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SECTION III.
HYGIENE AND SANITATION.
136. The Sanitary Department which is distinct from the Medical Department and over which the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services has no authority deals with the greater part of the sanitation of the Colony. The head of the department is an officer of the Civil Service whose title is Head of the Sanitary Department.
137. The staff under his administrative supervision includes:-
(i) Two European and one Chinese, Health Officers seconded from the Medical Department.
(ii) Two Veterinary Surgeons.
(iii) Fifty-six European Sanitary Inspectors.
138. There are six Asiatic Sanitary Inspectors, a number of interpreters and a large staff of subordinates.
139. Included among the responsibilities of this department are:
(a) the prevention or mitigation of epidemic, endemic, contagious or infectious disease in humans and animals.
(b) the prevention of disease caused by mosquitoes.
(c) measures for ensuring the purity and wholesomeness of foods during their preparation, storage and sale.
(d) the control of abattoirs, markets, dairies and bakeries.
(e) the control of eating houses.
(f) town cleansing, scavenging and collection of nightsoil.
(g) the disposal of the dead.
140. For the purpose of sanitary administration by the Sanitary Department, the Island and the Peninsula have been divided into local sanitary areas, each with a sanitary office, and these in turn have been sub-divided into Health Districts each in charge of a Sanitary Inspector.
141. The City of Victoria including the Peak is divided into four sanitary areas and seventeen health districts. The villages on the south side of the island are in charge of one Inspector. Kowloon Peninsula has three health areas and seven health districts. It is estimated that on an average each Inspector has to deal with a population of 25,000, a very high figure for a tropical city, and especially for one so overcrowded as Victoria.
142. The Sanitary Department has no jurisdiction in any part of the New Territories with the exception of the urban area next to Kowloon and known as New Kowloon,
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SECTION III.
HYGIENE AND SANITATION.
136. The Sanitary Department which is distinct from the Medical Department and over which the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services has no authority deals with the greater part of the sanitation of the Colony. The head of the department is an officer of the Civil Service whose title is Head of the Sanitary Department.
137. The staff under his administrative supervision in- cludes:-
(i) Two European and one Chinese, Health Officers seconded
from the Medical Department.
(ii) Two Veterinary Surgeons.
(iii) Fifty-six European Sanitary Inspectors.
138. There are six Asiatic Sanitary Inspectors, a number of interpreters and a large staff of subordinates.
are:
139. Included among the responsibilities of this department
(a) the prevention or mitigation of epidemic, endemic, con-
tagious or infectious disease in humans and animals. (b) the prevention of disease caused by mosquitoes. (c) measures for ensuring the purity and wholesomeness of
foods during their preparation, storage and sale.
(d) the control of abattoirs, markets, dairies and bakeries. (e) the control of eating houses.
(f) town cleansing, scavenging and collection of nightsoil. (g) the disposal of the dead.
140. For the purpose of sanitary administration by the Sanitary Department, the Island and the Peninsula have been divided into local sanitary areas, each with a sanitary office, and these in turn have been sub-divided into Health Districts each in charge of a Sanitary Inspector.
141. The City of Victoria including the Peak is divided into four sanitary areas and seventeen health districts. The villages on the south side of the island are in charge of one Inspector. Kowloon Peninsula has three health areas and seven health dis- tricts. It is estimated that on an average each Inspector has to deal with a population of 25,000, a very high figure for a tropical city, and especially for one so overcrowded as Victoria.
142. The Sanitary Department has no jurisdiction in any part of the New Territories with the exception of the urban area next to Kowloon and known as New Kowloon,
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