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SECTION III.
HYGIENE AND SANITATION.
The principal Ordinances which have effect in matters of Hygiene and Sanitation are : —
(a) The Summary Offences Ordinance.
(b) The Public Health and Buildings Ordinance.
(c) The Water Works Ordinance.
(d) The Sale of Food and Drugs Ordinance.
The Police are responsible for action under (a), the Public Works Department for action under the building sections of (b) and for (c), while the Sanitary Department deals with the public health side of (b) and with (d).
The Sanitary Department, which is distinct from the Medical Department, has at its head a Senior Cadet Officer whose title is Head of the Sanitary Department (H.S.D.). The European Staff under his administrative supervision includes:—
(1) Two Medical Officers of Health (seconded from the Medical Department).
(2) Two Veterinary Surgeons.
(3) Fifty-three Sanitary Inspectors.
There is a Sanitary Board composed of Officials and non-Officials, whose powers and responsibilities are laid down in the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, which acts as an adviser to the H.S.D. and of which the H.S.D. is the Chairman. This body has no direct control over the Sanitary Staff.
The functions and control of the Sanitary Board and Sanitary Department as determined by the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance are limited to:—
(a) the Island of Hong Kong, (b) the Peninsula of Kowloon, and (c) that portion of the New Territories which is adjacent to Kowloon and which is known as New Kowloon.
The Director of Medical and Sanitary Services, who is adviser to Government on all medical and sanitary matters, confers with the H.S.D. but has no status under the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance and no authority over any of the staff of the Sanitary Department.
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SECTION III.
HYGIENE AND SANITATION.
The principal Ordinances which have effect in matters of Hygiene and Sanitation are : —
(a) The Summary Offences Ordinance.
(b) The Public Health and Buildings Ordinance.
(c) The Water Works Ordinance.
(d) The Sale of Food and Drugs Ordinance.
The Police are responsible for action under (a). the Public Works Department for action under the building sections of (b) and for (c), while the Sanitary Department deals with the public health side of (b) and with (d).
The Sanitary Department, which is distinct from the Medi- cal Department, has at its head a Senior Cadet Officer whose title is Head of the Sanitary Department (H.S.D.). The European Staff under his administrative supervision includes:--
(1) Two Medical Officers of Health (seconded from the
Medical Department).
(2) Two Veterinary Surgeons.
(3) Fifty-three Sanitary Inspectors.
There is a Sanitary Board composed of Officials and non- Officials, whose powers and responsibilities are laid down in the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, which acts as an ad- viser to the H.S.D. and of which the H.S.D. is the Chairman. This body has no direct control over the Sanitary Staff.
The functions and control of the Sanitary Board and Sanitary Department as determined by the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance are limited to:-
(a) the Island of Hong Kong, (b) the Peninsula of Kowloon, and (e) that portion of the New Territories which is adjacent to Kowloon and which is known as New Kowloon.
The Director of Medical and Sanitary Services, who is ad- viser to Government on all medical and sanitary matters, confers with the H.S.D. but has no status under the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance and no authority over any of the staff of the Sanitary Department.
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