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HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT, 1954

Urban Services, which is further guided by Health Officers of the Medical Department, who hold certain statutory powers under the public health legislation affecting both departments. The work of the district Health Officers is directly controlled by the Senior Health Officer, who is concurrently Secretary of the Health Staff Conference, an informal liaison committee composed of medical officers and the senior administra- tive inspectors, which meets under the Chairmanship of the Deputy Director of Health Services to co-ordinate policy and plan joint action.

Expenditure on Medical Services. The estimated expenditure for the financial year 1954/55 is $27,843,553. To this should be added subventions totalling $6,391,800 to the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, the Anti- Tuberculosis Association, and other similar bodies. The combined estimated expenditure of the Medical Department and the medical subventions represents approximately 8.8% of the Colony's total estimated revenue. Estimated capital expenditure for the Medical Department was $5,303,000.

The Port Health Service. This sub-department is responsible for the sanitary control of the harbour and airport, compilation of epidemiological statistics and reports, and for rendering assistance is vaccination campaigns. The staff of the Service consists of health officers and inspectors, public vaccinators and a fumigator. Close liaison is maintained with the World Health Organization's Epidemiological Station in Singapore.

During the year special attention was paid to incoming vessels and aircraft from plague-infected or suspected ports, and due to a lack of epidemiological

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