Police-1957-1958 — Page 13

17.

Rank

LENGTH OF SERVICE AND COMPOSITION

20 & over

10-20

3 - 10

Under 3

Total

Gazetted Officers

20

23

23

66

Overseas Insps.

23

57

168

58

306

Local Insps.

11

52

100

46

215

Cantonese

107

963

2,502

1,418

4,990

Northern Chinese

55

122

330

34

541

Pakistani

18

27

109

154

Portuguese

20

20

Women Police

44

49

93

234

1,264 3,276 1,611

6,385

CASUALTIES

18. There was a total of 171 casualties during the year compared with 202 in 1956/57. The various causes were:

Overseas

G.O.S

Insps.

Local Insps.

N.C.O.s

Total

& P.C.s

Deaths

1

8

9

Desertions

Dismissals

1

53

54

Retirements

Resignations

6

a w

3

4

7

61

67

Invalidings

13

13

Termination of Service Transfers

1

3

7

11

7

1

2

10

18

5

148

171

HEALTH

19. The number of days lost during the year due to sickness in the Force totalled 25,913 of which 2,322 were accounted for by Gazetted Officers and Inspectors and 23,591 by the Rank and File. Of this total, 8,805 days sick leave were granted to a relatively small number of sufferers from tuberculosis. The annual X-Ray survey of police and civilian staff, during which 6,846

which 6,846 examinations were made, detected seventy five active cases of this disease during the year compared with seventy two cases last year.

DISCIPLINE

20. There was a considerable decline in the number of disciplinary offences reported, the total being 1,807 compared with 2,434 for the

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