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in Appendix XVI a list of Government medical personnel undergoing organized training.
URBAN SERVICES
The Urban Council, the constitution of which is described in the Chapter on Constitution and Administration, has statutory responsibility in a number of matters normally falling within the scope of municipal administration, includ- ing bathing beaches, swimming pools, cemeteries, crematoria, mortuaries, the collection and disposal of refuse and night- soil, the inspection and health control of domestic premises and food establishments, food hygiene and sampling, mar- kets, hawkers, parks and playgrounds, pest control, public latrines and bath-houses, and slaughterhouses. The Council is empowered by the Public Health (Sanitation) and Public Health (Food) Ordinances, and other enactments to make by-laws for the regulation and control of these activities, such subsidiary legislation being subject to the approval of the Legislative Council. During the year considerable time and effort was devoted towards a revision both of the sub- stantive law under which the Council operates and of the supporting by-laws. The second draft of a new Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance was under consideration by the Law Revision Select Committee at the end of the year, and several sets of by-laws had been revised.
The Urban Services Department has two main sub- divisions, one dealing with sanitation and certain aspects of public health; the other with parks, playgrounds and gardens. At the end of the year the staff of the Sanitary Division consisted of 184 professional and technical officers, and 5,436 other workers. This included a health inspectorate of 178 officers, 150 of whom had passed a Royal Society of Health examination, and 28 probationer Inspectors under training. The staff of the Gardens Division was five pro- fessional and technical officers, and 298 other workers.