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Health Inspector and myself. A Joint Report was drawn up which
led to the Registrar of Private Schools making certain recommendations
to the proprietors concerning various defects. The last known
case occurred on the 24th December, 1958.
Miscellaneous
The following cases were also notified:—
Dysentery 4
Erysipelas 4
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 4
Vaccination against Smallpox
The number of persons vaccinated for the first time by General
Practitioners and Medical Officers of the Local Health Authority
was seven hundred and fifty-eight.
Three hundred and twenty persons were re-vaccinated.
International Certificates of Vaccination
Persons travelling to certain foreign parts have to provide themselves
with certificates of vaccination or inoculation which must have
been completed by their own medical practitioners before proceeding.
In several parts of the world certificates are not accepted unless they
are endorsed by a medical officer in the Government or local authority
of the country of issue. A form of authentication which has been
accepted by the health authorities abroad is that given by public
health authorities and identified by a rubber stamp impression placed
by them on the certificate. The rubber stamp in this office bears the
words "Finchley Corporation—Signature of doctor authenticated."
The purpose of the authentication is to provide proof to those health
authorities abroad who desire it that the signature of the person issuing
the certificate is that of a registered medical practitioner.
During the year over 800 certificates were authenticated.
Bacteriological Work
The following table shows the number and nature of the specimens
examined at the Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale,
during 1958:—
26