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(ri) Rat catchingg. -Twenty-three members of the cleansing staff are employed during the year setting traps, bird-line boards and rat-poison; also collecting rats from street rat-bins, private premises, etc., and taking them to the Bacteriological Institute for examination. Special campaigns in January and November were undertaken, when rat-poison was distributed throughout urban districts. The total number of rats caught was :--
Hongkong
Kowloon..............
.76,841 ..32,452
Of these 6 were found to be plague-infected in Hongkong and 19 in Kowloon.
(ri) Mosquito prezention.—The routine work of oiling pools and inspecting dwellings for breeding places was carried out by district Inspectors. The usual cutting of undergrowth in May and October was also carried out in conjunction with the Botanical and Forestry Department and the Military Authorities (as regards Military lands).
As a result of the special survey made last year the Botanical and Forestry Department cleared during the year some 8,250,000 square feet of undergrowth as compared with 5,400,000 square feet, last year in the neighbourhood of residences,
The Public Works Department trained twelve nullahs but were unable to complete the fall programme of 1922. The work will, however, be pressed on in 1923.
(rifi) Educational.—A small leaflet was distributed on each floor of Chinese tenement houses at the occasion of each house cleansing with a view to checking the habit of indiscriminate spitting.
WORK UNDER FOOD AND DRUGS ORDINANCE AND SECTION
83 OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND BUILDINGS ORDINANCE.
56 samples of milk were submitted for analysis under section 12 of which 50 were found to pass the standard and 6 to be below standard.
The prosecutions under section 10 in these cases resulted as Follows:-
173 Des Voeux Road Central...........
112 Connaught Road Central
27 Des Voeux Road Central
318 Des Vœux Road Central.
16 Cochrane Street
3 Cochrane Street
fined $25.00
do.
50.00
do. 25.00
lo, 50.00
do. 100.00
do. 200.00
The following table shows the number and results of analysis of beer, wine and spirits submitted by this Department, which took over this duty from the Police Department on 1st January,
1922, and was relieved of it by the Import and Export Depart- ment on 28th August 1922.
Beer Brandy
Gin
Port wine.............
Kum
Sherry
Stout.......
Whisky.....
Samples, tienaine, Adulterated,
5
5
O
0
3
0
1
The adulterated samples were found to be slightly below standard and the dealers were warned,
Under section 83 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance the following food stuffs were seized and destroyed by order of the President
875 tins of beef.
877 tins of provisions.
7 cases of fish.
3 cases of butter.
12 s. of fruit.
61 tins of Getzbest herrings and sardines,
6 bottles of pickles (Haas Bros).
13 tins of Morton's vegetables.
4 tins of Morton's sardines.
3 tins of smoked herrings.
27 packages of sultanas.
25 tons of Lagoon pilchards,
4 bottles of prunes.
2 bottles of vinegar.
10k miscellaneous tins of food and vegetables, labels
missing, etc.
VACCINATION OF CHILDREN.
Under Ordinance 2 of 1890 all resident children over 6 months and under 14 years are required to be vaccinated, and their parents or guardians to deliver à certificate of vaccination to the office if any at which the birth was registered. Appendix II shows the various birth registries, the number of children whose births were registered but who on 31st December, 1921, were under six months, the number of new registered births during the year 1922, the number vaccinated, the number accounted for by death, anfitness, or other causes and the number who on 31st December, 1922, were under six months and accordingly not liable for vaccination. Vaccination is not compulsory between 1st May and 30th September owing to the hot weather.
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