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Help was given during the year to 84 persons by way of
clothing, extra nourishment, provision of convalescence and
holiday expenses, beds, bedding, rent, insurance, coal,
wireless licences, and home helps. The annual Christmas
Seal Sale Fund amounted to £295.
Whooping Cough.
156 cases were notified during the year, the figure for
1951 being 226. There were no deaths from the disease.
Infectious Disease Contacts.
Where a person is precluded from continuing at work by
reason of being a carrier, or having been in contact with
infectious disease, benefits under the National Insurance
Act, 1946, are only paid on production of a certificate
from the Medical Officer of Health. It was not found
necessary to issue any such certificate during the year.
Authentication of International Certificates of Vaccination
and Inoculation.
A person proceeding abroad is required in certain countries
to produce a certificate of recent successful vaccination and
inoculation. The medical signatures of 202 such certificates
were authenticated by me during the year.
Disinfection.
448 premises were disinfected because of infectious disease,
of which 17 were for pulmonary tuberculosis.
110,335 articles of clothing and bedding were steam disinfected,
including 90,650 articles for export for which 223
certificates were issued.
Formaldehyde disinfection of 253,029 articles of clothing
for export was also carried out during the year, for which
191 certificates were issued.
Charges for the export disinfecting -service amounted to
£726.
Disinfestation. (Bod bugs and other insect pests).
The following is a summary of work carried out by the
specialist inspectors
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