Chapter 9: Public Health
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PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
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RESPONSIBILITY for the administration of the Public Health Services is divided between the Department of Medical and Health Services, the Urban Council acting through the Urban Services Department, and the New Territories Administration. The Department of Medical and Health Services deals with such matters as epidemiology, vital and morbidity statistics, maternal and child health, school hygiene and the health of school children, malaria control, tuberculosis control, measures to combat social diseases, port health control and international health matters, and health education. It also supplies medical services both out-patient and hospital. The Urban Services Department is concerned with environmental sanitation, domestic cleanliness, and con- trol of the import, preparation, handling and sale of food in the city areas. The District Commissioner, New Territories, is statutorily responsible for the public health in the New Territories and is advised by officers of the Medical Depart- ment.
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The work of the Medical Department is under the direction of the Director of Medical and Health Services, and that of the Urban Services Department under the Director of Urban Services, who is concurrently the Chairman of the Urban Council. Close liaison is maintained between these two departments through the Assistant Director of Health Services, who is in administrative charge of all the health activities in the Colony and is concurrently Vice-Chairman of the Urban Council and public health adviser. He has certain executive functions both in regard to the Council and the inspectorate of the Urban Services. The inspectorate are