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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 1964
[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 1,705 as against 1,355 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.
Measles
the number of cases notified in 1964 was 1.715, and most of them occurred from
June onwards in the outbreak which continued into 1965.
The great majority of cases were relatively mild and uncomplicated, but 54 were
referred to hospital. No case was fatal.
Age groups of the notified cases in 1964:-
Under 1-5 5 years and
1 year upwards
No. of Notifications 73 1,028 614
Percentage of total
Notifications 4.2 50.0 35.8