(c) The Pharmacy & Poisons Ordinance 1937-Amendment to the
Poisons Regulations (G.N. No. A. 94 of 1950).
(d) The Midwives Ordinance 1910-Amendment to the regulations
(G.N. No. A. 96 of 1950).
(e) The Samaritan Fund (G.N. No. A. 113 of 1950).
(/) The Occupational Therapy Fund (G.N. No. A, 114 of 1950). (g) The Nurses Rewards & Fines Fund (G.N, No. A. 115 of 1950). (A) The Public Officers (Changes of Style) Ordinance 1937, (G.N.
No. A. 116 of 1950).
(0) The Quarantine & Prevention of Disease Ordinance 1936-
declaring "Malaria" as an infectious disease (G.N. A. 132 of 1950).
( The Public Health (Food) Ordinance 1936--Amendment to the
Market By-laws (G.N. No. A, 134 of 1960).
(k) The Public Health (Animals and Birds) Ordinance 1935 (G.N.
No. A. 143 of 1950).
(4) The Public Health (Food) Ordinance 1935-Amendment to the
Market By-laws (G.N. No. A. 164 of 1950).
(m) The Quarantine & Prevention of Disease (Plague) Regulations
(G.N. No. A. 159 of 1950).
(n) The Nurses Registration (Amendment) Regulations 1950 (G.N.
No. A. 179 of 1950),
(6) The Public Health (Food) Ordinance 1935-Amendment to the
Market By-laws (G.N. No. A. 181 of 1950).
(p) The Civil Aviation (Births, Deaths and Missing Persons)
Regulations (G.N. No. A. 247 of 1950).
(g) The Essential Services Auxiliary Medical Corps Regulations
(G.N. No. A. 284 of 1950),
(r) The Emergency (Penicillin Ordinance, 1948) (Amendment}
Regulations (G.N. No. A. 15 of 1951).
(a) The Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance 1935-Amendment
of By-laws (G.N. No. A. 19 of 1951).
(t) The Emergency (Penicillin Ordinance, 1948) (Amendment)
(No. 2) Regulations (G.N. No. A. 25 of 1951).
(1) The Public Bath-House By-laws (G.N. No. A. 35 of 1951).
(r) The Registration of Pharmacists Holding Diplomas Regulations
(G.N. No. A. 50 of 1951).
(w) The Public Health (Food) Ordinance 1935-Amendment to the
Market By-laws (G.N. No. A. 57 of 1951).
II. PUBLIC HEALTH,
GENERAL REMARKS.
29. Again, the general health of the Colony has been good. There were no major epidemics, although the number of cases of typhoid during the summer months reached higher proportions than could be accounted for by the increase in the population.
30. In view of the overcrowded state of the hospitals and the neces- sity for keeping the length of stay in hospital as short as possible it was decided to treat all proved cases of typhoid in Government Hospitals with Chloromycetin. In all, rather more than 200 cases have been treated and a full technical report on this is being prepared for publication. A pre- liminary report will be found in Annexure D.
31. Ag was the case in 1949, there was little evidence of gross nutri- tional disease in the Colony and the general standard of nutrition remained good. Deaths from beri-beri totalled 99, which is the lowest figure yet recorded.
32. Unfortunately the population continued to increase in the early part of the year and is estimated to have reached a peak in April of 2,860,000. This further increase in the overcrowding had the effect, as regards tuberculosis, of offsetting to a large extent the benefits resulting from the improved economic and nutritional standards,
33. Two unusual outbreaks of disease occurred, both associated with troops in the New Territories, and I am indebted to Colonel G. Anderton, A.D.M.S. Land Forces, for the following information:
34. There had been a considerable number of cases of infective hepatitis scattered generally throughout the Colony when, in the latter half of April and the early part of May, there was an outbreak of 34 cases at Sun Wai camp. On investigation it appeared that the water supply to the NAAFI came from two sources; that for the latrines from a stream, and that for drinking purposes from a Public Works Department piped supply to covered tanks, where the water was chlorinated by hand.
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