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children aged 13 and 12 will be vaccinated. The change will be
completed in 1974 when 11-year-olds and 12-year-olds will
receive protection. Children whose skin tests show negative
results and who have not been subject to tuberculous infection
are vaccinated; children with positive results are referred to the
Chest Physicians for X-ray and any further necessary investigation
and treatment.
The following table summarises the results:

Vaccination against tuberculosis is also available to students
in colleges. Of 93 students skin-tested, four were vaccinated.
School dental service
The pattern of the re-organisation of the National Health
Service began to take shape. Although some doubts were
eliminated, it was a year of question as to the future of the
school dental service, and unfortunately the end of the year saw
the answer to this question only in outline.
These doubts may be reflected in the greatly increased turnover
in staff, for it was the first in the five year tenure of the
Principal School Dental Officer in which staff changes have been
appreciable. Mrs.D.Knight resigned her senior dental officer post
after having a baby, but one full time and four sessional dental
officers resigned during the course of the year. This situation
was exacerbated by the absence of a part-time dental officer
through a prolonged illness.