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Annexe B.
REPORT OF THE HEAD OF THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT
STAFF.
1. The only change in the European Staff during the year was the reversion to the Department of Inspector Kelly—formerly an Inspector of the Sanitary Department—on the completion of the Kowloon-Canton Railway works. The addition of Inspector Kelly brought the number of Inspectors up to the limit of 24 Inspectors which was decided in 1909. The abolition of the Plague Staff referred to in the report for 1909 has not materially affected the work of the Department owing to the very small number of cases of Plague during the past two years which has entailed but little additional work on the part of the District Inspectors.
EPIDEMICS AND MALARIA.
2. Epidemic disease has fortunately shown no increase. The Plague cases numbered 25 in all which almost constitutes a record, 1897 being the only year since the first outbreak in 1894 when less cases (21 in all) were recorded. Enteric fever which showed an increase in 1909 dropped somewhat during the past twelve months. Full details appear in the annexed report. Cholera imported from Singapore made its appearance among some deportees but did not assume any serious proportions. Malaria was somewhat more prevalent, especially in the West end of the City, and the annexed report shows the steps taken to combat this disease. It was found necessary to institute legal proceedings in a few instances to enforce compliance with the bye-laws making it an offence to neglect precautions against mosquito breeding. These proceedings have had a salutary effect in reducing breeding places in those portions of the Colony under the jurisdiction of the Board.
BYE-LAWS.
3. The only bye-law passed during the year was an amending bye-law altering the fee chargeable for the slaughter of pigs, and making a uniform charge of 30 cents per pig in place of the old fees which varied with the weight of the animal.
CHINESE CEMETERIES.
4. Arising out of the amendment of the public health law in 1909 disinterments on a large scale took place in Mount Caroline Cemetery, one of the two large Chinese Cemeteries on the island of Hongkong. With a view to laying out new terraces in the only space available for the purpose, 785 bodies were exhumed under an Order of the Governor with the assistance of the Tung Wa Hospital, a charitable institution under the management of leading members of the Chinese community. New terraces available for the interment of 438 bodies were completed at the end of the year.
L 27
Annexe B.
REPORT OF THE HEAD OF THE SANITARY
DEPARTMENT
STAFF.
1. The only change in the European Staff during the year was the reversion to the Department of Inspector Kelly-formerly an Inspector of the Sanitary Department-on the completion of the Kowloon-Canton Railway works. The addition of Inspector Kelly brought the number of Inspectors up to the limit of 24 Inspectors which was decided in 1909. The abolition of the Plague Staff re- ferred to in the report for 1909 has not materially affected the work of the Department owing to the very small number of cases of Plague during the past two years which has entailed but little additional work on the part of the District Inspectors.
EPIDEMICS AND MALARIA.
2. Epidemic disease has fortunately shown no increase. The Plague cases numbered 25 in all which almost constitutes a record, 1897 being the only year since the first outbreak in 1894 when less cases (21 in all) were recorded. Enteric fever which showed an increase in 1909 dropped somewhat during the past twelve months. Full details appear in the annexed report. Cholera imported from Singapore made its appearance among some deportees but did not. assume any serious proportions. Malaria was somewhat more pre- valent, especially in the West end of the City, and the annexed report shows the steps taken to combat this disease. It was found necessary to institute legal proceedings in a few instances to enforce compliance with the bye-laws making it an offence to neglect precau- tions against mosquito breeding. These proceedings have had a salutary effect in reducing breeding places in those portions of the Colony under the jurisdiction of the Board.
BYE-LAWS.
3. The only bye-law passed during the year was an amending bye-law altering the fee chargeable for the slaughter of pigs, and making a uniform charge of 30 cents per pig in place of the old fees which varied with the weight of the animal. Chinese Cemetries.
CHINESE CEMETERIES.
4. Arising out of the amendment of the public health law in 1909 disinterments on a large scale took place in Mount Caroline Cemetery, one of the two large Chinese Cemeteries on the island of Hongkong. With a view to laying out new terraces in the only space available for the purpose, 785 bodies were exhumed under an Order of the Governor with the assistance of the Tung Wa Hospital, a charitable institution under the management of leading members of the Chinese community. New terraces available for the interment of 438 bodies were completed at the end of the year.
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