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batches of canned meat stocked locally and in taking the opportunity
of stepping up the standard of hygiene in all food premises.
Tuberculosis.
As in previous years all children aged 13 years were offered B.C.G.
vaccination. The object is to provide artificial immunity to the disease
during the adolescent period when children are susceptible and can
be seriously affected. During 1964 a total of 389 boys and girls were
inoculated with B.C.G.
Mass Radiography Service.
The Regional Hospital Board sets up a Mobile X-Ray Unit at the
Bus Station behind the Odeon Cinema on every Thursday from 5.30
to 6.30 p.m.
The Unit is primarily for the convenience of the local general
practitioners who can refer their patients without any prior appointment,
and who receive a written report within two or three days of
the examination.
The service is much appreciated by the doctors, and is also a convenience
to the patients who are saved both travelling and waiting
time.
Prospective employees of the Council who are unable to provide
proof of recent chest X-Ray are referred, and the reports are of considerable
assistance in enabling a decision to be made as to whether or
not they are suitable for inclusion in the Superannuation or Sick Pay
Schemes.
The Unit is also available for use by the general public.
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