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comprised 40 per cent of total cases. Of the infectious cases, 79 were admitted to the Hay Ling Chau 1.eprosarium maintained by the Leprosy Mission-Hong Kong Auxiliary, with which the social hygiene service maintains close liaison.

86. During recent years, there has been some advance in over- coming the prejudice against employment of cured leprosy patients, and to this end great attention was paid by the social hygiene service in 1972 to the prevention of disabilities in tuberculoid cases.

Dermatology

87. Dermatology clinics were held in various centres. Table 33 shows the incidence of skin diseases seen at the clinics. The total number of new cases was about 3.4 per cent more than the previous year. It is of note that the incidence of skin cancers has remained low as in previous years.

PORT HEALTH SERVICE

88. The port health service continued to be responsible for en- forcing control measures to prevent the introduction of quarantinable

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