X1000307-1955-56_Part01 — Page 8

Ordinances.

(a) Quarantine and Prevention of Diseases (Amend-

meat) Ordinance No. 38 of 1955.

(b) Penicillin (Amendment) Ordinance No. 50 of 1955. (c) Public Health (Sanitation) (Amendment) Ordin-

ance No. 54 uf 1955.

(d) Dentists Registration (Amendment) Ordinance

No. 55 of 1955.

(e) Mental Hospital (Amendment) Ordinance No. 56

of 1955.

(/) Public Health (Sanitation) (Amendment) (No. 2)

Ordinance No. 62 of 1955.

(g) Miscellaneous Licences (Amendment) Ordinance

No. 64 of 1965.

Orders, Rules, Regulations nad By-laws:

(a) Domestic Cleanliness and Prevention of Diseases

(Amendment) By-laws (G.N.A. 87 of 1955).

(b) Disease Prevention (Food and Drinks) (Amend-

ment) By-laws (G.N.A. 87 of 1956).

(e) Prevention of the Spread of Infectious Diseases

Regulations (G.N.A. 95 of 1955).

(d) Dangerous Drugs (Amendment of Schedule) Order

(G.N.A. 104 of 1956).

(e) Public Bath-House (Amendment) By-laws (G.N.A.

108 of 1955),

(f) Penicillin (and other substances) (Amendment)

Regulations (G.N.A, 112 of 1955).

(g) Mental Hospitals (Amendment) Regulations

(G.N.A. 114 of 1955).

(h) Poisons (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (G.N.A.

127 of 1955).

(7) Poisons List (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations

(G.N.A. 128 of 1955).

(7) Miscellaneous Licences (Amendment) Regulations

(G.N.A. 1 of 1956).

(A) Penicillin (and other substances) (Amendment)

Regulations (G.N.A. 4.of 1956).

(D) Dentists (Registration and Disciplinary Procedure)

Regulations (G.N.A. 10 of 1956).

(m) Dangerous Drugs (Amendment)

(G.N.A. 21 of 1956).

Regulations

Action was instituted to effect revision of the following

legislation during the year 1955-56.

1. Midwives Regulations.

2

Medical Registration Ordinance.

3.

Nurses Registration Regulations.

4.

Quarantine & Prevention of Disease (Scale of Charges) Regulations 1951.

Work continued on the framing of the Radio-active Substances Bill, and on the Building Ordinance and Regula- tions.

Expenditure.

7. The Medical Department's actual expenditure for the financial year ending 31st March 1956 was $27,002,382.89 but to obtain a true figure of the Government's expenditure on medical services a further $6,205,682 should be added to this. This sum was paid to the voluntary organizations in the Colony that provide hospital and other public health services. These include the Anti-Tuberculosis Association ($600,000), the Mis- sion to Lepers Hong Kong Auxiliary ($480,000), the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, which receives the main subvention of $4,928,459, and other smaller institutions such as the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital which receives a subvention of $111,700. Combined expenditure on account of the Medical Department and medical subventions was approximately 8.3% of the Colony's total actual expenditure.

5