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increases in ten of the eighteen sub-heads of Other Charges in which increases occur; or to $51,495 out of a net increase of $52,916.
Under Special Expenditure provision is made for the remainder of the additional equipment required for the new hospi- tal. Provision for part only of this equipment was made in the 1936 Estimates. Bedding and clothing and surgical equipment under Special Expenditure are, of course, new equipment as dis- tinct from replacements, which are provided for under Other Charges.
The laying down of a stock of medical equipment, to be kept in reserve for serious emergency, is provided for under
sub-head 66.
The increase in staff called for by the opening of the new hospital, is represented by an increase of one Chinese Medical Officer, two House Officers, nine nursing sisters, two radio- graphic assistants, one probationer dispenser, forty-five nurses and eighteen probationer dressers. In addition there are seventy- five new posts for the domestic staff of the hospital, including an Installation Mechanic, a post similar to that in the New Gaol, to which reference has already been made. As in the case of the
Gaol, the boiler installation at the new hospital calls for the supervision of a highly qualified man.
Head 23. Sanitary Department.
There is a net reduction.of $22,939 under Other Charges,
there having been decreases on most of the sub-heads.
Care and control of bathing places has been transferred from Public Works Recurrent, and the estimate for this item reduced from $8000 to $3,500.
The only items in Special Expenditure are provision for anti-gas equipment which, though provided for last year, was not purchased, and two refuse lorries to replace unserviceable ones.