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The removal of refuse from the City of Victoria and Kowloon is supervised by a Sanitary Inspector who is also in charge of street-watering in Victoria. Kowloon street-watering is under the direction of the Inspector in charge of Disinfecting Station (Kowloon).
Disinfection: For purposes of disinfection of infected clothing there is a Disinfecting Station in Victoria and a Disinfecting Station in Kowloon under the control of an Inspector.
Cemeteries-Public cemeteries on Hongkong island are under the charge of a special Inspector. Those in Kowloon peninsula come under the Inspector in charge of the Disinfecting Station (Kowloon) and outlying cemeteries at Kowloon City under the local district Inspector.
Markets:-The Central and Western markets are under an Overseer. Other markets are supervised by the local district Inspector or Rural Inspector.
Veterinary Work:-There is a Government depôt at Kennedy Town (Hongkong) for the reception of all cattle, sheep, swine and goats brought into the Colony for slaughter. There are also Government Slaughter Houses at Kennedy Town and Ma Tau Kok (Kowloon) and controlled slaughter houses at Aberdeen and Sai Wan Ho at one of which all animals for food must be slaughtered. The Government depôt and slaughter houses are under the direct charge of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon and a staff of four Inspectors,
Depôt fees are 50 cents for cattle, 10 cents for sheep, 10 cents for swine. Slaughter fees (which are not additional to depôt fees) are 40 cents for cattle, 20 cents for sheep and 30 cents for swine. There is a crematorium at Kennedy Town Slaughter House at which carcases can be destroyed on payment of a prescribed fee. A certain number of private factories are established in the immediate vicinity of the Government Slaughter Houses (Kennedy Town and Ma Tau Kok) at which lard and meat products derived solely from these slaughter houses are prepared for export to the Philippine Islands and Canada under the direct supervision of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon and his staff.
WORK DONE UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH
AND BUILDINGS ORDINANCE.
5.-(i) Sanitary Nuisances and Contraventions of Sanitary by-laws. Appendix B shows the total number of nuisances reported, and the action taken to obtain compliance and the amount of fines. The number of reports shows an increase of 60% over last year. This may be due to the fact that in several districts it has been possible to carry out an additional general cleansing during the year; the number of nuisances largely depending on the frequency of inspections:
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The removal of refuse from the City of Victoria and Kow- loon is supervised by a Sanitary Inspector who is also in charge of street-watering in Victoria. Kowloon street-watering is under the direction of the Inspector in charge of Disinfecting Station (Kowloon).
Disinfection: For purposes of disinfection of infected cloth- ing there is a Disinfecting Station in Victoria and a Disinfecting Station in Kowloon under the control of an Inspector.
Cemeteries-Public cemeteries on Hongkong island are under the charge of a special Inspector. Those in Kowloon peninsula come under the Inspector in charge of the Disinfecting Station (Kowloon) and outlying cemeteries at Kowloon City under the local district Inspector.
Markets:-The Central and Western markets are under an Overseer. Other markets are supervised by the local district Inspector or Rural Inspector.
Veterinary Work:-There is a Government depôt at Kennedy Town (Hongkong) for the reception of all cattle, sheep, swine and goats brought into the Colony for slaughter. There are also Government Slaughter Houses at Kennedy Town and Ma Tau Kok (Kowloon) and controlled slaughter houses at Aberdeen and Sai Wan Ho at one of which all animals for food must be slaugh- tered. The Government depôt and slaughter houses are under the direct charge of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon and a staff of four Inspectors,
Depôt fees are 50 cents for cattle, 10 cents for sheep, 10 cents for swine. Slaughter fees (which are not additional to depôt fees) are 40 cents for cattle, 20 cents for sheep and 30 cents for swine. There is a crematorium at
crematorium at Kennedy Town Slaughter House at which carcases can be destroyed on payment of a prescribed fee. A certain number of private factories are established in the immediate vicinity of the Government Slaugh- ter Houses (Kennedy Town and Ma Tau Kok) at which lard and meat products derived solely from these slaughter houses are prepared for export to the Philippine Islands and Canada under the direct supervision of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon and his staff.
WORK DONE UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH
AND BUILDINGS ORDINANCE.
5.-(i) Sanitary Nuisances and Contraventions of Sanitary by- laws. Appendix B shows the total number of nuisances reported, and the action taken to obtain compliance and the amount of fines. The number of reports shows an increase of 60 % over last year. This may be due to the fact that in several districts it has been possible to carry out an additional general cleansing during the year; the number of nuisances largely depending on the frequency of inspections:
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