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International Certificates of Vaccination and Inoculation.
Arrangements continued during the year for the authentication
by the Medical Officer of Health of Certificates of Vaccination and
Inoculation in the International form. These certificates are required
by passengers proceeding abroad from this country and the purpose
of the authentication is to provide proof to health authorities abroad
that the signature of the person issuing the certificate is that of a
registered medical practitioner.
Burial or Cremation of the Dead.
It is provided under the provisions of Section 50 of the National
Assistance Act, 1948, that the Local Authority shall arrange burial
or cremation in the case of any person who has died or been found
dead in the Borough, in any case where it appears to the authority
that no suitable funeral arrangements have been or are being made.
During the year three persons were buried or cremated under
these provisions.
Health Education.
Health Education was continued during the year by the exhibition
of Public Posters and by the distribution of literature from suitable
centres.
The Health Propaganda undertaken was, however, on a
comparatively small scale, and as a consequence, the existing programme
was reviewed towards the end of the year with a view to its
extension in 1951.
It was suggested to the Council that increased use should be
made of Posters and Literature, and that consideration should be
given to the following methods of increasing the efficiency of the
Health Propaganda service:—
Lectures to the Public; Discussion Groups with talks ; Showing
of film strips and pathological demonstrations; Film Shows at the
Health Centre and at a local cinema.
The adoption of these suggestions was, however, deferred by
the Council pending further consideration of the financial provision
to be made for such an extension in the estimates for 1951/2.