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Nine public cemeteries and two public crematoria are directly controlled by the department; 27 private cemeteries and one private crematorium are under its general supervision. Three funeral parlours and 26 undertakers are licensed by the Urban Council to arrange funeral services and rites. In addition, Govern- ment provides free of charge two farewell pavilions for the per- formance of last rites, and transport of coffins to certain public cemeteries for interment.
RESEARCH
Liver disease, particularly recurrent pyogenic cholangitis and its effect on the intrahepatic bile ducts, has been the subject of closer study. The collaborative work on salivary gland tumours and the co-operative study on respiratory virus infection in children under the auspices of World Health Organization continue. The serological response of children given attenuated live measles vaccine in 1966 is being followed up for the second year. Laboratory investigation related to the chemotherapy of tuberculosis, a joint undertaking with the Medical Research Council, is still proceeding, and there is collaboration with the University Orthopaedic Unit in studies of spinal tuberculosis. Preliminary work in bacteriophage typing of non-cholera vibrios revealed three groups of phages isolated from non-cholera vibrios belonging to Heibery Group I.