Annual report of the Department of Public Health / Union of South Africa.

  • South Africa. Department of Health.
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[1923]
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Credit: Annual report of the Department of Public Health / Union of South Africa. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    municipalities and the four Provincial Administrations, a supplementary series of regulations were promulgated to be in force throughout the Union, dealing with the exclusion of children from school on account of infectious disease, the duties of principals of schools and of parents or guardians, and the powers and duties of medical officers of health in connection with this matter. The regula¬ tions were accompanied by a schedule giving specific directions and periods of exclusion. Previous regulations on the subject differed for each Province, and in some cases for each local authority ; in other places, there were no regulations dealing with the matter at all. The new regulations constitute a comprehensive code uniform for the Union ; they appear to be working very satisfactorily. 14. Medical, Dental, ancl Pharmacy Matters.—In December, 1922, the first final examination for medical degrees held in South Africa took place at Cape Town. Two students passed, and were the first to receive the medical degrees of the University of Cape Town. The following table shows the number of medical, dental, and pharmacy students at Universities and Colleges of the Union during the half-year ended 30th June, 1923 :— TABLE S.—MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND PHARMACY STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES IN THE UNION DURING THE HALF-YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1923. University of Rhodes Grey Transvaal Natal Subject. *Cape Town. Stellen¬ bosch. Witwaters- rand. University College. University College. University College. University College. Total. Medical— 1st Year...M. 50 1 57 2 2 7 2 121 F. 1 — 4 — — — 1 6 2nd „ .. M. 68 — 40 — — — — 108 F. 5 — 6 — — — — 11 3rd „ .. .M. 37 — 28 — —■ — — 65 F. 4 -- 6 — — — — 10 4th ,, ...M. 19 — 26 — — — — 45 F. — — — — — — — — 5th „ ...M. 21 — 13 — — — — 34 F. 3 — 4 — —• — — i 6th „ . ..M. 11 — — — — — — 11 F. 1 — -- — — — — 1 Public Health Diploma. 4f . _ __ ._. _ - 4 Dentistry. 11 —■ 22 4 4 2 — 43 Pharmacy... .M. 8 — — — 5 — 2 15 F. 1 1 2 At the Cape Town University degree examinations in June, 1923, one candidate passed Part II of the examination for the Diploma in Public Health. As already mentioned, the consolidating and amending Medical, Dental, and Pharmacy Bill passed second reading in the House of Assembly, and was reported on by a Select Committee ; the Minister of Public Health hopes to take up the Bill at that stage next Session. Several new and amending regulations under the existing laws were promulgated during the year. * In addition, there were some sixty students at the University of Cape Town taking the course for the B.A. degree, which includes all the subjects in the 1st and 2nd years of medical study, with a view ultimately of qualifying for medical degrees, t Part I, 2 ; Part II, 2.