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145. There are a number of interpreters and a large staff of subordinates.
146. 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.
147. The City of Victoria 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 ten health districts. It is estimated that on an average each Inspector has to deal with a population of 28,000, a very high figure for a tropical city, and especially for one so overcrowded as Victoria.
148. 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.
149. The following general review of work done and progress made in matters of sanitation is, so far as the Sanitary Department is concerned, based on facts supplied by the Health Officer. The Annual Report of the Sanitary Department is issued independently by the Chairman, Urban Council.
PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST MOSQUITOES AND INSECT BORNE DISEASES.
150. The law on the subject is contained in the Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance under which adequate powers are given to deal with nuisances caused by mosquito propagation. At present this law does not apply to the New Territories.
151. There are no special Sanitary Inspectors engaged in anti-mosquito work and the anti-mosquito brigade consists of two overseers and a squad of oiling coolies.
152. The routine work of inspection of premises for the presence of mosquito breeding was carried out by the district inspectors. Oiling of pools and destruction of mosquito breeding places was carried out by the anti-mosquito gangs, which in some cases functioned under the supervision of Inspectors from the Malaria Bureau.
153. The usual cutting of undergrowth in May and October was done in co-operation with the Botanical and Forestry Department as regards Crown Lands, and with the Military Authorities on Military lands.
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145. There are a number of interpreters and a large staff of subordinates.
146. 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.
147. The City of Victoria 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 ten health districts. It is estimated that on an average each Inspector has to deal with a population of 28,000, a very high figure for a tropical city, and especially for one so overcrowded as Victoria.
148. 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.
149. The following general review of work done and pro- gress made in matters of sanitation is, so far as the Sanitary Department is concerned, based on facts supplied by the Health Officer. The Annual Report of the Sanitary Department is issued independently by the Chairman, Urban Council.
PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST MOSQUITOES AND
INSECT BORNE DISEASES.
150. The law on the subject is contained in the Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance under which adequate powers are given to deal with nuisances caused by mosquito propagation. At present this law does not apply to the New Territories.
151. There are no special Sanitary Inspectors engaged in anti-mosquito work and the anti-mosquito brigade consists of two overseers and a squad of oiling coolies.
152. The routine work of inspection of premises for the presence of mosquito breeding was carried out by the the dis- trict inspectors. Oiling of pools and destruction of mosquito breeding places was carried out by the anti-mosquito gangs, which in some cases functioned under the supervision of Inspectors from the Malaria Bureau.
153. The usual cutting of undergrowth in May and October was done in co-operation with the Botanical and Forestry Department as regards Crown Lands, and with the Military Authorities on Military lands.
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