recommends the building of 5 Government schools annually during the next 6 years, a programme which will require the training of approximately 100 teachers each year. The establishment of the Grantham Training College will go far to solving the problem of a supply of teachers trained for primary school work, but it is still necessary to obtain money for building schools and to site them where they are most needed.
HEALTH
The statutory responsibility for the health of the Colony is shared by the Medical Department, the Urban Council and the District Commissioner, New Territories.
The Urban Council is the responsible authority for administering the public health laws governing sanitation, food inspection, food establishments and offensive trades within the urban district which comprises Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Kowloon.
The District Commissioner, New Territories, is responsible for administering the laws concerning the same subjects in the New Territories. They are advised by the Director of Medical and Health Services and assisted by health officers and inspectors.
Urban Council
The Urban Council consists of a Chairman (usually an adminis- trative officer appointed by the Governor), the Deputy Director of Health Services who is the vice-Chairman, the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, the Director of Public Works, the Commissioner of Police and 8 unofficial members. Of the unofficial members, 2 are elected. The remaining 6, of whom 3 must be Chinese, are appointed by the Governor. The Deputy Director of Health Services is the coordinating link between the Medical Department and the Urban Council. A member of the staff of the Medical Department, he is the professional adviser to the Council as well as being the vice-Chairman. He is responsible, too, for superintending enforcement and observance of the various ordinances, byelaws and regulations pertaining to public health.
In addition to presiding over the Urban Council, the Chairman is the administrative head of the Sanitary Department, comprising a staff which includes 186 professional and technical officers, and nearly five thousand skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers. The Chairman of the Urban Council is responsible for seeing that the policy and decisions of the Urban Council are carried into effect by the officers and staff of the Sanitary Department.
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