PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES
consists of 168 administrative, professional and technical officers and 4,529 other ranks. The division is sub- divided into inter-related sections dealing with:-
Sanitary maintenance of buildings and open
spaces.
Pure food supplies.
The establishment and control of public retail
markets.
The licensing and control of hawkers.
The prevention and mitigation of disease.
Collection and disposal of refuse.
Conservancy.
Disposal of the dead.
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Control of public swimming beaches and life
saving.
Recurrent expenditure incurred by the Sanitary Division of, the Urban Services Department in 1954 amounted to $13,405,166.51 of which $10,943,272.47 was wages.
Sanitary Organization
In March of this year 27 probationers passed the Royal Sanitary Institute Examination and qualified as Health Inspectors. Another 31 are due to qualify early in 1955. The full benefits of the increases in staff and reorganization, however, will not be felt for another 18 months, but some improvements are already being made as the new hands gain experience. Four Health
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