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Radiographers. Radiographers are trained by the Radiological Service of the Medical and Health Department for the examina- tions leading to the Membership of the Society of Radiographers; these are also held locally.
Other Training. Departmental training is carried out in preparation for study leave abroad so that Physicists and Medical Laboratory Technologists may sit for recognized qualifications, and in-service training for departmental examinations is availa- ble to Dispensers and Laboratory Technicians. During the year, a qualified Physiotherapy Tutor started a training course in Physio- therapy.
URBAN SERVICES
The Urban Council has statutory responsibility for the inspection and health control of domestic premises and food establishments, food hygiene, slaughter-houses, markets, hawkers, the collection and disposal of refuse and nightsoil, pest control, public latrines, bathhouses, cemeteries, crematoria and all urban amenities such as parks, playgrounds, bathing beaches and swimming pools.
The Council takes its main powers from the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance and with the approval of the Legislative Council has made extensive subsidiary by-laws which follow the pattern of present day health legislation in the United Kingdom. The Urban Services Department has four main divisions, the first dealing with cleansing, the second with food and general hygiene, the third with hawkers, markets, slaughterhouses and urban amenities, and the fourth with New Territories cleansing, hygiene, hawkers and markets. Three hundred and eighty administrative, professional and technical officers together with other staff make a total of 9,731 persons employed in the department, including the new disciplined Hawker Control Force under a gazetted officer seconded from the Police. The Health Inspectorate consists of 307 officers, of whom 225 have passed the examination of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health.
Hygiene Section
District Health Work. The urban area is divided for administra- tive purposes into four main health areas-two for the Island and two for Kowloon. Each is controlled by one chief health inspector