SUNDAY, JULY 1, 1979
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THE MORE COMMON CHILDHOOD DISEASES FOUND IN THE CAMPS INCLUDE MEASLES, CHICKENPOX AND MUMPS. CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM THESE DISEASES ARE GIVEN PROPER TREATMENT AND, IF NECESSARY ADMITTED TO HOSPITALS. IMMUNISATIONS AGAINST SUCH COMMON CHILDHOOD DISEASES AS MEASLES, DIPHTHERIA, WHOOPING COUGH, TETANUS AND POLIOMYELITIS ARE BEING GIVEN BY HEALTH STAFF TO CHILDREN IN THE CAMPS.
HEALTH PERSONNEL HAVE ALSO COME ACROSS A NUMBER OF TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA CASES AMONG THE REFUGEES, ALL TB CASES THAT HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED ARE GIVEN PROPER TREATMENT AND SOME OF THEM ALSO ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL.
DURING THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, 125 CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS WERE REFERRED TO GOVERNMENT CHEST CLINICS FOR CHECK-UP AND TREATMENT WHILE 24 TB PATIENTS WERE ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL. BCG VACCINATION AMONG THE CHILDREN IS ALSO BEING CARRIED OUT IN THE CAMPS.
ON THE MEDICAL SIDE, A MEDICAL CENTRE MANNED BY MEMBERS OF THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE HAS BEEN SET UP IN EACH OF THE FIVE REFUGEE CAMPS. THESE CENTRES PROVIDE GENERAL OUT-PATIENT FACILITIES TO SICK REFUGEES STAYING IN THESE CAMPS.
IN THE LARGER CENTRES, BEDS ARE PROVIDED FOR PATIENTS WHO NEED OBSERVATION AND SPECIAL ATTENTION. IF THEIR CONDITIONS WARRANT IT, THEY ARE ADMITTED TO REGIONAL HOSPITALS.
SINCE JANUARY 1978, 390 CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AMONG THE REFUGEES HAVE BEEN TREATED AT PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL.
THE DISEASES INCLUDE AMOEBIASIS, BACILLARY DYSENTERY, CHICKENPOX, MEASLES, INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS, FOOD POISONING, MALARIA AND TUBERCULOSIS. MOST OF THE CASES ARE OF MEASLES AND CHICKENPOX.
DURING THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THE YEAR THERE WERE SOME 1,600 ADMISSIONS OF VIETNAMESE PATIENTS TO HOSPITAL, INCLUDING A NUMBER OF MATERNITY CASES.
DECLARATION OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS
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COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN IMPORTS AND EXPORTS ARE REMINDED OF THEIR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE IMPORT AND EXPORT (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS TO LODGE TRADE DECLARATIONS AND PAY AD VALOREM CHARGES WITHIN 14 DAYS OF IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION.
+TRADE DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED OUTSIDE THE PRESCRIBED PERIOD WILL BE LIABLE TO PENALTY CHARGES WHICH RISE AFTER TWO MONTHS TO A MAXIMUM OF $100 PER DECLARATION WHERE THE TOTAL VALUE OF ARTICLES SPECIFIED DOES NOT EXCEED $20,000, AND $200 WHERE THE TOTAL VALUE EXCEEDS £20,000,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
+PROSECUTIONS WILL REMBLE EXCUSE, FAIL HE ADDED.
INITIATED AGAINST THOSE WHO, WITHOUT LODGE THE NECESSARY TRADE DECLARATIONS, +
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