Estimates-1953 — Page 93

Head 36-SANITARY DEPARTMENT AND URBAN COUNCIL

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Approved Estimate 1951-52

Estimate 1952-53

Sub-heads

$

$

$

1 Personal emoluments

4,496,316

$3 10,287,197

Other Charges

2 Advertising and propaganda

20,000

20,000

3 Ammunition

20,000

4,000 (20)

4 Anti-rabies measures

100,000

66,000 (21)

5 Bathing beaches, care and control

18,000

25,000 (22)

6 Cemeteries

375,000

263,700 (23)

7 Chinese New Year fair expenses

2,000

2,000

8 Coffins and biers

9 Conservancy

2,500

87,000

10 Daily-rated staff

6,000

11 Feeding of dogs, etc.

12,000

12 Fuel, light, and power

150,000

2,000 (24) 150,000 (22) (25)

9,250 (26) (27) 12,000

130,000 (28)

13 Honorarium for Veterinary Consultant

3,000 (29)

14 Incidental expenses

7,500

3,000 (28)

15 Publications

3,000

3,000

16 Rent of offices and quarters

8,000

3,000 (30)

17 Rewards

500

18 Running expenses of vehicles

375,000

19 Rural sanitation

10,000

500

175,000 (31)

64,000 (32)

20 Scavenging

170,000

258,000 (22)

21 Stores and equipment

100,000

130,000 (22)

22 Transport of stores

1,500

1,500

23 Travelling expenses

73,500

73,500

24 Uniforms

200,000

157,000 (33)

Burial of destitute non-Chinese dead

1,000

(34)

Courses of instruction abroad

5,000

(35)

Re-settlement of squatters

200,000

(3)

Training of Health Inspectors

10,000

(35)

Total Other Charges

1,957,500

1,555,450

Special Expenditure

25 Bicycles

26 Cemetery vans

27 Conservancy vans

28 Crematoria equipment

29 Dog-catchers' van

30 Electric stunners

31 Lorries (3 ton)

32 Meat vans

33 Motor cycles

750 28,000 (36)

60,000 (37)

1,200

14,500 (38)

5,000

32,000 (36)

34 Refuse carts

35 Refuse vans

36 Street washing van and cesspit emptier

Sprinkler sweeper collector unit

Total Special Expenditure

Total Expenditure

(1) Cadet Officer Class I as Chairman of the

Urban Council

(2) Previously provided for under Commerce and

Industry Department

(3) Provided for under Resettlement of Squatters (4) Post vacant and unlikely to be filled

(5) 1 post provided for under Printing Department (6) 1 post provided for under Temporary staff (7) 3 posts provided for under Resettlement of

Squatters

(8) 3 new posts

(9) 5 new posts

(10) 1 new post

(11) 2 Artisans Class I in place of 2 Disinfecting

Station Engineers

(12) 14 posts not required

(13) post not required

(14) 6 new posts

(15) 102 new posts

(16) Previously provided for under Anti-rabies

measures

(17) 20 posts previously provided for under Tem-

porary staff

(18) Provides for:

16 Clerks

21 Rodent Control Foremen Class II (210) 24 Ratcatchers (98)

(19) Previously provided for under Miscellaneous

Services

45,000

50,000

270,000

35,000

400,000

6,853,816

120,160 (38) (39)

7,500 (40) 12,000 (41) 280,925 (39) (42)

50,000 (43)

(20) Less slaughtering of cattle

612,035

12,454,682

(21) Provided for in part under Personal Emolu-

ments

(22) Increased costs

(23) Railway charges revised

(24) Economies effected

(25) Replacement of equipment

(26) Title changed from Casual labour

(27) Previously provided for in part under Miscel-

laneous Services

(28) Considered sufficient (29) New item

(30) Fewer offices rented

(31) Title changed from Upkeep of vehicles and provided for in part under Public Works Recurrent

(32) Increased commitments

(33) Reduced scale of issue

(34) Provided for under Coffins and biers

(35) Provided for under Miscellaneous Services (36) 2 replacement vehicles

(37) 1 replacement vehicle (38) 4 replacement vehicles

(39) Revote in part

(40) 3 replacement vehicles (41) Spare parts and replacements (42) 5 replacement vehicles

(43) 1 additional vehicle