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Head 17-MEDICAL DEPARTMENT

Approved Estimate 1952-53

Estimate 1953-54

Other Charges

$

$

32 Washing

33 X-Ray departmental expenses

350,000

400,000 (41)

230,000

270,000 (49)

Medical comforts

6,000

(53)

Maintenance of lepers

Surgical appliances

100,000 4,000

(54)

(55)

Total Other Charges

8,174,800

9,197,900

Special Expenditure

34 B.C.G. Vaccination campaign

35 Lift

36 Motor transport

37 Refrigeration plant and chamber

38 Air conditioning plant

39 Autoclaves

40 Maternity and child health scheme

41 Refrigerators

42 Sterilizers

43 X-ray camera equipment

44 Fluoroscopy apparatus

45 Office inter-communication equipment

46 Physiotherapy equipment

47 Emergency lighting for operating theatres

Deep freeze unit

Equipment for new Kowloon Hospital wards.

Hospital and laboratory equipment

X-Ray machine and processing unit

X-ray screening apparatus

Total Special Expenditure

Total Expenditure

110,000

100,000 (56)

90,000

105,000 (39) (57)

113,000

5,000 (58)

16,000

3,000 (57)

5,000 (59)

15,600 (60)

105,000 (56)

80,800 (61)

53,100 (62)

110,000

22,000

3,000

18,000

21,000

5,050

2,600

105,250

69,800

19,750

531,450

21,952,371

646,500

23,860,262

(1) Senior Executive Officers provided for under

Executive Grade Officers

(2) 1 post provided for under Defence-Miscel-

laneous Measures

(3) 3 Clerks G.C.S. previously provided for under

Temporary staff

(4) 2 new posts

(5) 32 posts previously provided for under Tem-

porary staff

(6) 5 new posts

(7) 4 posts previously provided for under Tem-

porary staff

(8) 1 new post

(9) Title changed from Woman Mental Nurse (10) Salary scale revised

(11) 12 pensionable in place of 12 non-pensionable

posts

(12) 24 posts previously provided for under Tem-

porary staff

(13) 6 new posts

(14) 32 posts provided for under Pupil midwives (15) 3 pensionable in place of 3 non-pensionable

posts

(16) 3 posts previously provided for under Tem-

porary staff

(17) 1 on personal salary scale 660: 690: 720×

40-960

(18) Transferred to Fire Brigade

(19) 31 posts previously provided for under Tem-

porary staff

(20) Title changed from Woman Assistant Mental

Nurse

(21) 8 posts previously provided for under Tem-

porary staff

(22) 1 Dispenser in place of 1 Assistant Dispensary

Supervisor

(23) 3 new posts

(24) 1 Assistant Wireless Technician Class II in

place of 1 Apprentice Wireless Technician (25) 2 posts previously provided for under Tem-

porary staff

(26) Salary scale not decided

(27) 20 posts transferred to Fire Brigade

(28) 4 new posts

(29) 2 Boys Class III in place of 2 Boys Class I (30) 3 Boys Class III in place of 3 Boys Class II (31) 22 posts previously provided for under Tem-

porary staff

(32) 9 new posts

(33) Previously provided for under Temporary staff (34) 52 posts previously provided for under Tem-

porary staff

(35) Staff now itemised

(36) Previously overestimated

(37) Previously provided for under Miscellaneous

Services

(38) More medical officers required for the Tung

Wah hospital group

(39) Increased costs

(40) Title changed from Aftercare of tuberculosis

patients

(41) Previously underestimated

(42) More staff

(43) Title changed from Medicines and instruments (44) Instruments provided for under Medical

instruments

(45) Additional consultant

(46) Title changed from Honoraria to houseman (47) Title changed from Maintenance of mental

patients

(48) Fewer patients (49) Increased costs

(50) Previously provided for under Personal

emoluments

(51) Fewer premises rented

(52) Ambulances transferred to Fire Brigade (53) Provided for under Provisions

(54) Not required

(55) Provided for under Drugs and dressings

(56) Staff and incidental expenses for a scheme

assisted by UNICEF

(57) Revote

(58) 3 replacement motor cycles

(59) For Chemical laboratory

(60) 1 replacement machine

(61) Replacement of 23 machines and 12 additional

machines

(62) 3 replacement machines