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2. Labourers find their own accommodation in the many tenements and lodging houses which exist in Hong Kong or Kowloon.
3. What factory regulations there are are administered by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
4. There are no special arrangements for the medical care of labourers other than the Government Hospitals, the Chinese Hospitals, the Mission Hospitals and the Chinese Public Dispensaries. The total number of beds available for general diseases is 880 making a proportion of:—
830
1,000,000
or 1 to 1,200 approximately.
# HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING
1. There is no Town Planning Ordinance and Housing comes under that portion of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance which is administered by the Public Works Department.
2. By inter-departmental arrangements the Medical Officer of Health scrutinises the plans of new buildings.
# FOOD IN RELATION TO HEALTH AND DISEASE
1. Inspection and Control of Food Supplies. The laws dealing with this subject are the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance and the Sale of Food and Drugs Ordinance.
2. The authorities responsible under these Ordinances are the Sanitary Department and the Police Department. Officers authorised to take samples are: any sanitary inspector or inspector of weights and measures, or inspector of markets, or any Officer of Police acting under the written instructions of the Secretary of the Sanitary Board, or of the Captain Superintendent of Police, or of the Medical Officer of Health.
Under the Ordinance the certificate of the Government Analyst or any analyst is acceptable as evidence by the court—but the term "analyst" is not defined.
3. During the year the following samples were taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Ordinance—milk 68, bread 81, flour 46, butter 32, cheese 10, coffee 35, tea 28, sugar 50, lard 17.
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2. Labourers find their own accommodation in the many tenements and lodging houses which exist in Hong Kong or Kowloon.
3. What factory regulations there are are administered by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
4. There are no special arrangements for the medical care of labourers other than the Government Hospitals, the Chinese Hospitals, the Mission Hospitals and the Chinese Public Dis- pensaries. The total number of beds available for general dis- eases is 880 making a proportion of:—
830
1,000,000
or 1 to 1,200 approximately.
HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING.
1. There is no Town Planning Ordinance and Housing comes under that portion of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance which is administrated by the Public Works Department.
2. By inter-departmental arrangements the Medical Officer of Health scrutinises the plans of new buildings.
FOOD IN RELATION TO HEALTH AND DISEASE.
1. Inspection and Control of Food Supplies.The laws dealing with this subject is the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance and the Sale of Food and Drugs Ordinance.
The
2. The authorities responsible under these Ordinances are the Sanitary Department and the Police Department. Officers authorised to take samples are, any sanitary inspector or inspector of weights and measures, or inspector of markets, or any Officer of Police acting under the written instructions of the Secretary of the Sanitary Board, or of the Captain Superin- tendent of Police, or of the Medical Officer of Health".
Under the Ordinance the certificate of the Government Analyst or any analyst is acceptable as evidence by the court- but the term "analyst" is not defined.
3. During the year the following samples were taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Ordinance-milk 68, bread 81, flour 46, butter 32, cheese 10, coffee 35, tea 28, sugar 50, lard 17.
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