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preventive side of the Medical Department's work.
It has long been felt that this side of the
Department's work has been seriously neglected in the past especially in such matters as rural
sanitation and prevention of malaria. It has been found impossible to procure a Malarial Research Ufficer at the salary offered and an
increased salary is inserted for this officer
under the title of Malariologist and provision.
has also been made for an assistant to the
Malariologist. The Medical Officers of Health
are to be renamed Health Officers with one post
of "Senior Health Officer". The salaries have
been improved and provision is made for three
additional Health Officers as a first step towards
the organisation of a complete Health Service for the Colony.
Provision is also made for a Government
Dental Surgeon as it is felt that the time has
come when the care of the teeth should be undertaken
as part of the normal functions of the Medical
Department.
Under Special Expenditure will be found
the very considerable sums necessary to bring up to date the equipment of the Electrical Therapy and
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