(li) Qualifications :-
(a) Technical.
M (1) 2
i. At an examination held locally on 9th February, 1933, five Inspectors were recommended for the Royal Sanitary Institute certificates as Sanitary Inspectors. Every Inspector (with the exception of four recently joined men) now holds this certificate.
ii. On the same date, six Inspectors (out of seven entrants) were recommended for the Royal Sanitary Institute certificate in Sanitary Science. Including these six, twenty-one Inspectors now hold this certificate.
iii. Five Inspectors hold the Royal Sanitary Institute certificate and two the certificate of the Liverpool University School of Hygiene as Inspectors of Meat and Other Foods.
(b) Linguistic.
With four exceptions, all Inspectors possess the 1st certificate in Cantonese colloquial; and with three exceptions (exclusive of four newly joined men) all hold the 2nd certificate. Eight hold the 3rd and one holds the 4th.
ADMINISTRATION.
2. The administrative machinery was unchanged.
3. No new Health District was established during the year. The number of Health Districts is as follows:
Hong Kong (including Peak and Aberdeen) 17 Kowloon 94. Preliminary arrangements were made for the gradual dilution of the Inspectorate by Asiatic Sanitary Inspectors, and classes of instruction instituted.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
5. Table I shows the comparative statement of the Department's expenditure for the years 1932 and 1933.
6. Table II shows under the various heads the revenue collected by the Department during 1933 compared with 1932; and also the revenue paid into the Treasury in respect of contracts.
(li) Qualifications :-
(a) Technical.
M (1) 2
i. At an examination held locally on 9th Feb- ruary, 1933, five Inspectors were recom- mended for the Royal Sanitary Institute certificates as Sanitary Inspectors. Every Inspector (with the exception of four re- cently joined men) now holds this certifi- cate.
ii. On the same date, six Inspectors (out of seven entrants) were recommended for the Royal Sanitary Institute certificate in Sanitary Science. Including these six, twenty-one Inspectors now hold this certi- ficate.
iii. Five Inspectors hold the Royal Sanitary Institute certificate and two the certificate of the Liverpool University School of Hygiene as Inspectors of Meat and Other Foods.
(b) Linguistic.
With four
four exceptions, all Inspectors possess the 1st certificate in Cantonese collo- quial; and with three exceptions (exclusive of four newly joined men) all hold the 2nd certi- ficate. Eight hold the 3rd and one holds the 4th.
ADMINISTRATION.
2. The administrative machinery was unchanged.
3. No new Health District was established during the year. The number of Health Districts is as follows:
Hong Kong (including Peak and Aberdeen) Kowloon
17
9
4. Preliminary arrangements were made for the gradual dilution of the Inspectorate by Asiatic Sanitary Inspectors, and classes of instruction instituted.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
5. Table I shows the comparative statement of the Depart- ment's expenditure for the years 1932 and 1933.
6. Table II shows under the various heads the revenue collected by the Department during 1933 compared with 1932; and also the revenue paid into the Treasury in respect of con-
tracts.
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