9.-Ordinances. The following Ordinances with or affecting public health or medical matters were passed in 1928:

Ordinance No.

4. ---Dangerous Drugs, 5. -Principal Civil Medical Officer. (Change of Name). 9. -Dentistry. No. 19. Public Health and Buildings. No. 20. --Pharmacy and Poisons.

10.-Financial. The amount sanctioned in the Estimates for the Medical Department was $861,058.00 and Expenditure was $786,638.21.

Revenue received:--

For Medical Treatment. $108,526.39 Medical Certificates 20.00 Bacteriological Examinations. 6,635.23 Chemical Analyses 15,562.00 Bills of Health 11,088.00 Medical Examination of Emigrants ... TOTAL $164,516.00
$306,347.62

11.-Ratio of expenditure on medical and sanitary services to total revenue from all sources.-Because of the overlapping which occurs where a work serves both a utilitarian and a sanitary service, it is impossible to assess exactly the amounts which have been spent for purely medical and sanitary purposes. Including all water works and drainage works as being primarily of a sanitary nature the following shows the commitments as laid down in the Estimates for 1928:

Expenditure by Medical Department $ 861,058 Sanitary Department 645,000 Public Works Department. 1,227,680 Police Department 9,000 Subsidies to Charities 94,624 Miscellaneous 11,086 TOTAL $2,848,448 Expenditure 2,848,448 Ratio = = 13.34% Revenue 21,344,535
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