that an ordinance should be passed pulting
board on the
end to the Sar
an
that
Sanitary
ground sanitation is a primary object of the HongHong government, that a stronger canitary authority than the board is required; and that through the Degislative founcil and if it be 80 decided through the addition of unofficial members to the Executive Council. the wishes
the community on Sanitary
other matters can be
Assuming
this course
-
as well as
adequately expressed.
to be taken, it
must be devided whether or not the sam
should be ame
department should
Medical
Sanitary
mated with the
amalgamated department, and the
- now called colonial
Chief Sanitary authority.
Surgeon
chief
doctor
be constituted
At present department is Hept quite
department.
"the expenditure on the sanil
on the medical dé
Sanitary
distinct from that
the committee appointed
report [ page :11:] the committee
In their r
to
enquire! in to
department
into the medical department advise
stingly, the
the
appointment of a
a medical officer
410
opiler
I
"health for the colony wis a vis the modical
but, unlike the latter officer, health for the port.
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"entirely independent of the control of the Principal
· medical officer. The health officer of the colony
should in our
opinion,
have no connexion Whatever " with the medical staff proper. His position should be quite distinct. He should be the medical
the government Z matters through
adeiser
the
"He should be attached
This is a
but it
Sanitary
on all sanitary
sanitary
די
board, to which
I
very explicit expression of opinion.
the continued existance of the
implies
board. The governor, in recommending
The abolition
}
the board recommends also that
the head of the medical the head gang
department
should be held responsible also for the Sanitary
the colony (with the exception of carrying
may be required)
work
of
out suck
and in
blic works as
that the medical and sanitary
public fact departments
should be combined. I think
there can be little doubt that this combination is desirable, and that there will be greater practical efficiency. if the principal medical oppier is also the responsible officer of health
"The medical staff of the "colony
staff of the colony consists
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