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changing of the title of the head of the Medical Department from that of "Principal Civil Medical Officer" to that of "Director of Medical and Sanitary Services".
At the meeting of the Legislative Council on September 20th the Officer Administering the Government said-"The Principal Civil Medical Officer becomes the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services and will be responsible for the technical side of the work of the Medical Officers of Health and for the advice they will give to the Sanitary Board. It is hoped that this arrangement will make it possible to follow the principles on which the Colonial Office has recently laid such stress, and to pay more attention to the methods of prevention for which the best technical advice available is necessary, and under this scheme should be available."
Matters were left at this stage pending the return of His Excellency the Governor and the appointment of a permanent Director.
At the end of the year the Medical and Sanitary Departments were still separate and distinct.
12. The following table shows the bodies concerned in the various operations and the authorities in control.
Institution Accommodation Controlling Authority Govt. Civil Hospital 212 beds Medical Department* Victoria Hospital 71 Medical Department Peak Hospital 44 " Kowloon Hospital ?? "" Mental Hospital 20 " Infectious Diseases Hosp. 32 " Gaol Hospital 30 Prison Department Tung Wah Hospital (Chinese charity Hosp.) 400 Tung Wah Committee Kwong Wah Hospital (Chinese charity Hosp.) 250 Kwong Wah Committee Tsan Yuk Maternity Hosp. 57 Chinese Committee Chinese Eastern Maternity Hosp. 21 " Chinese Public Dispensaries (8 in number) 22 Chinese Committee for each. The Nethersole Hospital & Alice Memorial Hosp. 126 beds London Mission The Matilda Hospital 50 Special Committee The French Hospital 51 French Mission The Military Hospitals 50 Military Authorities The Naval Hospitals ... Naval Authorities*One hundred beds in the Government Civil Hospital have, for teaching purposes, been placed under the control of the professors of Surgery, Medicine and Gynaecology of the Hong Kong University.
The out-patients department of this Hospital is also under their charge.