

flovernntent A'oti, fieatiowas to Cemd4eries, for Chinese at '.Kau,lzcng,
Slzauki-
zuazz, Slacko, ~Stanley and Abcrdeen,.of the 5th June, 1885, Gazette 6th
of the same month.

7pye-laws of the 17th November, 1888, Gazette 24th November, 1888.

Advertisement as to Cemetery for Chinese at SIcaltkiwan of the 19th July,
1889; Gazette 23rd of the same month.

Government Notification us to Cemetery for Chinese at SJtaukiwan of the
17t1a July, 1890, Gazette I9.t1z of the same month.
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Preamble.
Title.
2179
Ordinance repealed.
Definitions.
Author of a nuisance.
Board.
Building.
Common lodging-house.
Domestic building.
Drug.
Food.
Hill-side.
2180
Householder.
Keeper of a common lodging-house.
New building.
Occupier.
Owner.
Person.
Premises.
Secretary.
Tenant.
2181
Tenement-house.
Vessel.
Constitution of the Board.
[See Ordinance No. 1 of 1890.]
Governor to make rules for elections.
President, Vice-President and secretary.
[See Ordinance No. 1 of 1890.]
Substitute members.
Vacancies.
Sanitary staff.
2182
Board meetings.
Quorum.
Standing orders.
Power to make bye-laws.
2183
Powers of president and vice-president.
2184
Legislative Council to approve bye-laws.
Definition of nuisance.
2185
Right of entry.
[See Ord. No. 26 of 1890, s. 2.]
Notice of entry to be given.
Penalty.
Sanitary Board to serve notice requiring abatement of nuisance.
38 and 39 Vict. c. 55, s. 94.
[See Ord. No. 26 of 1890. s. 2.]
2186
Sanitary Board to serve notice directing compliance with bye-laws.
[See Ord. No. 26 of 1890, s. 2.]
Board may review notice.
On non-compliance with notice complaint to be made to Magistrate.
Power of Magistrate to make order dealing with nuisance.
[Ibid, sec. 96.]
2187
Order of prohibition and use, &c. of house unfit for human habitation.
[Ibid, sec. 97.]
Penalty for contravention of order of Magistrate.
Seizure of unwholesome food.
Chinese cemeteries.
[See Advertisement gazetted 23rd February, 1889.]
2188
Closing of Chinese cemeteries.
Burial elsewhere.
Removal of infected persons.
Keeping pigs, &c.
Proclamation of epidemic disease.
2189
Bye-laws for prevention or mitigation of epidemic.
Punishment for contravention of bye-laws.
Bye-laws to be published in the Gazette.
Board to supervise execution of bye-laws.
Inspection of premises.
[See Ord. No. 26 of 1890, s. 2.]
2190
Premises overcrowded.
Proclamation to extend to waters of the Colony.
Drains.
[See Ord. No. 15 of 1889, secs. 73, 74.]
Materials to be used for drains.
Sizes and falls of drains.
2191
Drains under building.
Disconnexion and ventilation of drains.
Traps and manholes.
Junction of drains.
Ventilating-pipes.
Overflows and waste waters.
2192
lop-stones and down-pipes.
All works to be carried out by Board or by persons approved by same.
New housedrains.
Groups of drains.
Owners to connect drains with main-sewers.
2193
Suspected drains to be opened by Board.
[See Ord. No. 26 of 1890, s. 2.]
House drains in villages and rural districts.
Open drains.
Sumps.
Stagnant water.
2194
Areas.
Area to be left in land purchased previous to Ordinance.
Exemptions.
2195
Kitchen, &c.
Sub-soil drainage.
Paving of area and floors.
Structures in areas prohibited.
2196
Water-closets.
Privies in factories or other industrial establishments.
Buildings on new Crown Lots.
Overcrowding.
300 cubic feet of space to be given each inmate of houses.
Inspection of common lodging-houses.
38 and 39 V. c. 55, sec. 85.
2197
Steps to be taken to abate overcrowding.
Magistrate may make order.
Inspection.
Common kitchen not to be used as sleeping rooms.
Children of ten years.
Lodging-houses.
Domestic buildings.
2198
Punishments.
Reimbursement of expenses to the Board.
Recovery of expenses.
Assaulting member or officer of the Board.
Schedule B.
Manner of serving notices.
Penalties.
Do.
2199
Penalties.
Do.
Proceeding against several persons.
Suspending clause.
[* See sec. 2.]
[* Sic.]
2200
[See sec. 2 of Ordinance No. 24 of 1887, and schedule A.]
[Do.]
2201
[See sec. 2 of Ordinance No. 24 of 1887, schedule A.]
2210
Nature of notices.
Approval of plans, &c.
Lighting excavations, &c.
Materials and jointing.

2211
Materials, stoneware pipes.
Materials, disconnecting chambers.
Materials, line mortar.
Materials, lime concrete.
Materials, cement mortar.
Size of drains.
Size of drains.
Fall to drains.
Fall to drains.
2212
Fall to drains and flush.
Change of direction.
2213
Drains under buildings, &c.
Inlets.
Size of openings in gratings.
Traps.
Traps.
Traps.
Form of traps.
Ventilation.
2214
Ventilation.
Ventilation.
Ventilating pipes.
Down-pipes.
Waste-pipes.
Waste-pipes.
Rain-water pipes.

