Tuberculosis among the Gurkhas and their dependants. Serving with the United Kingdom Forces in the Far East.

Provided the Gurkha is physically fit and fulfills the required standards. and that always includes a normal chest radiograph, he is accepted for service. The Heaf test is carried out in every case. All negative reactors have B.C.G. vaccination. Careful documentation is carried out in all cases. After the Heaf test becomes positive all such cases have an annual Heaf test and radiograph of the chest for the next five years. Recruits who have a normal radiograph of the chest and a positive Heaf test on first acceptance for service have a radiograph of the chest every three years, provided, of course, they do not subsequently become contacts of cases of notifiable tuberculosis, when other arrangements, to be mentioned later, are followed.