Head 27. SANITARY DEPARTMENT
Head 27.-SANITARY DEPARTMENT
Sub-heads :-
1 Personal Emoluments
Approved Estimate, 1938.
Estimate, 1939.
914,352
$
101
914,451
Other Charges.
Sanitary Staff.
2 Advertisements
800
800
3 Bath-houses, fuel, light, etc........
2,000
2.800 (1)
4 Bathing Places, Care and Control of
3,000
3,000
5 Coal for Official Quarters
1,300
1,700
(1)
6 Coffins and Biers
500
2,500
(2)
~ee
7 Conservancy
25,000
25,000
8 Conveyance Allowances
12,720
12.000
(3)
9 Disinfectants
10,000
10,000
10 Disinfecting and Cleansing Stores
2,500
2,000
(3)
11 Disinfectors, Operating expenses of.
700
1,200
(1)
12 Dust Carts, Upkeep of
100
100
13 Exhumation, Recurrent
6,000
10,000
(4)
14 Expenses of Inspectors in obtaining Royal Sanitary Institute
Certificates.
1,800
2,100
(5)
15 Fuel for Blacksmith's Forges
100
100
16 General Cleansing, Chinese New Year
700
700
17 Head Stones
2,700
2,700
18 Incidental Expenses
2,500
2,300
19 Latrine Pails
600
500
20 Light and Electric Fans
19,500
23,500
21 Motor Lorries, Vans and Cars, Running expenses.....
32,500
30,000
www
22 Paint, Turpentine, &c.
500
500
23 Rat Poison, Rat Traps, &c. ....................
2,000
1,500
(3)
24 Rent of Public Telephones
713
713
25 Rent of Quarters for Inspector and Sanitary Offices
2,220
2,220
26 Rent of Quarters for Scavenging Coolies
3,000
3,000
27 Scavenging Gear
9,000
9,000
28 Training of Chinese Probationer Sanitary Inspectors
2,000
2,000
29 Transport
1,750
1,600
(3)
30 Uniforms for Staff.
11,000
11,000
31 Workshop Apparatus........
100
100
Burial of Infected Bodies
750
(7)
Veterinary Staff.
Animal Depôts and Slaughter-houses :-
32 Ammunition
33 Incidental Expenses
34 Light
1,500
5,000
(8)
2,250
2,250
1,200
1,200
35 Motor Meat Vans Running Expenses
13,000
13,000
36 Cattle Crematorium and Refuse Destructor
Fuel
1,000
2.000
(9)
4,000
...
(10)
Total Other Charges
181,003
188,083
Special Expenditure.
37 Three Steel Filing Cabinets
38 Three Refuse Lorries (Replacements)
39 Two Conservancy Junks
40 One Refuse Barge (Replacement)
Two Typewriters
Two Refuse Lorries (Replacements)
One Refuse Barge
Total Special Expenditure
Total Sanitary Department...
...
781 20,000 7,000
27,781
1,123,136
500 30,000
(11)
8,000 (12)
7,000
(13)
(14)
(13)
45,500
1,148,034
(1) Increased cost of coal.
(2) Previous provision insufficient; also includes pro- vision previously made under sub-head "Burial of Infected Bodies".
(3) Considered sufficient.
(4) Increased Exhumation programme.
(5) More Inspectors in training.
(6) New Central Market.
(7) Included in sub-head 6.
(8) More ammuition required for humane killers.
(9) Increased work and higher cost of coal.
(10) Not required Firewood supplied by Government.
(11) Replacements.
(12) For Shaukiwan conservancy.
(13) Non-recurrent.
(14) See Sub-head 38.
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