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At the beginning of the year the Department of Health &
Social Security hand-out card, printed in eight languages—Spanish,
English, Italian, French, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Punjabi —
which was issued to immigrants at the port of entry and of which
supplies were made available to local authorities for distribution
to any missed persons, was replaced by a Home Office leaflet
produced in English, Gujerati, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Punjabi.
This new leaflet is now of a general nature and is called "Introduction
to Britain". In addition to explaining Health Services, it
gives advice on such matters as housing, education, employment,
entry of dependants, exchange control, elections, income tax
and climate.
The countries where passports were issued were as follows:-
Common wealth
Caribbean — 50
India — 33
Pakistan — 0
Other Asian — 18
African — 14
Other — 8
Non-Common wealth
European — 6
Other — 0
Total -129
Smallpox Contacts
Eleven passengers who had arrived in this country from
overseas and whose destination was an address in this Borough
were referred to the Department during the year for surveillance.
These passengers had arrived at airports/ports in this
country from areas where smallpox was said to be endemic and
did not hold valid certificates of vaccination against smallpox.
Seven of these were infants and vaccinafion was contra-indicated
because of their age, or other health reason.
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