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at the Clinic and those needing financial help through illness are
referred to the appropriate authorities or, in cases where help cannot
be obtained elsewhere, to the Care Committee. Needs of any old age
pensioners attending the Chest Clinic are also reviewed and help obtained
for them wherever possible.
A day's outing to Hastings was arranged during the summer and at
Christmas-time gifts were taken to the most needy patients at home.
Funds were again raised by the Christmas Seal sale and the Committee
thank all the local firms and residents who supported this appeal.
Whooping Cough
Confirmed cases notified during the year numbered 51.
Infectious Disease Contacts
Where a person is precluded from continuing at work by reason of
being a carrier or having been in contact with an infectious disease,
benefits under the National Insurance Act 1946 are paid only on the
production of a certificate from the Medical Officer of Health. It was
found necessary to issue one certificate during the year.
Authentication of International Certificates
of Vaccination and Inoculation
Persons proceeding abroad are required in certain countries to
produce a certificate of recent successful vaccination and inoculation,
and in addition the signature of the vaccinating doctor must be verified
by the Medical Officer of Health of the district. During the year, 1,308
signatures on certificates were verified as those of medical practitioners
practising in Stepney and the certificates accordingly endorsed.
Verminous Persons
The number of lice-infested persons bathed and whose clothing was
disinfested at the Council's Cleansing Station is as follows;-
Males Females Children
236 23 16 - Total 275
Disinfection
Premises disinfected after infectious disease numbered 27, which
included 23 for pulmonary tuberculosis. 5,855 articles of clothing and
bedding were steam disinfected.
Formaldehyde disinfection of 9,206 articles of clothing and 10 tons
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