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held by the Hong Kong Nursing Board and there is full reciprocity of registration between the Hong Kong Board and the General Nursing Council of England and Wales. Most female nurses, on completion of general nursing training, take a midwifery course of one year which qualifies them for entry to the examination held by the Hong Kong Midwives Board. For student midwives who are not registered nurses a two-year course of training at the Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital (and to a limited extent at the other approved training schools) is accepted by the Midwives Board for entry to the examinations. Due to the limited scope of domiciliary midwifery adequate practical training in this aspect cannot be given and full reciprocity of registration with the Central Midwives Board of England and Wales is not at present possible.
Government conducts a continuous post-graduate training pro- gramme for nurses to obtain experience overseas; subjects during 1969 included nursing education, paediatrics, thoracic and-open- heart surgery and dietetics. A nine months' course for Health Visitor training was held during the year. The health auxiliaries, who are to supplement the Health Visitor service, continued the two-year training in health education and basic public health nursing.
The Hong Kong Examination Board of the Royal Society-for the Promotion of Health conducts examinations for the Diploma for Local Public Health Inspectors, the Diploma in Public Health Inspection for General Overseas Appointments, the Diploma in Tropical Hygiene for Public Health Inspectors and the Certificate for Health Visitors and School Nurses. Training for the Diploma for Local Public Health Inspectors, the Diploma in Public Health Inspection for General Overseas Appointments and the Diploma in Tropical Hygiene for Public Health Inspectors is carried out within the Urban Services Department.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Responsibility for environmental health services in the urban areas rests with the Urban Council, working through the Urban Services Department. In the New Territories the Director of Urban Services is responsible.
About 7,000 employees of the Urban Services Department are engaged in street cleansing and the removal of refuse and nightsoil.