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The Vaccination Acts were rescinded under the National Health Service Act, 1946,
as from 5th July, 1948,
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 1,355 as against 3,361 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.
The fall in the numbers authenticated over the previous year was due to the lifting
of the special requirements of several of the European countries, introduced as a
result of the outbreaks of smallpox in England and Wales in 1962.
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.
Measles
The number of cases notified in 1963 was 2,229. This was a continuation of the
outbreak mentioned in last year's Annual Report which commenced in October 1962 and
reached a peak in January 1963 when 626 cases were notified.
The greater majority of cases were relatively mild and uncomplicated, but 48 were
referred to hospital There was no instance, fortunately, in which measles led to
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death.