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and surgical nurses. A further step forward in 1961 was the opening of the School of Psychiatric Nursing at the new Castle Peak Hospital.

In addition to Government hospitals, where training is carried out in English, there are approved nurses training schools at the Tung Wah Hospitals, the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital and the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, in all of which the medium of instruction is Cantonese.

There is full reciprocity of registration between the Nursing Board in Hong Kong and the General Nursing Council of England and Wales, and each year a number of qualified general nurses and midwives go overseas to gain further experience in different aspects of their profession.

Midwives. The great majority of female nurses on completion of the general nursing training take a midwifery course of one year which qualifies them for entry to the examinations held by the Hong Kong Midwives Board. The course is conducted in English at Government hospitals and in Cantonese at the other approved schools. For student midwives who are not registered nurses a two-year course of training in Cantonese at the Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital is accepted by the Midwives Board for entry to the examinations.

Due to the limited scope of domiciliary midwifery, adequate practical training in this aspect cannot be given. Full reciprocity of registration with the Central Midwives Board of England and Wales is therefore not possible under present circumstances.

Health Visitors and Health Inspectors. The Examination Board in Hong Kong of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health conducts examinations for the Health Visitor's Certificate, the Public Health Inspector's Certificate and the Tropical Hygiene Certificate of the Society.

A course for the Health Visitor's Certificate is conducted by the Medical and Health Department, while training for the Public Health Inspector's Certificate and the Tropical Hygiene Certificate is carried out within the Urban Services Department. Examinations for the Meat and Other Foods Certificate and the Advanced Sanitation Certificate of the Society are not held in Hong Kong