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PERSONAL HEALTH
for notifying local authorities is intended to ensure that long stay immigrants
register with general medical practitioners at an early stage in their life in this
country and do not wait until they become ill. It is hoped that those for
whom it is appropriate, will accept an X-ray examination at an early stage.
During the year, the names of 290 long-stay immigrants, resident in the
London Borough of Enfield, were notified, and successful visits were made
by health visitors to many of them.
Commonwealth
Immigrants Act 1968
There were no instances of persons arriving in Enfield subject to the
condition (under the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968) that they report
to the Medical Officer of Health with a view to further medical examination.
Rehabilitation
The Tottenham Rehabilitation and Sheltered Workshop, established in 1948
to make available rehabilitation through training, and subsequent sheltered
employment, was approved by the Ministry of Labour, under the Disabled
Persons (Employment) Act 1958, for the training of selected patients to
become journeymen cabinet makers.
Disabled Persons
(Employment) Act 1958
During the training period, patients are paid training allowances by the
Department of Employment and Productivity, and on completing their
training, they are appointed to the establishment. Seven places were occupied
by Enfield residents at the end of the year.
Non-tuberculous
Chest Disease
The Chest Clinic continued its work in the larger field of non-tuberculous
chest disease. New cases of bronchitis and emphysema numbered 368, of
asthma 282, and carcinoma of the lung 127.
Mass Radiography