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SCABIES AND ALLIED CONDITIONS
(Treatment Centre - Disinfecting Station, Tounmead Road)
The Centre which commenced in January 1957, is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 1.30 to 4.30 p.m. During the time of bathing the clothing is heat treated and
is ready to wear afterwards. The work of bathing the men is undertaken by the
existing staff under the supervision of the Superintendent, and the bathing of women
and children by a part-time female bathing attendant. Medical practitioners are
notified after treatment has been carried out.

Children of school age are referred to local L.C.C. School Treatment Centres.
AUTHENTICATION OF VACCINATION AND INOCULATION
CERTIFICATES
In several parts of the world certificates of vaccination and/or inoculation are
not accepted unless they are endorsed by a Medical Officer in the Government or
Municipal Service of the country of issue. The form of authentication which appears
to be most readily accepted by Health Authorities abroad is that given by Public
Health Authorities, whereby practitioners signatures are verified by the Medical
Officer of Health. The Minister of Health therefore has asked Local Authorities
to make arrangements under which any person who desires to have a certificate of
vaccination or inoculation for the purpose of travel abroad may have it stamped
accordingly at the office of the Health Department.
The purpose of the authentication is to provide proof to those Health Authorities
abroad who desire it that the signature of the person issuing the certificate is that
of a registered medical practitioner. Authenticators are not required to certify
that the vaccination or inoculation has been properly carried out or, indeed, that it
has been carried out at all; the responsibility for issuing the certificate remains
with the doctor signing it.
This does not imply any suggestion that a certificate of vaccination or
inoculation issued by a registered Medical Practitioner requires any official
supervision or control in order to be of adequate medical value. Authentication
is not a requirement of Her Majesty's Government but the proposal is designed as a
remedy for difficulties which have in practice been met by persons from this country
travelling abroad.
During the year a total of 534 certificates of vaccination and/or inoculation
were authenticated.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS