Estimates-1924 — Page 58

FOR THE YEAR 1924.

[Class III]

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PUBLIC HEALTH.

Approved Estimate, 1923.

Estimate, 1924.

2. SANITARY DEPARTMENT,—Continued.

PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS,—Continued.

Brought forward,..

Scavenging Coolies, 32 at $132 to $144 after 5 years, and

349,093

737 at $120 to $132 after 5 years.

Rent Allowances at $24 each,

94,368 8,712

Post Office Buildings :

Coolies, 1 at $144, and 3 at $132 each,

540

390,531

95,988 (1) (2) (3)

18,456 (4

540

Do., Good Conduct Allowance to 1, Do., Rent Allowances, at $24 each,

24

48

(2) 96 (4)

Total Personal Emoluments,

452,785

505,611

OTHER CHARGES.

Sanitary Staff.

Advertisements,

750

750

Ambulances, Coffins, Dead Vans, and Dead Boxes,

2,000

2,000

Bamboo Poles, and Rope,

1,000

1,100

Baskets, Buckets, and Shovels,

1,750

Bath-houses-

2,250 (5)

Fuel,

4,800

Incidental Expenses,

140

4,800 140

Light,....

50

Rent,

480

Bonuses to Dispensary Licentiates and Clerks for Vaccination of

children and registration of births,.

250

50

(6)

850

Brooms, Brushes, and Bamboo Hats,..

1,500

Burial of Infected Bodies,

1,000

Cemeteries, Incidental Expenses,

50

Compensation for Damages by Disinfection and Cleansing, Conveyance Allowances to :—

Head of Sanitary Department, at $120,

1 Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, at $180,.

1 Medical Officer of Health, at $150,

Assistant Medical Officer of Health, at $90,

1 Chief Inspector, at $180,

3 Senior Inspectors, 2 at $180 each, and 1 at $90,

1 Storekeeper at $90,

200

1,650 | (5) 1,000

50 200

1

28 Sauitary Inspectors, 2 at $360 each, 5 at $300 each, 1 at $240, 2 at $180 each, 10 at $120 each, 2 at $90 each, 5 at $60 each, and 1 at $12,..

6,582

6,492 | (8)

I Overseer, Markets, at $120,

Shroff at Animal Depôt and Slaughter House, Ma Tau

Kok, at $60

1 Shroff at Animal Depôt and Slaughter House, Kennedy

Town, at $60,...

1 Interpreter to Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, at $120,

2 Foremen at Peak District, at $60 each,

Rural District Inspector at Aberdeen, at $240,

Coolie Labour,

Disinfectants,

Disinfecting and Cleansing Apparatus.

Disinfectors,.

300

12,500

4,500

2,200

Dust and Water Carts,

4,300

4,300

Exhumation, Recurrent,

300 12,500

4,725 (5) 2,200

26,000 |(9)

Fuel for Blacksmith's Forges,

500

500

Furniture in Official Quarters,

200

200

General Cleansing, Chinese New Year,

500

500

Head Stones,

1,700

2,000 (10)

Incidental Expenses,

1,800

1,800

Incidental Expenses, Markets,..

400

400

Carried forward,

Carried forward,

(1) Stipulated increments.

(2) New appointments.

(3) Forty-three new posts.

(4) Rent allowances temporarily increased.

(5) Additional stores required for increased personnel and

increased cost.

49,452

76,757

452,785

505,611

(6) Second Street Bath-house closed.

(7) More vaccinations.

(8) Considered sufficient.

(9) Recurrent exhumation considered necessary.

(10) Considered necessary.