485. There are also training schools at the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, and the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital. In these schools the training is carried out in Chinese.
486. Recruitment of both male and female nurses has been satisfac- tory and during 1957 three men and eighty six women passed the final examinations of the Board. The three men and eighteen of the nurses received their training at the Government School of Nursing.
487. The block system of study was introduced in the Government School of Nursing in July 1957 and has proved to be of valoc in the Leaching programme. The arrival of an additional Sister Tutor from the United Kingdom during the year has facilitated the teaching in the Government Nurses' Preliminary Training School.
488. Four registered nurses, two men and two women, returned from the United Kingdom after obtaining the Registered Mental Nurse certificates. As yet there is no course of training in Mental Nursing available in the Colony.
MIDWIVES
489. Registered Nurses who are trained in the Government School of Nursing go on to take the one-year course in midwifery, conducted in English, in the maternity wards of the Queen Mary and Kowloon Hospitals. Registered Nurses trained in the other hospitals mentioned in paragraph 485 go on to take the one-year course in midwifery in the wards of their respective hospitals. These courses are conducted in Chinese.
490. The Tsan Yuk Hospital is the Government training school for student midwives who are not registered nurses. This entails a two-year course which is carried out in Chinese.
491. The Midwives' Board conducts the examinations for registra- tion as a Midwife in the Colony four times yearly. The lack of facilities for domiciliary midwifery has prevented this important aspect of train- ing from receiving the attention it deserves. As a result, the Board's Certificate is not fully recognized by the United Kingdom Central Midwives' Board but the Certificate does give credit equivalent to three- quarters of the course of study for the S.C.M. examination.
492. Recruitment has been satisfactory and during 1957 a total of 145 midwives passed the Midwives' Board examination. Of these, seventy five were trained in Government Hospitals.
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HEALTH VISITORS
493. The course conducted at the Harcourt Health Centre for the training of Health Visitors covers a very wide field and leads to the examinations for the Certificate of the Local Examination Board of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. Lectures are given by the Supervisor and Training Officer of Health Nurses, by Medical Depart- ment doctors, including specialists, and by officers of other Government Departments. The students, who are all qualified nurses and midwives, visit a variety of institutions and organizations including factories and are also assigned, in turn, to the branches of the Health Service where they gain practical experience.
494. The fourth Health Visitors' Course was completed in Septem- ber 1957, when nine out of ten students gained the Health Visitor's Certificate. The fifth course began in October 1957 with the maximum entry of ten students.
RADIOGRAPHERS
495. The training of Radiographers in Hong Kong is recognized by the Society of Radiographers in the United Kingdom, and the examina- tions for the Membership of the Society are held in Hong Kong. There were sixteen students in training at the end of the year. At the M.S.R. examinations held in April 1957 two students obtained the qualification.
LABORATORY TECIINICIANS
496. The Pathological Institute is recognized by the Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology in the United Kingdom as a teaching Laboratory and the requisite period of experience and training qualifies for entrance direct to the Intermediate examination of the Institute. There are four students at present in the United Kingdom who are preparing for the A.I.M.L.T. qualification, two in the techniques of haemotology and blood banks, one in histo-pathology technique and one in clinical pathology technique.
497. There are twenty five student Laboratory Assistants undergoing training, based on the Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology's curriculum, but modified to suit local conditions, who will eventually sit a local Departmental Examination.
OTHER FORMS OF TRAINING
498. Mention has been made of the limited facilities for the training of Physiotherapists. As soon as adequate premises have been acquired
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