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HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT
Industrial dermatitis
Silicosis
1958
1959
26
32
10
14
Industrial accidents recorded reached a total of 5,940 of which 100 were fatal. 2,341 compensation cases were dealt with during the year and were followed up by the Health Visitors attached to the Service.
Since 1956 first aid classes have been conducted by the St. John Ambulance Association. Since the inauguration of this training, 215 employees from 83 factories have been granted certificates. At the end of the year there were 83 candidates from 57 factories undergoing training.
Field surveys have included a report on the artificial humidi- fication of textile factories, the use of lead in rubber factories and the atmospheric concentration of butyl acetate in artificial pearl factories. Pest control staff and agricultural workers handling in- secticides were medically examined to assess the risk of poisoning; of 45 so examined not one showed any signs of it.
Health Education. Health education covers a wide field and is an integral part of the activities of all branches of the Medical and Health Department. Particularly useful work has been done by the Maternal and Child Health Services. Immunization cam- paigns, especially in Resettlement Estates, have been regularly carried out by means of loud hailer van. Mention has already been made of the Inter-departmental Committee and its work in connexion with the control of diphtheria.
The Health Education Select Committee of the Urban Council has organized publicity campaigns in Resettlement Estates in the field of environmental sanitation including domestic hygiene. The Industrial Health Section of the Labour Department and the Social Welfare Department have also been very active in their respective spheres.
SPECIALIST SERVICES
In Government Hospitals there are clinical specialists in anaes- thetics, chest surgery, dentistry, ear, nose and throat diseases, eye diseases, general medicine, general surgery, neuro-surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, orthopaedic surgery, pathology, radio- diagnosis and radiotherapy. There are specialist posts
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