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INTERNATIONAL VACCINATION CERTIFICATES
At the end of 1952 a new form was introduced for International
Vaccination Certificates requiring authorisation of the signature of
the doctor performing the vaccination or inoculation of persons
proceeding overseas. During the year several hundred such certificates
were authenticated and marked with the authorised stamp.
LABORATORY FACILITIES
These facilities are provided by the Central Public Health Laboratory
Service. The Service has been of the greatest assistance to the
Department through its laboratories at Colindale and at Coppetts
Wood Hospital. This assistance, and the close co-operation which
has continued for so many years between my Department and the
Laboratory Service is gratefully acknowledged.

INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Table IV, which gives the number of new cases of Tuberculosis,
shows that there were only 13 such cases during 1961. The average
number of new cases over the last ten years is 31.4. As previously
mentioned, the incidence of Tuberculosis has decreased rapidly over
the past few years.
Table 1, which lists the number of cases of infectious diseases
notified during 1961, shows a total of 875. This is very much higher
than 1960, but is largely due to the increase in the number of cases
of Measles, of which 663 were notified. The diseases which make up
the greater number of cases notified are the ailments of childhood and
vary greatly year by year. This is particularly so with Measles which
occurs in cycles.
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