To counter the lower resistance to disease amongst refugee children, immunisation programmes have been intensified and other health measures such as health education and health screening of children under 5 years of age have been introduced.
A 150 bed health centre will be opened by the Red Cross in Kai Tak North Camp in late November 1979. This facility will be available for all refugees and will relieve pressure on existing Government hospital facilities. Additional medical staff joined the Chi Ma Wan Clinic on 6th November 1979 and its management will be transferred to the Save the Children Fund.
C
Sanitation and Cleanliness in Camps
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A report from the Director of Urban Services covering the se topics for each camp and detention centre is attached as Annex C. This report shows that the general hygiene conditions in camps were satisfactory except for indiscriminate littering, chokage of drains and surface water channels and some fly infestation. The following remedial steps have
been taken:
(a) Kai Tak East (Caritas)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Camp Management has increased the strength of the Tidy Team from 14 to 20 persons. Plans for the construction of surface drains is proceeding.
Kai Tak North (Red Cross)
Camp Management has recently been strengthened and placed under the direct supervision of an administrator appointed by the British Red Cross. Camp Management has increased the Tidy Team from 18 to 20 persons w.e.f. 1st November 1979. Another 5 persons will be responsible exclusively for the cleaning of Gray Block which houses the clinic. Cleansing of surface drains is being carried out.
Jubilee Buildings (International Rescue Committee) Camp Management has increased the strength of the Tidy Team from 12 to 24 persons w. e. f. 19th October 1979. A contractor is on site to improve and maintain drainage.
Tuen Mun Camp (Housing Department)
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The density has been reduced to between 6,000 7,000 by early November. The Camp Management Committee has arranged improved cleanliness in the buildings.
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