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quarantine which would effectually safeguard one city against introduction of disease from the other and, at the same time preserve that freedom of commercial movements on which these cities depend for prosperity. It has been deemed best to treat them as forming one unit, as suburbs the one of the other, and to strive for a working agreement between the various health organisations to the end that some means, other than imposing restrictions against a whole port, may be found to prevent the spread of infection.
The Organisation for the promotion and maintenance of the Public Health.
24. The Colony has no 'municipality' in the ordinary accepted sense of the term, the Governor himself being head of the city and head of the port. A Legislative Council takes the place of a Municipal Council and the Colonial Heads of Department perform the duties which in a municipality would be performed by Municipal Heads of Department.
25. The Director of Medical and Sanitary Services is the official adviser to Government on all Medical and Sanitary matters and is the officer responsible to Government for the Public Health of the Colony. Under his direction come the Government Hospital Organisation, the Inspection of Chinese Hospitals and Chinese Dispensaries, the Medical Inspection of Schools, the Bacteriological Institute, the Analytical Laboratory, Anti-malarial Activities, Vaccination and Quarantine and Port Health Work.
26. The principal Ordinances which have effect in matter of Hygiene and Sanitation are:-
I. The Public Health and Buildings Ordinance which resembles the English Public Health Act of 1875 and which deals with Infectious Diseases of humans and of animals, the wholesomeness of foods for human consumption, abattoirs, markets, dairies, food factories and food shops, nuisances, scavenging and cleansing, drainage, sewerage and sewerage disposal, latrines, urinals and water closets, factories, workshops, laundries and offensive trades, buildings, their siting, design and construction, wells and pools.
II. The Water Works Ordinance.
III. The Sale of Food and Drugs Ordinance.
IV. The Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance.
V. The Boarding House Ordinance.
VI. The Summary Offences Ordinance.
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quarantine which would effectually safeguard one city against introduction of disease from the other and, at the same time preserve that freedom of commercial movements on which these cities depend for prosperity. It has been deemed best to treat them as forming one unit, as suburbs the one of the other, and to strive for a working agreement between the various health organisations to the end that some means, other than imposing restrictions against a whole port, may be found to prevent the spread of infection.
The Organisation for the promotion and maintenance of the Public Health.
24. The Colony has no 'municipality' in the ordinary accept- ed sense of the term, the Governor himself being head of the city and head of the port. A Legislative Council takes the place of a Municipal Council and the Colonial Heads of Depart- ment perform the duties which in a municipality would be per- formed by Municipal Heads of Department.
25. The Director of Medical and Sanitary Services is the official adviser to Government on all Medical and Sanitary matters and is the officer responsible to Government for the Public Health of the Colony. Under his direction come the Government Hospital Organisation, the Inspection of Chinese Hospitals and Chinese Dispensaries, the Medical Inspection of Schools, the Bacteriological Institute, the Analytical Laboratory, Anti-malarial Activities, Vaccination and Quarantine and Port Health Work.
26. The principal Ordinances which have effect in matter of Hygiene and Sanitation are:-
I. The Public Health and Buildings Ordinance which re- sembles the English Public Health Act of 1875 and which deals with Infectious Diseases of humans and of animals, the wholesomeness of foods for human con- sumption, abattoirs, markets, dairies, food factories and food shops, nuisances, scavenging and cleansing, drainage, sewerage and sewerage disposal, latrines, urinals and water closets, factories, workshops, laundries and offensive trades, buildings, their siting, design and construction, wells and pools.
II. The Water Works Ordinance.
III. The Sale of Food and Drugs Ordinance.
IV. The Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance,
V. The Boarding House Ordinance.
VI. The Summary Offences Ordinance.
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