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Police Station at Tsim-sha-tsui and at Taipo. Ambulances may be obtained in Kowloon by telephoning (No. 44 K.) to the Disinfecting Station.
These are all hand ambulances on bicycle or light wooden wheels, with rubber tyres, and of the St. John Ambulance pattern. Those stationed in the City are in the charge of the various District Inspectors, whose duty it is to see that they are kept clean and efficient, and that they are disinfected after use. At the Sanitary Stations coolies are always available for the conveyance of these ambulances, but at the other stations the Police obtain volunteers or engage street coolies for this purpose, while if the ambulance has been soiled or used for an infectious case, the Sanitary Department is notified so that it may be cleansed and disinfected at once.
Ambulances from the Disinfecting Stations were used 495 times in Hongkong and 102 times in Kowloon.
ADULTERATION OF FOOD AND DRUGS.
Eighteen samples of milk were taken for analysis during the year, all of which were found to be unadulterated and genuine.
A number of tins of condensed milk, cocoa and chocolate, various kinds of pickles and sauces, a quantity of fruit and some tons of potatoes, all of which had become unsound, were seized and destroyed. The purity of alcoholic liquors is dealt with by the Police, who periodically submit samples for analysis. During 1910 one sample of Whisky, one sample of Brandy and one sample of Rum were found to be adulterated.
PROSECUTIONS.
A list of prosecutions undertaken during the year for breaches of the Sanitary Laws and Regulations of the Colony is given in Table IV
J. M. ATKINSON, M.B. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.S.A., D.P.H.. Principal Civil Medical Officer.
FRANCIS CLARK, M.D., M.R.C.P., D.P.H., D.T.M. & H., Medical Officer of Health.
18th February, 1911.