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The Medical Department's Organisation during 1935.
493. Under the scheme for medical expansion the New Territories were divided into Western and Eastern districts with headquarters respectively at Un Long and Taipo. Each district is in charge of a Chinese Medical Officer who is responsible to the Medical Officer of the New Territories.
494. The duties of the District Medical Officer include:-
(1) Supervision of the Government dispensaries in his district.
(2) Domiciliary visits to indigent cases too ill to attend the dispensary.
(3) Emergency calls for all classes.
(4) Accompanying the Travelling Dispensary three times a week visiting villages in the district.
(5) Reconnaissance and propaganda.
(6) Spleen surveys.
(7) Periodical visits to Police Stations.
495. The Staff for the New Territories included:
1 European M.O. resident in Kowloon.
1 Chinese M.O., 1 dresser and 1 nurse-midwife resident at the Government Dispensary at Un Long.
1 Chinese M.O., 1 dresser and 2 nurse-midwives resident at the Government Dispensary at Taipo.
1 First grade dresser attached to the Travelling Dispensary. 2 Nurse-midwives at Lady Ho Tung Welfare Centre, Ku Tung.
1 Nurse-midwife at Sai Kung.
2 Nurse-midwives at Shain Tseng.
1 Nurse-midwife at Tai-O.
496. The Shing Mun Dam area, where 2,000 workers were engaged on large construction works, continued to be a special medical problem—being under the Medical Officer New Territories for medical work and the Malariologist for anti-malaria measures.
497. The special staff for the Shing Mun Dam area included:-
1 Chinese Medical Officer and three dressers for medical work.
1 Chinese Medical Officer and two anti-malaria inspectors for anti-malaria works.