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At the end of September the draft legislation was submitted to Govern- It included (a) an Urban Council bill, (b) a Public Health (Sanitation) bill, (c) a Public Health (Quarantine and Prevention of Disease) bill, (d) a Public Health (Food) bill, (e) an Adulterated Food and Drugs bill, and (f) a Buildings bill.

17. In 1934 a Committee under the chairmanship of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Mr. N. L. Smith, was appointed to report on the draft legislation. As a result of the committee's report certain changes were made in the legislation.

18. In 1935 the bills were passed by the Legislative Council and became law. It was decreed that the new laws should come into force on January 1st, 1936, and on that date they came into force.

19. Under the new scheme the Medical Department and the Sanitary Department were brought into close relationship by the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services becoming Vice-Chairman of the Urban Council and having general direction over the activities of the Urban Health Officers and the Veterinary Surgeons under whom were grouped the Sanitary Inspectors of the Sanitary Department. The Director of Medical and Sanitary Services was declared the official adviser to the Council on all matters pertaining to the public health including matters both of medical and sanitary interest.

20. Under the scheme

(a) The Medical Department is responsible for-

(1) registration of births and deaths.

(2) quarantine and the prevention of infectious diseases.

(3) vaccination.

(4) venereal diseases clinics.

(5) leprosy work.

(6) maternity and child welfare, supervision of midwives.

(7) school clinics in co-operation with the Education Department.

(8) prison medical service in co-operation with Prison Department.

(9) Government hospitals and dispensaries.

(10) inspection of Chinese hospitals and dispensaries. (11) treatment of Government servants.

(12) the activities of the malaria bureau.

(13) the activities of the Bacteriological Institute.

(14) the conduct of the Government mortuaries.

(15) medico legal and police medical work.

(16) the examination of candidates for air pilots.

(17) anti-gas and first aid centres in case of emergency. (18) chemical analyses at the Government Laboratory. (19) Radiology and Physio Therapy.

(b) The Urban Council and the Sanitary Department are responsible for-

(1) work under the Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance which deals with nuisances, house sanitation, street sanitation, public latrines, the collection and disposal of night soil, the collection and disposal of refuse, the control of wells and pools, the sanitary maintenance of eating houses, factories, workshops, and places of public instruction, recreation and assembly, public baths and wash houses, stables and animal houses, mosquito breeding, cemeteries and the disposal of the dead.

(2) work under the Public Health (Food) Ordinance which deals with slaughter houses, markets, dairies and milk shops, food factories, food shops, eating houses and restaurants.