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Tidal currents / East Street building / Latrine plans

Sketches extracted from 'Mr. Chadwick's reports on the sanitary condition of Hong Kong; with appendices and plans.'

I photographed the sketches in the copy held at the UK National Archives, their ref: CO 882/4/15

There's also a copy available to view online in the Wellcome Collection.

For more information about the contents of this report, see:

Date picture taken
1882

Comments

Hi there,

Noted the map cited Belcher Bay also as Lap Sap Wan.  Previously only read the same name in Mr Brey's book, mentioning the reclamation of Gin Drinker's Bay using garbage.

T

I hadn't heard that name used on Hong Kong island before, either. Chadwick's report says it was where the night soil and general rubbish was taken after it was collected from the city area:

92. The scavenging contractor [...] provides boats with crews, which come alongside the Praya at specified points, between the hours of 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. in summer and 5 a.m. and 8 a.m. in winter. In these boats he receives and removes to Lap-sap-Wan street sweepings, rubbish, and night-soil. The former is thrown on the beach, the latter transferred to junks as described.