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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. 73 certificates were authenticated
during the year.
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.
Mass Radiography posters were exhibited throughout the
Borough drawing attention to the facilities available at the NorthEast
Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board, Mass Radiography
Unit 6D, 20, Golden Lane, E.C.i, and by courtesy of the Borough
Treasurer, a circular letter detailing the facilities was enclosed
with each rate receipt sent out to the business and industrial firms in
the Borough.
A series of Health talks, accompanied by the showing of a film,
was given by the Medical Officer of Health to groups of "school
leavers." These talks were very well received and were considered
by all to have been well worth while.