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8. Medical Bomert. The Medical Board, consisting of the senior Naval and Military doctors for the time being in the Colony, two registered medical practitioners and three other persona appointed by the Governor, is responsible for the control of admissions to the Medical Register and for dealing with matters of professional ethics among medical practitioners in the Colany.

9. Deutal Board. The Dental Board consisting of the Government dental surgeon, two medical practitioners and two dental surgeons appointed by the fiovernor, carries out the same responsibilities for dental practitioners as does the Medical Board for the doctors,

10. Nurses Board". The Nurses Board consisting of the Principal Matron, one member appointed by the University and four members appointed by the Governor, is responsible for controlling admissions to the nurses register and for the qualifying examinations for nurses throughout the Colony, Candidates for these examinations come from seven approved training schools, two of which are Clovernment hospitals and the remaining five private institutious.

11. Midwives Board. The Midwives Board consists of night personu two of whom must be certified enrolled midwives appointed by the lovernor, This Board is responsible for the Midwives register and for qualifying examinations and discipline among Midwives as is the Nurses Board for nurses.

12. The Director of Medical Services is er officio Chairman of these Boards.

C. Staff,

18. to May the Director of Medical Services went on leave and Dr. Thomas o.... M.D. (Hong Kong) acted as Director of Medical Services until December 17th, when the Director of Medical Services returned. This was the first occasion on which a local officer has taken charge of a major Government department.

14. As in most other parts of the world great dithionlty has been experienced in completing the establishment of the pro- fessional and technical staf. Among the doctors barely one third are expatriate officers and the department, therefore, depends greatly on a steady production of doctors by the University. Unfortunately considerable difficulties have been experienced by the University in getting into full swing after the Japanese occupation und, while a certain number of doctors have graduated each year, the full output cannot be expected until 1962. As a conezquence, in order to maintain the medical services, it has been necessary to appoint, ou a purely temporary basis, doctors who have qualified in China and other parts of the world, but who are not eligible for registration in Hong Kong. The policy is to replace these doctors by those eligible for registration when the opportunity arises.

15. Annexure C shows the establishment as it was on March Jlst, 1949.

D. Legislation.

16. The following legislation affecting public health was enacted during the year 1948 :-

Dangerous Druga (Amendment) Ordinance, No. 5 of 1948. Births & Deaths Registration Amendment Ordinance, No.

10 of 1948.

Public Health (Food) Amendment Ordinance, No. 19 of

1948.

Fenicillin Ordinance, No. 21 of 1948.

Public Health (Sanitation) Amendment Ordinance, No. 45

of 1948.

The Hong Kong Anti-Tuberculosis Association Incorpora-

tion Ordinance, No. 55 of 1948. Medical Registration Amendment Ordinance No. 12 of 1949. Orders, Rules, Regulations and By-laws;

Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance, 1986 (By-laws for

Dangerous & Offensive Trades) G.N. A.17 of 1948. Public Health (Food) Ordinance, 1935 (By-laws for Roast

G.N. A.37 of 1948. (or Cooked) Meat shops.)

Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance, 1984 (Amend-

ment of First Schedule) G.N. A.65 of 1948, Public Health (Food) Ordinance, 1935 (Amendment of

By-laws re Markets) O.N. A.74 of 1948. Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance, 1985.

(amendment

of By-laws re Laundries) (.N. Á,105 of 1948. Public Health (Food) Ordinances, 1935 (Amendment of By-laws re Sale of Milk generally and Dairies & Milk Shops) 44.N. A.125 of 1945.

Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1985 (Addition of Certain

Drugs to the Schedule) G.N. A.125 of 1948.

Birtbe & Tentha Registration, 1934 (Additions to lists of

Birth Register Offices) G.N. A.143 of 1948. Public Health (Food) Ordinance, 1985 (By-laws for Shops for the Sale of Salted or Dried Fish or Sharks Fina) G.N. A.149 of 1948.

Quarantine & Prevention of Disease Ordinance, 1986 (Declaration of “poliomyelitis" as a notifiable disease) G.N. A.199 of 1948.

Public Health (Food) Ordinance, 1936 (Amendment of By- laws re Restaurants, Eating Houses and Food Stalls) G.N. A.204 of 1948.

Public Health (Food) Ordinance, 1935 (Amendment of By- laws re Sale of Milk generally and Dairies and Milk Shops). G.N. A.213 of 1948.

New Territories Regulation Ordinance (N.T. Offensive Trade

Rules) G.N. A.223 of 1948.