SOCIAL SERVICES
Training College and 44 at the Rural Training College, both of which offer two year training courses. During vacations, refresher courses and conferences took place at all three colleges, including a special course for un- qualified teachers which commenced with an enrolment of 50. The Rural Training College has undertaken a number of extra-mural activities for the benefit of the locality; students, and some of the pupils of attached schools produced varied programmes of plays, singing and physical training activities and past students opened a third free evening school.
A new venture in voluntary service is the periodic visits of teachers from schools and training colleges to give talks to the prisoners at Stanley gaol.
Health
The statutory responsibility for the health of the Colony is shared by the Medical Department, the Urban Council and the District Commissioner, New Territories.
The Urban Council is the responsible authority for administering the public health laws governing sanita- tion, food inspection, food establishments and offensive trades within the Urban District of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Kowloon. The District Commis- sioner, New Territories, is responsible for administering these laws in the New Territories. They are both advised by the Director of Medical and Health Services and assisted by Health Officers and Inspectors.
URBAN COUNCIL
The Urban Council, as constituted under the Urban Council Ordinance, consists of a Chairman, the Deputy Director of Health Services, who is the Vice-Chairman,
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