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# CHANGES IN THE STAFF.
Dr. G. P. Jordan resigned the appointment of Health Officer of the Port and Inspector of Emigrants from the 31st December, 1920, and Dr. F. T. Keyt, the Second Health Officer of the Port, was promoted to the post.
Dr. J. T. Smalley, Medical Officer, Kowloon and the New Territories, returned from leave and resumed duty on the 17th January. The appointment of Captain H. E. Murray, I.M.S. as Acting Medical Officer, Kowloon, &c., terminated on the same date.
Dr. C. W. McKenny acted as Second Health Officer of the Port from January 1st to 24th.
Dr. A. R. Esler, Medical Officer, arrived in the Colony on 24th January and assumed duty as Acting Second Health Officer of the Port and Inspector of Emigrants until the arrival of Dr. B. H. Mellon on the 28th September.
Dr. To Ying-kwan resigned his appointment as a temporary medical officer on the 28th February.
Dr. H. H. Scott, the Bacteriologist, was granted leave of absence from the 23rd November and is still on leave. Professor C. Y. Wang was appointed to act in place of Dr. Scott.
The appointment of the Japanese Staff Nurses expired during the year, and eight Chinese probationer nurses were appointed in their places.
## (6) FINANCIAL.
The amount sanctioned in the Estimates was $368,794 and the actual expenditure was $378,128.77 cts.
The Revenue received was as follows:
Medical Treatment, $ 45,726.32 Medical Certificates, 30.00 Bacteriological Examinations, 2,640.50 Fees for Chemical Analyses, 22,143.50 Bills of Health, 11,340.00 Medical Examination of Emigrants, 104,605.00# II. GENERAL REMARKS.
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In comparing the prevalence of certain of the infectious diseases in the last two years, malaria, enteric fever, and small-pox seem to have been more frequent than they were the year before. The increase in the cases of malaria is reported from the Civil Hospital only. The number of typhoid cases is almost the same, 115, as that for the previous year; the increase in cases of para-typhoid reported being a definite one, possibly due to the fact that it is because of a more accurate diagnosis of the condition, rather than to any positive increase in the number of cases. Plague,
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CHANGES IN THE STAFF.
Dr. G. P. Jordan resigned the appointment of Health Officer of the Port and Inspector of Emigrants from the 31st December, 1920, and Dr. F. T. Keyt, the Second Health Officer of the Port, was promoted to the post.
Dr. J. T. Smalley, Medical Officer, Kowloon and the New Territories, returned from leave and resumed duty on the 17th January. The appointment of Captain H. E. Murray, I.M.S. as Acting Medical Officer, Kowloon, &c., terminated on the same date.
Dr. C. W. McKenny acted as Second Health Officer of the l'ort from January 1st to 24th.
Dr. A. R. Esler, Medical Officer, arrived in the Colony on 24th January and assumed duty as Acting Second Health Officer of the Port and Inspector of Emigrants until the arrival of Dr. B. H. Mellon on the 28th September.
Dr. To Ying-kwan resigned his appointment as a temporary medical officer on the 28th February.
Dr. H. H. Scott, the Bacteriologist, was granted leave of absence from the 23rd November and is still on leave. Professor
C. Y. Wang was appointed to act in place of Dr. Scott.
The appointment of the Japanese Staff Nurses expired during the
year
and eight Chinese probationer nurses were appointed in their places.
(6) FINANCIAL.
The amount sanctioned in the Estimates was $368,794 and the actual expenditure was $378,128.77 cts.
The Revenue received was as follows:
Medical Treatment,
Medical Certificates,
Bacteriological Examinations,
Fees for Chemical Analyses,
Bills of Health,
Medical Examination of Emigrants,
II. GENERAL REMARKS.
...
$ 45,726.32 30.00 2,640.50
22,143.50
11,340.00
104,605.00
In comparing the prevalence of certain of the infectious dis- cases in the last two years malaria, enteric fever, and small-pox seem to have been more frequent than they were the year before. The increase in the cases of malaria is reported from the Civil Hospital only. The number of typhoid cases is almost the same, 115, as that for the previous year; the increase in cases of para- typhoid reported being a definite one, possibly due to the fact that it is because of a more accurate diagnosis of the condition. rather than to any positive increase in the number of cases. Plague,
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