At the beginning of the previous academic year 516 students were enrolled at the University.
Fourteen students passed their final University examina- tion for M.B., B.S. during 1949 and one graduate fulfilled all requirements for the degree of Master of Surgery.
Construction has begun on а new engineering and architecture building, two floors of which are designed to house engineering units and one floor of which will provide accommodation for courses in architecture which it is pro- posed to begin in 1950. Work has also begun on the new hall of residence for women students.
HEALTH
The statutory responsibility for the health of the Colony is shared by the Urban Council and the Medical Department. The Urban Council is a corporate body consisting of a Chairman appointed by the Governor and ten Members. Of the members, four are ex-officio representatives of Government departments intimately concerned in public health matters. The six unofficial members represent the various racial com- munities. The Chairman of the Urban Council is also the administrative head of the Sanitary Department and, as such, is responsible for the staff, numbering several thousands, engaged in the carrying out the Council's various statutory duties and responsibilities.
The Medical Department is administered by a Director, assisted by two Deputy Directors, one of whom, the Deputy Director of Health Services, is professional adviser to, and vice-chairman of, the Urban Council.
Within the Urban District, which comprises the whole of the Island of Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Kowloon, the Urban Council is the responsible authority for administer- ing the public health laws governing sanitation, food inspec- tion, food establishments, offensive trades, etc. while upon the Medical Department devolves the responsibility for pre- vention and mitigation of infectious disease.
In the New Territories, the Commissioner is the respon- sible authority for administering the laws pertaining to sanitation, food inspection, food establishments, offensive trades, etc. In these matters, he is advised by the Director of Medical Services and the Deputy Director of Health. Services and assisted by Health Officers and Health Inspectors. As in the Urban District, the Medical Department is respon- sible for the prevention and mitigation of infectious disease.
The functions of the Medical Department include the maintenance of hospitals, health work, an investigation division and dental clinics. These divisions in themselves are
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