ground in mines, quarries and industrial undertakings involving tunnel- ling operations. Proprietors are now required to keep registers of persons working underground, and are prohibited from employing women and children to do such work. Each worker must be medically examined by a medical practitioner within one month prior to employment, and certified as fit for working underground by the Senior Industrial Health Officer.
96. Monitoring of air pollutants continued, the number of stations being increased to 27. Approval has been given for the establishment of an air pollution control unit with one senior smoke inspector and six smoke inspectors under the control of the Smoke Abatement Adviser. The final report of the Air Pollution Committee under the chairmanship of Mr. J, L, Marden, J.P., was submitted in November 1969.
97. Professional and technical staff of the Division gave a series of lectures to officers of the factory inspectorale under training, to medical students at the University of Hong Kong and to student health auxiliaries.
capacities of hospitals, but in some cases the actual bed occupancy is much higher as camp beds are used whenever the need arises. Develop- ment over the past 10 years is illustrated in Figure 11 and it will be noted that the bed provision in 1969 represents an increase of 96% over the bed provision in 1960.
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98. A better appreciation by the Colony's population of the basic principles of personal and environmental hygiene and the prevention of disease continued to be the main health objective. A very wide field was covered by many branches of the Medical and Health Department and the co-operation of all voluntary agencies interested in such topics was actively sought. During the year the Department co-operated in a number of exhibitions, notably the Kaifong Health Education Exhibitions and the Chinese Manufacturers Association's Exhibition, by producing displays on various aspects of its work.
IV. WORK OF THE MEDICAL DIVISION
(Tables 43-65)
99. At the end of 1969, there was a total of 14,936 beds available in all hospitals in Hong Kong excluding those hospitals maintained by Her Majesty's Armed Forces; in addition, there were 493 beds in Government maternity homes and 406 beds in private maternity and nursing homes. The total 15,835 beds represented 4.0 beds per thousand of the population. The figures quoted are based on the normal bed
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100. This hospital, built in 1937, is the main acute and specialist centre for Hong Kong Island, and is also the University teaching hospital for the Medical Faculty of the University of Hong Kong. Clinical supervision is provided partly by the University Clinical Departments and partly by Government Specialist Units.
101. The 5-phased alteration and extension programme of the existing main building had been completed by the end of 1969, providing a bed capacity of 1,086. Alterations to all the public and private wards of the hospital were completed and, except for the acute psychiatric ward and the intensive care unit, all wards were commissioned and in use. In September 1969, construction was started on a new, 54-bed, public maternity ward on the roof of A and B Blocks; it is due for
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