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Certificates of Vaccination and Inoculation—Authentication—Ministry of Health
Circular 60/48.
During the year the Medical Officer of Health dealt with 34 requests for
authentication of International Certificates of Vaccination and Inoculation against
smallpox, cholera, typhoid, etc.
Measles and Whooping Cough.
Measles and Whooping Cough became generally notifiable in London at the end
of 1939. Prior to this there was only a limited notification.
The following chart shows the measles and whooping cough notifications since
1942, and the table shows fatality rates per 1,000 notifications for each of the groups
0-1 ; 1-5 ; and 5 and upwards and the proportion of notifications in each of the age
groups.