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Personal Cleansing.
The personal cleansing stations are situated adjacent to the Turkish Baths
in Plumstead High Street and at the Eltham Hill Health Centre, Sherard Road.
The number of persons cleansed during 1952 was 1,134, and the number treated
for scabies was 70. Each case of scabies is visited by the Sanitary Inspector and,
wherever possible, all the members of the families concerned attend for treatment.
The total number of attendances at the Cleansing Stations was 1,392. Details of
the number of cases and attendances at the two Cleansing Stations are given below.

Authentication of International Certificates of Vaccination and Inoculation.
A person proceeding abroad is required to carry a certificate of recent successful
vaccination and inoculation and, in order to prove to the health authorities
abroad that the signature of the person issuing the certificate is that of a registered
medical practitioner known to the Medical Officer of Health, authentication of
the certificate by the Medical Officer of Health is required.
The signatures of medical practitioners signing such certificates was authenticated
by me during the year in respect of nearly 200 certificates.
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