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training in this aspect cannot be given and full reciprocity of regis- tration with the Central Midwives Board of England and Wales is not possible at present.
Two training courses, one in general nursing, the other in psy- chiatric nursing, for Nursing Auxiliaries, each of two years' duration, are run at the Kowloon Hospital and Castle Peak Hospital respec- tively.
A nine-month course for Health Visitors is held at the Tang Shiu Kin Hospital and this prepares its entrants to sit for the examination of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. Health Auxiliaries, who supplement the Health Visitor Service, continue to have a two- year training course in health education_and basic public health nursing, at the same hospital.——
The Government conducts a continuous post-graduate overseas training programme for graduate nurses. Subjects studied during 1971 were nursing administration, nursing education, dietetics, orthopaedic nursing, intensive-care therapy, special operating theatre service and ophthalmic 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 these diplomas, apart from the certificate qualification, is carried out within the Urban Services Department.
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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Responsibility for environmental health services and for the dis- posal of the dead in the urban area rests with the Urban Council working through the Urban Services Department. In the New Territories, the Director of Urban Services is responsible.
About 7,800 employees of the department are engaged in street cleansing, removal of refuse and nightsoil and attending public conveniences and bathhouses. An average of 2,580 tons of refuse is collected and disposed of daily. Two large oil-fired incinerators operated by the Public Works Department dispose of abont half the total tonnage collected. A further 1,040 tons collected in Kowloon and Tsuen Wan each day are taken to the controlled tip at Gin Drinker's Bay, Tsuen Wan. Construction of a second in- cinerator for Kowloon has begun and a third one is being planned.