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Battersea 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS
The bacteriological examination of clinical material (with the
exception of sputum which is dealt with at the Chest Clinic) was
carried out by the Public Health Laboratory Service, County Hall,
Westminster Bridge, S.E.I. No charge is made to the Council for these
examinations. During the year 2,126 examinations were made as
follows : —
Description
Disease
Number of
Specimens
Positive
Results
Faeces Dysentery or Food Poisoning 2,066 493
Faeces Typhoid or Paratyphoid Fever 35 2
Throat Swabs Diphtheria 25 —
INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATES OF VACCINATION
and INOCULATION.
At the request of the Ministry of Health arrangements are
for the authentication, by the Medical Officer of Health, of certificate
of vaccination and inoculation issued by medical practitioners in the
Borough in respect of persons going abroad.
During 1959, 464 certificates were authenticated.