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government hospitals and in Cantonese at the other approved schools. For student midwives who are not registered nurses, a two-year course of training at the Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital (and to a limited extent at the other approved training schools) is accepted by the Midwives Board for entry to the examinations. Due to the limited scope of domiciliary midwifery, adequate prac- tical training in this aspect cannot be given and full reciprocity of registration with the Central Midwives Board of England and Wales is not at present possible.

Government conducts a continuous post-graduate training pro- gramme for nurses to obtain experience overseas; subjects during 1968 included nursing administration, nursing education, paediat- rics, thoracic and open heart surgery and dietetics.

A nine months' course for Health Visitor training was held during the year. The health auxiliaries, who are to supplement the Health Visitor service, continued the two-year training in health education and in public health nursing, including maternal and child health work, the tracing and keeping of records of infectious diseases in general, and of tuberculosis, leprosy and venereal disease in particular.

The Hong Kong Examination Board of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health conducts examinations for the Diploma for Public Health Inspectors, the Diploma in Tropical Hygiene for Public Health Inspectors and the Certificate for Health Visitors and School Nurses. Training for the Diploma for Public Health Inspectors and the Diploma in Tropical Hygiene for Public Health Inspectors is carried out within the Urban Services Department. In September 1968 the first examination for the Diploma in Public Health Inspection for General Overseas Appointments was held, and training for this diploma was also carried out within the Urban Services Department.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Responsibility for environmental health services in the urban areas rests with the Urban Council, working through the Urban Services Department. In the New Territories, the Director of Urban Services is responsible.