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Annexe B.
JOINT REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL CIVIL MEDICAL OFFICER AND THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH, FOR THE YEAR 1909.
AREA.
The Sanitary Board's jurisdiction extends to the Island of Hongkong, which has an area of 29 square miles, and to that portion of territory on the mainland between the shore and the first range of the Kowloon Hills extending from the village of Tseung Kwan O in Junk Bay, on the East, to the village of Kau Pa Hang on the West—with a sea frontage of about thirteen miles and an area of about sixteen square miles. Old Kowloon, with an area of about 24 square miles, has been in British occupation since 1861, but New Kowloon was leased to this Government in 1898, as part of what is known as the New Territories. The remainder of the New Territories is not under the jurisdiction of the Sanitary Board.
The City of Victoria, built on the Northern shore of the Island of Hongkong, has a frontage to the sea of nearly five miles and is separated from the opposite mainland of Kowloon by the Harbour, which is rather less than a mile and a third wide opposite the centre of the City and widens out to somewhat over three miles at its widest part, contracting again at Lyemun Pass on the East to little more than a quarter of a mile in width.
The domestic buildings of the City of Victoria number 9,677 exclusive of Barracks and Police Stations, of which 946 are Non-Chinese dwellings, while there are also 160 European dwellings in the Hill District. The number of new houses completed during the year was as follows:—City of Victoria 44, Kowloon 54, Outlying districts 27, and Peak 3, making a total of 128.
In addition to the above there were erected miscellaneous buildings such as offices, godowns, etc., to the number of 78.
ADMINISTRATION.
The City of Victoria is divided into ten health districts and Kowloon into three health districts with a Sanitary Inspector in charge of each district. The Inspector in charge of No. 3 health district of the City (the principal European quarter) is also in charge of the Peak.
There are in addition four Inspectors in charge of the scavenging work of the City and of Kowloon, one Inspector of Cemeteries and one Inspector in charge of the City Disinfecting Station.
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Annexe B.
JOINT REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL CIVIL MEDICAL OFFICER AND THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF
HEALTH, FOR THE YEAR 1909.
AREA.
The Sanitary Board's jurisdiction extends to the Island of Hongkong, which has an area of 29 square miles, and to that por- tion of territory on the mainland between the shore and the first range of the Kowloon Hills extending from the village of Tseung Kwan O in Junk Bay, on the East, to the village of Kau Pa Hang on the West-with a sea frontage of about thirteen miles and an area of about sixteen square miles. Old Kowloon, with an area of about 24 square miles, has been in British occupation since 1861, but New Kowloon was leased to this Government in 1898, as part of what is known as the New Territories. The remainder of the New Territories is not under the jurisdiction of the Sanitary Board.
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The City of Victoria, built on the Northern shore of the Island of Hongkong, has a frontage to the sea of nearly five miles and is separated from the opposite mainland of Kowloon by the Harbour, which is rather less than a mile and a third wide opposite the centre of the City and widens out to somewhat over three miles at its widest part, contracting again at Lyemun Pass on the East to little more than a quarter of a mile in width.
The domestic buildings of the City of Victoria number 9,677 exclusive of Barracks and Police Stations, of which 946 are Non- Chinese dwellings, while there are also 160 European dwellings in the Hill District. The number of new houses completed during the year was as follows:-City of Victoria 44, Kowloon 54, Outly- ing districts 27, and Peak 3, making a total of 128.
In addition to the above there were erected miscellaneous buildings such as offices, godowns, etc., to the number of 78.
ADMINISTRATION.
The City of Victoria is divided into ten health districts and Kowloon into three health districts with a Sanitary Inspector in charge of each district. The Inspector in charge of No. 3 health district of the City (the principal Europeau quarter) is also in charge of the Peak.
There are in addition four Inspectors in charge of the scaveng- ing work of the City and of Kowloon, one Inspector of Cemeteries and one Inspector in charge of the City Disinfecting Station.
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