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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 six 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.
A joint meeting was convened early in the year at the Health
Centre, of headmasters, education officers, and the school medical
officers to discuss Health Education in the Schools with a view to
ascertaining if, and in what ways, the Borough Council could further
the ends of Health Propaganda in Schools as part of their programme
for the rest of the community.
A Health talk accompanied by the showing of a film was given
by the Medical Officer on four occasions to groups of "school
leavers" (boys and girls). These talks were very well received and
were considered by all to have been well worth while.
The Council continued to co-operate in the health publicity
programme organised by the London County Council Health
Division III,