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this method of refuse disposal and the possibility of still more incinerators is being investigated. Some 4,500 workers are employed in street cleaning and refuse collection and nearly another 1,000 in nightsoil collection from the diminishing number of buildings not yet provided with flushing sanitation.
The Pest Control Section of the Department is principally con- cerned with the control of pests of significance to public health, such as rats, mice, cockroaches, fleas, bed-bugs, ants and wasps; in the New Territories it also renders advice on and carries out measures for control of flies and mosquitoes.
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