SOCIAL SERVICES
Health Inspectors not engaged in district work are employed on special duties connected with food inspection, squatters, hawkers, anti-epidemic measures, conservancy, scavenging and cemeteries.
A total of 4,428 licences and permits have been issued by the Urban Council, of which 737 were applications approved during the year. All premises. holding licences or permits undergo a weekly or bi- weekly inspection by Health Inspectors.
A total of 41,859 nuisances were dealt with by statutory notice during the year.
Refuse Disposal
Approximately 1,140 cubic yards of domestic and trade refuse are removed daily from the Urban District. This refuse is carried in special barges and used as filling for reclamation on the north-east side of the harbour at Sham Wan.
Conservancy
A daily average of 223 cubic yards of excremental wastes is removed from 47,331 domestic floors in the Urban District. About half the nightsoil collected is made available to the Department of Agriculture for use 'as fertilizer by farmers in the New Territories; before release for distribution all nightsoil is subject to maturation, under strict control, to ensure destruction of harmful pathogenic organisms. The remainder is jettisoned well out to sea in order to ensure that it is carried away from the land by the tides.
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