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Depot fees are 50 cents for cattle, 10 cents for sheep, 10 cents for swine. Slaughter fees (which are not additional to depot fees) are 40 cents for cattle, 20 cents for sheep and 30 cents for swine. There is a crematorium at Kennedy Town Slaughter House at which carcases can be destroyed on payment of a prescribed fee. A certain number of private factories are established in the immediate vicinity of the Government Slaughter Houses (Kennedy Town and Ma Tau Kok) at which lard and meat products derived solely from these slaughter houses are prepared for export under the direct supervision of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon and his staff.
5.-WORK DONE UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND
BUILDINGS ORDINANCE.
(i) Sanitary nuisances and Contraventions of Sanitary By- laws:—Appendix B shows the total number of nuisances re- ported and the action taken to obtain compliance and the amount of fines. For the second half of the year it has been the practice to omit the warning letters which precede Legal Notices in the case of considerably more nuisances than here- tofore, with a corresponding effect on the statistics regarding compliance. Of the total number of nuisances reported in which action was taken 27% were abated after receipt of a letter. In 630 cases a legal notice failed to produce compliance. Of the summonses which followed 569 secured convictions, 21 were discharged, 4 abandoned and 36 withdrawn.
Appendix C shows the nuisances in respect of which action was taken.
Appendix D (i) shows the Health Districts from which these nuisances were reported and Appendix D (ii) gives details of all prosecutions and the amount of fines inflicted.
(ii) Building Nuisances:-Appendix D) (i) line 1 shows by districts the number of nuisances under Part III of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance reported by this Department to the Building Authority for action. These are additional to those referred to in paragraph (i) above.
(iii) Miscellaneous Improvements:-Appendix D (i) lines 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, shows miscellaneous improvements effected by District Inspectors in their districts. Lines 9, 10, 11, 12, show the number of houses demolished and erected. The great ma- jority of these are tenement houses.
(iv) House Cleansing:-The routine work under the by- laws for the Prevention and Mitigation of Epidemic disease was carried out during the year. Appendix E shows the number of floors cleansed in the various districts and as compared with the last two years.
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House cleansing is carried on continuously on five mornings
a week throughout the year by the staff. Appendix F shows approximately the total number of Chinese houses liable for cleansing.
(v) Limewashing:-The usual limewashing required by the Domestic Cleanliness and Ventilation by-laws was carried out during the year. Appendix & shows the number of floors lime- washed. The difference between the total and the total in Appendix F is due partly to exemptions, many floors being new and not requiring limewashing. A certain number has also been carried over into 1927.
(vi) Rat Catching-Twenty-eight members of the cleansing staff were employed during the year setting traps, bird lime boards and rat poison; also collecting rats from street rat- bins, private premises, etc., and taking them to the Public Mortuary for examination. Special campaigns in February and November were undertaken when rat-poison was distributed throughout urban districts. The total number of rats caught
was:-
Hong Kong
Kowloon
Of these, none were found to be plague infected.
98,250
36,665
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(vi) Mosquito Prevention:-The routine work of oiling pools and inspecting dwellings for breeding places was carried out by district Inspectors, as well as by one Overseer and two Foremen with coolies specially employed, and full use made of the powers given by the by-laws for the Prevention of Dissemination of Disease by Mosquitoes. The usual cutting of undergrowth in May and October was also carried out in conjunction with the Rotanical and Forestry Department and the Military Authorities (as regards Military lands).
6.—WORK DONE UNDER THE FOOD AND DRUGS ORDINANCE AND SECTION 83 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND BUILDINGS ORDINANCE.
133 samples of fresh milk were submitted for analysis under section 12 of the Food and Drugs Ordinance of which 128 were found to pass the standard and 5 to be below standard.
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