requests for accommodation and equipment for new institutions of the Medical and Health Department, for the processing of building plans and for the detailed forward planning of the Department's activities. In addition. advice and assistance are given on request to voluntary and private organizations engaged in the planning and commissioning of medical institutions, especially those in receipt of Government sub- ventions.
28. The Auxiliary Medical Service, a branch of the civil defence services, is administered by the Medical Defence Staff Officer who is a member of the Medical and Health Department Headquarters staff. The Director of Medical and Health Services is the Unit Controller.
29. The routine administrative, secretarial, establishment and clerical work of the Department is under the general direction of the Secretary, while the Principal Accountant and his staff deal with the financial and accounting duties. The work of the Boards section is co-ordinated by the Boards Secretary.
30. The pharmaceutical and dispensing activities are the responsibility of the Chief Pharmacist, who also has inspectorate duties in connexion with the Dangerous Drugs and Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance. The Government Chemist is responsible for the work of the Government Chemical Laboratory which undertakes the analytical, forensic chemistry and standards work in the Colony.
31. The Chief Hospital Secretary and his staff undertake the supply of equipment and the day-to-day lay administration of the hospital and clinic services. Apart from the Queen Elizabeth and Castle Peak Hospitals which are separately administered, the hospitals and clinics are grouped into two large units, each of which is the responsibility of a Hospital Secretary. Assistant Hospital Secretaries are posted to the more important institutions within these groups.
32. Appendix 2 shows the establishment of the Department at 31st March, 1964.
FINANCE
33. The actual expenditure of the Medical and Health Department for the financial year ended 31st March, 1964, was $76.893,619, to which should be added a further $27,764,694 disbursed in the form of subventions to institutions carrying out medical work in the Colony. Capital expend- iture on medical projects under the Public Works Non-Recurrent head totalled $29,675,789. These amounts represent 10.3% of the Colony's
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total expenditure during the year. This does not include expenditure on environmental sanitation by the Urban Services Department and by the District Administration of the New Territories.
34. A Statement of Expenditure for the five years from 1959-60 Lo 1963-64 is shown at Appendix 3.
35. The total revenue collected by the Department from all sources totalled $5,894,949,
36. The largest subvention was made to the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals which received $15,272,374; in addition, a further capital grant or $2,516,245 was made towards the continuing work on the rede- velopment of the Kwong Wah Hospital; the total estimated cost of this redevelopment is $34.1 millions, of which Government is contributing cighty per cent. Other large subventions were $1,503,000 to the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital. $3,459,401 to the Grantham Hospital, $1.200.000 to the Hong Kong Anti-Tuberculosis Association, 5613,976 to the Mission to Lepers. Hong Kong Auxiliary and $550,000 to the Pok Oi Hospital,
LEGISLATION
37. The following legislation dealing with medical and health matters was cnacted during the year 1963-64. Mention is made of the purpose of the more important ordinances in the body of this report.
Ordinances:
(1) Animals (Control of Experiments) Ordinance, 1963. (ii) Medical Clinics Ordinance, 1963.
Rules and Regulations:
(a) Animals (Control of Experiments) Regulations, 1963. (L.N.
57/63).
(6) Poisons (Amendment) Regulations, 1963. (L.N. 137/63). (e) Poisons (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1963. (L.N. 139/63). (d) Poisons List (Amendment) Regulations, 1963. (L.N. 138/63). (e) Poisons List (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1963 (L,N.
140/63).
() Medical Clinics (Forms) Regulations, 1963. (L.N. 150/63).
PROFESSIONAL REGISTERS
38. There are five statutory bodies dealing respectively with the registration of medical practitioners. dentists, pharmacists, nurses and
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