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Finchley 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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Typhoid and Paratyphoid
There were no cases of Typhoid or Paratyphoid during the year.
VACCINATION AGAINST SMALLPOX
The number of persons vaccinated for the first time by General Practitioners and
Medical Officers of the Local Health Authority was nine hundred and nine.
Three hundred and twelve 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 548 certificates were authenticated.
TUBERCULOSIS
One person died from tuberculosis during 1961, giving a death rate of 0.01 per
1,000 population.
Thirty-three new cases were notified, seven more than in the previous year. The
case rate per 1,000 population was 0.48.
Two children under school age were found to be suffering from tuberculosis of
the lungs.

The following table shows the number of notifications and the number of deaths during the past 10 years:—

YearNew CasesDeaths
PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryPulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
M.F.M.F.M.F.m.F.
1952432146152--
195329331274--
195429231224--
19552720236111
195622102462--
195715111252--
19581910--2---
1959149-32---
19601510-162--
19611914--1---