London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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Certificates of Vaccination and Inoculation - Authentication - Ministry of Health
Circular 60/48
Applications for authentication to be dealt with by the Medical Officer of Health
numbered 802 as against 740 for the previous year. The applications comprise requests
for authentication of International Certificates of Vaccination and Inoculation against
smallpox, cholera, typhoid, etc., and constitute a substantial item of work. The
certificates, of course, are required for travel abroad.
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.