Q 36
Works Not Appearing in Estimates.
195. Queen Mary Hospital:-This work was referred to in paragraph 109 of last year's report. The expenditure incurred in 1938 was for payment of outstanding Crown Agents' charges in connection with the supply of cooking apparatus and lift equipment.
Expenditure
Expenditure to 31st Dec., 1938
$20,296.54 ......$3,748,509.51
196. Queen Mary Hospital-Additions:-This work consisted of surfacing and fencing three hard tennis courts, the erection of a potting shed and provision of flower pots, fly-proofing the kitchen wing and isolation block in the main building and the kitchens in the sisters' quarters, and the conversion of a small room into a drying room. The work was completed early in December.
Expenditure
$8,472.80
197. Conversion of Victoria Hospital into Quarters: The hospital block was converted into three flats of five rooms and one flat of four rooms. The nursing staff quarters adjoining the hospital were converted into two semi-detached houses. Quarters for servants were provided for each flat and house. The work which consisted of extensive alterations and additions was commenced in March and completed in August.
Expenditure
$66,527.16
198. Temporary Wards at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Kennedy Town:- This work consisted of the erection of three ward blocks of one storey, each containing accommodation for ten patients. A separate lavatory block was provided, and a covered way connecting the new buildings to the hospital. The contract was let to Messrs. Concrete Products, Ltd., on 1st April and the work, which was urgently required, was completed on 12th April.
Expenditure
$9,008.07
199. Kennedy Town Hospital-Disinfector:--A small building is to be erected to accommodate a steam disinfector, which was removed from the old Victoria Gaol. The necessary repairs to the disinfector were being carried out by the Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co. at the end of the year, but building work had not commenced.
Expenditure
$253.09
200. Leper Settlement, Kennedy Town New Fence:--This work, which consisted of the erection of a barbed wire fence round the Settlement, was commenced in November and completed in December.
Expenditure
$1,077.11
201. Tsan Yuk Hospital-Additions: A storey is being added to the end wings of the existing building, at the second floor level, to provide additional accommodation for the nursing staff. The contract was let to Messrs. Kwan Hing Construction Co. on 12th December and the work was immediately commenced.
Expenditure
Nil.
202. Police Headquarters-Alterations:-Alterations were effected to the Revenue and Expenditure branches. These comprised the removal of partitions and the removal and re-erection of counters; also the renovation of rooms, previously occupied by the Special Branch, to render them suitable as married quarters,