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SCABIES AND ALLIED CONDITIONS
(Treatment Centre - Disinfecting Station, Townmead Road)
The Centre which was established 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 men is undertaken by the existing staff under the super-
vision 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.
Number of treatments carried out during the year:-
Adults 62
Children 4
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 inoculations 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 775 certificates of vaccination and/or inoculation were
authenticated.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS
The following bacteriological examinations were carried out for the Council on specimens
submitted by general practitioners and the Public Health Department during the year:-
Faeces 293
Urine 23
Throat Swabs 13
Miscellaneous 3