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CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
No major outbreaks or deaths from infectious disease occurred.
During the early part of the year there was a small outbreak of infective
jaundice of a mild form - twenty-one cases in all, of which three required
admission to hospital. Local doctors were kept fully informed, and the
opportunity was taken to stress the importance of good sanitation and
personal hygiene in controlling the spread of this as well as other infectious
diseases generally.
In November 1971, the Secretary of State accepted the advice of
the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation that vaccination against
smallpox need no longer be reconmended as a routine procedure in early
childhood. Vaccination continues to be recommended for travellers to and
from countries where smallpox is endemic or where eradication programmes
are in progress, and for health service staff who may come into contact with
patients.
MASS MINIATURE RADIOGRAPHY
In view of the falling off of significant findings in recent
years, open public sessions are no longer regarded as a necessary or economic
way of employing the mobile X-ray Units. It is now the national policy to
concentrate the Units in places where there is evidence or suspicion of cases
or contacts of chest diseases, or where persons may be exposed to special
risks due to the nature of their work, or for other reasons; otherwise
sessions at factories and in Public Places will only take place as and when
time permits.

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