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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
Details of this scheme, which provides medical screening
of all prospective employees of the Council, were given in my
annual report for 1969. The scheme also covers investigation of
any medical matter affecting individual employees or groups of
employees.
Entrants to the teaching profession and candidates for
admissions to teacher training colleges are also examined in
accordance with the requirements laid down by the Department
of Education and Science. An additional duty undertaken by this
service at the commencement of 1970 was medical examination
ofcouncil employees for heavy goods vehicle driving licences.
Statistics relating to this service are as follows
Occupational Health Service
Number of questionnaires scrutinised 1876
Number selected for full examination 81
Number found unfit for employment 8
Number recommended for further review 10
Medical examinations for other authorities 12
Number of full medical examinations of teachers and
prospective pupil teachers (carried out according to
national requirements outside the Council scheme) 310
Number of persons screened by .chest X-ray 899
(i.e. duties in contact with children)
Number of persons screened for intestinal pathogens 561
(i.e. duties concerned with preparation of food)
Number of special medical examinations 120
Medical examinations for heavy goods vehicle 43
driving licences
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