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159. Four hundred and nine visits of inspection were paid to new schools prior to their registration. Leniency has tempered the recommendations for registration, but the standard of requirements is being raised. It is to be hoped that routine visits of inspection after registration will soon be instituted.
160. The appointment of a Lady Medical Officer in 1935 will permit further work among the girl's schools.
161. As far as possible activities are being extended among the vernacular schools, particularly those situated in Wanchai where a new Health Centre is being erected.
LABOUR CONDITIONS.
162. There are no estates, plantations or mines and comparatively few large factories. The majority of the urban labouring classes are engaged in matters connected with commerce, shipping or public works and the bulk of the remainder find employment in shops or workshops or independent businesses. There is no need for recruitment of labour, the supply being sufficient to satisfy all demands.
163. Labourers find their own accommodations in the many tenements and lodging houses which exist in Hong Kong and Kowloon.
164. The Factories and Workshops Ordinance contains sections bearing on the health of factory workers. The Public Health and Buildings Ordinance also contains sections bearing on the health of factory workers.
165. Ordinarily there are no special arrangements for the medical care of labourers other than the Government Hospitals, the Chinese Hospitals, the Chinese Dispensaries and the Mission Hospitals. The total number of third-class beds in these institutions available for general diseases are about 1,000 or 1 to 750 approximately.
166. Special arrangements were made for the care of the labourers engaged in the Shing Mun Water Works Scheme which was in full swing during the year. Anti-malaria precautions were taken and hospital accommodation and medical supervision provided.
HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING.
167. 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. There is little or no zoning in the older parts of Victoria and blacksmiths shops or even foundries are to be found in the midst of shop houses and domestic houses. The new reclamation in Victoria known as the Praya East has been laid out on modern lines with wide streets and backlanes. The greater part of Kowloon and New Kowloon has been planned on up-to-date principles. The zones recommended by the Town Planning Committee of 1923 are being adopted.
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159. Four hundred and nine visits of inspection were paid to new schools prior to their registration. Leniency has tem- pered the recommendations for registration, but the standard of requirements is being raised. It is to be hoped that routine visits of inspection after registration will soon be instituted.
160. The appointment of a Lady Medical Officer in 1935 will permit further work among the girl's schools.
161. As far as possible activities are being extended among the vernacular schools, particularly those situated in Wanchai where a new Health Centre is being erected.
LABOUR CONDITIONS.
162. There are no estates, plantations or mines and compara- tively few large factories. The majority of the urban labouring classes are engaged in matters connected with commerce, ship- ping or public works and the bulk of the remainder find employ- ment in shops or workshops or independent businesses. There is no need for recruitment of labour, the supply being sufficient to satisfy all demands.
163. Labourers find their own accommodations in the many tenements and lodging houses which exist in Hong Kong and Kowloon.
164. The Factories and Workshops Ordinance contains sec- tions bearing on the health of factory workers. The Public Health and Buildings Ordinance also contains sections bearing on the health of factory workers.
165. Ordinarily there are no special arrangements for the medical care of labourers other than the Government Hospitals, the Chinese Hospitals, the Chinese Dispensaries and the Mission Hospitals. The total number of third class beds in these in- stitutions available for general diseases are about 1,000 or 1 to 750 approximately.
166. Special arrangements were made for the care of the labourers engaged in the Shing Mun Water Works Scheme which was in full swing during the year. Anti-malaria precautions were taken and hospital accommodation and medical supervision provided.
HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING.
167. 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 Depart- ment. There is little or no zoning in the older parts of Victoria and black-smiths shops or even foundries are to be found in the midst of shop houses and domestic houses. The new re- clamation in Victoria known as the Praya East has been laid out on modern lines with wide streets and backlanes. The greater part of Kowloon and New Kowloon has been planned on up to date principles. The zones recommended by the Town Planning Committee of 1923 are being adopted.
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