2215
Covering up drains.
Inspection of drains.
Floors of cook-houses, &c.
Floors of cook-houses, &c.
Fall of yards, &c.
Opening into drains in yards, &c.
Surface channels.
2216
Diversion of rain-water.
Admission of rain-water.
Sub-soil drains.
New drains and cess-pools.
New drains.
Carrying out of works.

2178

Preamble.
Title.
2179
Ordinance repealed.
Definitions.
Author of a nuisance.
Board.
Building.
Common lodging-house.
Domestic building.
Drug.
Food.
Hill-side.
2180
Householder.
Keeper of a common lodging-house.
New building.
Occupier.
Owner.
Person.
Premises.
Secretary.
Tenant.
2181
Tenement-house.
Vessel.
Constitution of the Board.
[See Ordinance No. 1 of 1890.]
Governor to make rules for elections.
President, Vice-President and secretary.
[See Ordinance No. 1 of 1890.]
Substitute members.
Vacancies.
Sanitary staff.
2182
Board meetings.
Quorum.
Standing orders.
Power to make bye-laws.
2183
Powers of president and vice-president.
2184
Legislative Council to approve bye-laws.
Definition of nuisance.
2185
Right of entry.
[See Ord. No. 26 of 1890, s. 2.]
Notice of entry to be given.
Penalty.
Sanitary Board to serve notice requiring abatement of nuisance.
38 and 39 Vict. c. 55, s. 94.
[See Ord. No. 26 of 1890. s. 2.]
2186
Sanitary Board to serve notice directing compliance with bye-laws.
[See Ord. No. 26 of 1890, s. 2.]
Board may review notice.
On non-compliance with notice complaint to be made to Magistrate.
Power of Magistrate to make order dealing with nuisance.
[Ibid, sec. 96.]
2187
Order of prohibition and use, &c. of house unfit for human habitation.
[Ibid, sec. 97.]
Penalty for contravention of order of Magistrate.
Seizure of unwholesome food.
Chinese cemeteries.
[See Advertisement gazetted 23rd February, 1889.]
2188
Closing of Chinese cemeteries.
Burial elsewhere.
Removal of infected persons.
Keeping pigs, &c.
Proclamation of epidemic disease.
2189
Bye-laws for prevention or mitigation of epidemic.
Punishment for contravention of bye-laws.
Bye-laws to be published in the Gazette.
Board to supervise execution of bye-laws.
Inspection of premises.
[See Ord. No. 26 of 1890, s. 2.]
2190
Premises overcrowded.
Proclamation to extend to waters of the Colony.
Drains.
[See Ord. No. 15 of 1889, secs. 73, 74.]
Materials to be used for drains.
Sizes and falls of drains.
2191
Drains under building.
Disconnexion and ventilation of drains.
Traps and manholes.
Junction of drains.
Ventilating-pipes.
Overflows and waste waters.
2192
lop-stones and down-pipes.
All works to be carried out by Board or by persons approved by same.
New housedrains.
Groups of drains.
Owners to connect drains with main-sewers.
2193
Suspected drains to be opened by Board.
[See Ord. No. 26 of 1890, s. 2.]
House drains in villages and rural districts.
Open drains.
Sumps.
Stagnant water.
2194
Areas.
Area to be left in land purchased previous to Ordinance.
Exemptions.
2195
Kitchen, &c.
Sub-soil drainage.
Paving of area and floors.
Structures in areas prohibited.
2196
Water-closets.
Privies in factories or other industrial establishments.
Buildings on new Crown Lots.
Overcrowding.
300 cubic feet of space to be given each inmate of houses.
Inspection of common lodging-houses.
38 and 39 V. c. 55, sec. 85.
2197
Steps to be taken to abate overcrowding.
Magistrate may make order.
Inspection.
Common kitchen not to be used as sleeping rooms.
Children of ten years.
Lodging-houses.
Domestic buildings.
2198
Punishments.
Reimbursement of expenses to the Board.
Recovery of expenses.
Assaulting member or officer of the Board.
Schedule B.
Manner of serving notices.
Penalties.
Do.
2199
Penalties.
Do.
Proceeding against several persons.
Suspending clause.
[* See sec. 2.]
[* Sic.]
2200
[See sec. 2 of Ordinance No. 24 of 1887, and schedule A.]
[Do.]
2201
[See sec. 2 of Ordinance No. 24 of 1887, schedule A.]
2210
Nature of notices.
Approval of plans, &c.
Lighting excavations, &c.
Materials and jointing.

2211
Materials, stoneware pipes.
Materials, disconnecting chambers.
Materials, line mortar.
Materials, lime concrete.
Materials, cement mortar.
Size of drains.
Size of drains.
Fall to drains.
Fall to drains.
2212
Fall to drains and flush.
Change of direction.
2213
Drains under buildings, &c.
Inlets.
Size of openings in gratings.
Traps.
Traps.
Traps.
Form of traps.
Ventilation.
2214
Ventilation.
Ventilation.
Ventilating pipes.
Down-pipes.
Waste-pipes.
Waste-pipes.
Rain-water pipes.

2215
Covering up drains.
Inspection of drains.
Floors of cook-houses, &c.
Floors of cook-houses, &c.
Fall of yards, &c.
Opening into drains in yards, &c.
Surface channels.
2216
Diversion of rain-water.
Admission of rain-water.
Sub-soil drains.
New drains and cess-pools.
New drains.
Carrying out of works.

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