and disciplinary control of Medical Practitioners, Dentists, Pharmacists, Nurses and Midwives.
13. The Deputy Director of Medical and Health Services is the chief executive medical and health officer who co-ordinates the work of the Medical and Health Divisions. Each of these divisions is in charge of an Assistant Director. The Principal Matron is the Chief Nursing Officer and administers the Nursing Division which provides nursing, midwifery, health visitor and health sister services.
14. The Health Division is made up of units dealing with tuber- culosis, malaria, venereal diseases and leprosy, port health and epidemiology, maternal and child health, school health and the health advisory services to the Urban Services Department and the District Commissioner. New Territories. The Assistant Director of Health Services is also Vice-Chairman of the Urban Council. He is assisted in the work of the Division by a Senior Health Officer at Headquarters. Each of the component units is in the charge of a Specialist or of a Medical Officer with special experience and training.
15. The Assistant Director of Medical Services responsible for the administrative routine of the Medical Division is assisted by a Senior Medical Officer at Headquarters and two other Senior Medical Officers who are respectively Medical Superintendents of the two main Govern- ment general hospitals. In addition there are clinical units for surgery. medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology, psychiatry, anaesthesia, radiology. pathology and ophthalmology, each of which works under the general direction of a specialist. There is a Government Dental Service in the charge of a Dental Specialist and a Government Chemist is responsible for the work of the Chemistry Laboratory. The work of the outpatient clinics throughout the Colony is co-ordinated by the Medical Division although the Health Division also bas important functions in the work of these clinics.
16. The Almoner Service, the Physiotherapy and the Occupational Therapy services, each in charge of a senior officer, are part of the Medical Division.
17. The Auxiliary Medical Service branch of the Defence Services under the Unit Controller, who is the Director of Medical and Health Services, is administered by the Medical Defence Staff Officer with an office at the Headquarters of the Department.
18. At Headquarters the Secretary of the Department deals with the routine administrative work of establishments and the secretarial and
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clerical branch of the Department. The Principal Accountant and his staff deal with the financial and accounting aspects. The routine work of the Boards section is supervised by the Boards Secretary.
19. The Chief Pharmacist is responsible for the pharmaceutical and dispensing activities and has inspectorial duties in connexion with the Dangerous Drugs and Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinances.
20. The Chief Hospital Secretary is responsible for the supply of equipment and the day to day lay administration of the hospital and clinic services. The hospitals and clinics are grouped into two large units to each of which is posted a Hospital Secretary. Assistant Hospital Secretaries of Executive Officer Grade are posted to the larger and more important clinical units within the groups.
21. Appendix I shows the establishment at 31st March, 1958.
PROFESSIONAL REGISTERS
22. Except when the legislation provides for exemption in certain specified instances, medical practitioners, dentists, pharmacists, nurses and midwives are required by law to be registered before being entitled to practise their professions in the Colony. The number of persons so registered on 31st March, 1958 was as follows:
Medical Practitioners Dentists
Pharmacists Nurses Midwives
STO 349
60
879
898
23. Doctors and dentists in Government Service and the Armed Forces are deemed to be registered and their names are not necessarily entered in the Register. This is due to the fact that entrants to these services have fully registrable qualifications before they are appointed and the frequent transfers, particularly within the Armed Services, do not warrant the maintenance of their names in the Register.
24. The Ordinances governing the regulation of these professions have constituted Councils or Boards, each under the Chairmanship of the Director of Medical and Health Services. The functions of these statutory bodies are to maintain an adequate standard of practice by ensuring that all persons admitted are properly qualified either by Commonwealth standards or by training and examinations conducted within the Colony under the supervision of the relevant Boards. On the ethical side these bodies have disciplinary powers to deal with unethical or unprofessional conduct. The Dental Board, Pharmacy Board, Nurses
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