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Collection. There were collected and delivered to depôts:
(i) from City of Victoria, including Hill District and outlying residences (all of which was collected by motor lorries, except 516 tons at Aberdeen and 3,748 tons at Shaukiwan, which were collected by handcarts).
(ii) from Kowloon including Kowloon Tong and Kowloon City (all of which was collected by motor lorries except 1,512 tons at Ma Tau Kok, which were collected by handcarts).
(iii) collected in rural districts (Pokfulam Village, Telegraph Bay, Aplichau and Shek O) and burnt in incinerators.
(iv) delivered to the digester
73,006.5 tons 44,650.0 tons 987.0 tons 1,966.0 tons Total 120,609.5 tons (or 330.4 tons per day)Removal.-184,437 tons (or 505.3 tons per day) were received at the depôts. The difference between this figure and the figure shown as collected is due to the fact that a large quantity of refuse is taken to the depôts by private firms and individuals.
During the year all refuse was taken to the Kun Tong Reclamation. Cost. The cost of refuse collection and removal is shown in Table IV.
4.-NIGHTSOIL REMOVAL.
The contractors for the removal of nightsoil from Shaukiwan, Aberdeen, Pokfulam, Aplichau, Stanley and Taitam respectively carried out their work satisfactorily under the abnormal conditions.
During the year nightsoil from Victoria and Kowloon was removed by the department to Kwai Chung Bay and sold to a contractor for disposal outside the Urban District.
5.-DISINFECTION AT DISINFECTING STATIONS.
Table V shows the number of articles and vehicles disinfected during the year. The figures for 1937 are given for comparison.
6. DEAD BOXES.
Dead boxes are obtainable at any hour of the day or night at the two disinfecting stations.
7.-PUBLIC BATH-HOUSES.
Table VI shows the number of men, women and children who used the bath-houses during the year.
8.-CEMETERIES, MORTUARIES, CREMATORIA.
Table VII (i) shows the number of interments at the various cemeteries during the year 1938 and gives particulars of cremations, bodies deposited in the Tung Wah Hospital mortuary, and removals from the Colony before burial.
Details of the number of exhumations carried out by the department will be found in Table VII (ii) together with the number carried out by relatives of deceased persons.