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During the year the monthly payment due from the contractor was reduced by $1,396.00 in respect of flush-closets opened in Victoria and $542.00 in respect of flush closets opened in Kowloon and owing to circumstances rendering the dumping of nightsoil at sea inevitable for 20 days at the end of July the contractor was relieved of all payment of fees for 10 days amounting to $1,717.00. The total deduction amounted to $8,972.00 for Victoria and $4,180.00 for Kowloon.
11.—WORK DONE AT DISINFECTING STATIONS.
The appended table shows the number of articles and vehicles disinfected and washed after disinfection during 1924. The figures for 1923 are given for comparison.
1923 1924 Hongkong Kowloon Hongkong | Kowloon No. of articles disinfected 28,651 17,382 25,459 52,034* No. of public vehicles disinfected 70 9 68 7 No. of days disinfecting apparatus in use 242 181 227 145 No. of articles washed after disinfection 12,075 12,814*Includes 29,723 articles disinfected following an outbreak of ringworm (among the Indian troops).
During the year the following carts were constructed at the Hongkong Disinfecting Station.
8 four-wheeled bullock carts
2 two-wheeled covered steel hand carts
$2,279.65
480.23
and miscellaneous repairs were done to the value of $1,493.97. At Kowloon Disinfecting Station miscellaneous repairs to the value of $2,589.69 were done.
12. AMBULANCE AND DEAD BOX SERVICE.
Ambulances and dead boxes are obtainable at any time of the day or night at the two Disinfecting Stations and also by day at the Eastern and Western Sanitary Offices at which a staff of bearers is kept. The appended table shows the number of times ambulances and dead boxes were used:
Disinfecting Station Hongkong Disinfecting Station Kowloon Eastern District Western District Ambulances, European... 20 7 2 Chinese ... 400 74 125 .843 Dead boxes.. 2,257 574 55126
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