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Treatment for case8 of tuberculosis is the responsibility of the
Regional Hospital Board, who provide both sanatorium and dispensarytreatment
.
VACCINATION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS
B.C.G. vaccination against tuberculosis is offered to school children
between the ages of 13 and 14 years, and to students attending further
education establishments.
The object of the scheme is to provide resistance to tuberculosis
during the adolescent period when children are most susceptible to the
infection.
The scheme is operated through the County School Health Service.
PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS 1925
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1936 (Section 172)
During 1963 it did not become necessary to use the powers given
under the above legislation. These powers prohibit persons suffering
from pulmonary tuberculosis from entering upon employment involving the
handling of milk, and the compulsory removal and detention in hospital,
in certain circumstances, of persons suffering from tuberculosis.
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