Estimates-1925 — Page 57

FOR THE YEAR 1925.

[Class III]

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PUBLIC HEALTH,

2.--SANITARY DEPARTMENT,—Continued.

PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS,—Continued.

Brought forward,...

Approved Estimate, 1924.

Estimate, 1925,

390,531

413,120

Scavenging Coolies, 37 at $132 to $144 after 5 years, and

761 at $120 to $132 after 5 years.

95,988

·Rent Allowances at $24 each,

18,456

98,652 19,152

(1)(2)

(2)

Post Office Buildings:-

Coolies, I at $144, and 3 at $132 oach,

540

540

Good Conduct Allowance, to 1 at $11, and 1 at $4,.............

Do., Rent Allowances at $24 each,

15

(3)

96

96

Total Personal Emoluments,

505,611

531,575

OTHER CHARGES.

Sanitary Staff.

Advertisements,

750

750

Ambulances, Coffins, Dead Vans, and Dead Boxes,

2,000

2,000

Bamboo Poles, and Rope,

1,100

1,200

Baskets, Buckets, and Shovels.

2,250

3,000

Bath-houses:—

Fuel,

4,800

4,800

Incidental Expenses,

140

140

Light,

50

50

Bonuses to Dispensary Licentiates and Clerks for Vaccination of

children and registration of births...

850

850

Brooms, Brushes, and Bamboo Hats,.

1,650

Burial of Infected Bodies,

1,000

2,000 1,000

(4)

Cemeteries, Incidental Expenses,

50

50

Coal for Official Quarters,..

1,400

(5)

Compensation for Damages by Disinfection and Cleansing,

200

200

Conveyance and Motor Allowances to :-

Head of Sanitary Department, at $180,

1 Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, at $480,..........

1 Medical Officer of Health, at $150,

1 Chief Inspector, at $180,

2 Assistant Medical Officers of Health, I at $360 and 1 at $90,

+ Senior Inspectors, 2 at $240 each, 1 at $300 and 1 at $180, 1 Storekeeper at $90.

25 Sanitary Inspectors, 4 at $360 each, 4 at $300 each, 1 at $180, 9 at $120 each, 2 at $90 each, and 5 at $60 cach,..

1 Overseer, Markets, at $120. .....

1 Shroff at Animal Depôt and Slaughter House, Ma Tau

Kok, at $60.

1 Shroff at Animal Depôt and Slaughter House, Kennedy

Town, at $60,.............

Interpreter to Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, at $120,

2 Foremen at Peak District, at $60 each,

6,492

7,710

(5)

1 Rural District Inspector at Aberdeen, at $360,

Coolie Labour,

Disinfectants,

300

300

12,500

12,500

Disinfecting and Cleansing Apparatus..

Disinfectors,

4,725

4,725

2,200

2,400

(5)

Dust and Water Carts,

4,300

4,300

Exhumation, Recurrent,

26,000

26,000

Fuel for Blacksmith's Forges,

500

500

Furniture in Official Quarters,

200

200

General Cleansing, Chinese New Year,

500

500

Head Stones,

2,000

2,500

(6)

Incidental Expenses,

Incidental Expenses, Markets,.

1,800

1,800

400

400

Carried forward,

Carried forward,

76,757

81,275

505,611

531,575

(1) Stipulated increments. (2) Twenty-nine new posts. (3) Stipulated allowances.

(4) Additional staff and increased cost.

(5) Considered necessary.

(6) More burials.