View report page

RECUPERATIVE HOLIDAYS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN
During the year, the School Health Service received 65 applications for school
children to have recuperative holidays unaccompanied by their parents and 5 applications
made in the previous year were still awaiting placement. Arrangements were made for 58,5
applications were withdrawn or cancelled and 7 were still awaiting placement at the end of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 THIRTEEN-YEAR OLD CHILDREN
A medical officer, together with two clerical assistants, visited 10 (9) schools.
There were 1,259 (1,807) children eligible for B.C.G. vaccination. The parents of
955 (1,344) children gave their consent and out of this number 691 (899) were skin-tested
and read. Of these, 663 (853) children were vaccinated. A total of 24 (46) were found to be
positive reactors, and 4 children who were found to be negative were not vaccinated because
they had already received other vaccinations less than one month previously.