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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.1. No charge is made to the Council for these
examinations. During the year 5,446 examinations were made as
follows :—
Description
Disease
Number of
Specimens
Positive
Results
Faeces Dysentery or Food Poisoning 946 156
Throat Swabs Diphtheria 4,500 51
INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATES OF VACCINATION
and INOCULATION.
At the request of the Ministry of Health arrangements are made
for the authentication, by the Medical Officer of Health, of certificates
of vaccination and inoculation issued by medical practitioners in the
Borough in respect of persons going abroad.
During 1961, 459 certificates were authenticated.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1959, Section 26.
This section is concerned with the prevention of the spread of
notifiable infectious diseases, and the diseases to which section 23 of the
Food and Drugs Act, 1955, applies.
It authorises a Metropolitan Borough Council, if they think fit,
to compensate a person who is required by the Medical Officer of Health
to cease his or her employment to prevent the spread of the disease.
The Health Committee decided that compensation to be paid should
be based on the merits of each case reported.
Two cases were dealt with during the year.