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RECUPERATIVE HOLIDAYS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN
During the year, the School Health Service received 50 applications for
school-children to have recuperative holidays unaccompanied by their parents and two
applications made in the previous year were still awaiting placement. Arrangements were
made for 29, 18 applications were withdrawn or cancelled and 5 were still awaiting
placement at the end of the year.
Arrangements for the placement of school-children to have recuperative holidays
with their parents are made by the Social Services Department.
B.C.G. VACCINATION FOR 13-YEAR OLD CHILDREN
A medical officer, together with a clerical assistant, visited 9 (9) schools.
There were 1,807 (2,876) children eligible for B.C.G. vaccination. The parents of
1,344 (2,043) children gave their consent and out of this number 899 (1,322) were
skin-tested and read. Of these 853 (1,209) children were vaccinated. The remaining 46 (113)
were found to be positive reactors.
In 1969 the programme was not completed due to staff shortage, and the figures for
1970 therefore include the backlog so arising.