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THE MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS.
For many years the children in certain of the schools have been inspected medically, and for the last three or four years this has been extended to other schools. The inspection is a thorough one and great benefit to the health of the children has resulted from it. The daily average number of scholars attending these schools is just over 2,500. The schools inspected are :-
Queen's College.
The Ellis Kadoorie School.
Yaumati School.
Saiyingpun School.
Wantsai School.
Praya East School.
Belilios Public School.
Peak School.
Victoria British School.
School for Indians.
two Kowloon British Schools.
THE WORK of the HEALTH OFFICERS OF THE PORT.
This consisted in the inspection of ships on their arrival; the medical examination of emigrants; and the attention necessary to passengers and ships placed in quarantine or under observation. 3,778 ships arrived last year, and 4,807 in the previous year, excluding those from Canton and Macao. The numbers of emigrants for the last three years are 59,969; 105,258; and 155,994 respectively. Eight ships were detained because of the presence on board of patients suffering from infectious diseases. On seven of these small-pox existed, and 1,302 of the passengers and crew were vaccinated.
The Chemical Laboratory.
The staff of the laboratory consists of Mr. E. R. Dovey, Dr. Lubatti, and Mr. K. W. Lane. Mr. Tam Yam-yuek was appointed as a temporary assistant analyst on the 1st September.
The work included examination of articles for legal purposes; the examination of dangerous goods and of food and drugs: public water supplies; building materials; minerals; oils; and a miscellaneous list. The total number of analyses conducted was 1,311, nearly two hundred less than in the previous year. Special reports have been made on matters of practical importance, and experiments were carried on with the working of a septic tank. Investigations were undertaken to ascertain the quantity of tin in the deposits of wolfram in China, and to improve upon the tests for morphine, wood oils, and camphor. Samples of the water supply in many portions of the New Territory were examined and found to be of good quality for drinking purposes and to be suitable for use in industrial processes.