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two personal cleansing stations, situated adjacent to the Turkish
Baths, Plumstead High Street, and at Eltham Hill Health Centre,
Sherard Road.
The number of persons cleansed in 1956 was 868 and the number
treated for scabies was 47.

AUTHENTICATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATES OF VACCINATION AND
INOCULATION
Persons proceeding abroad are required to produce in certain
countries evidence of recent successful vaccination or inoculation.
The signatures on these certificates are not acceptable by the
countries concerned unless authenticated by the Medical Officer of
Health as being the bona fide signature of a doctor practising
within the area.
During the year, 343 certificates were authenticated by me.
Of these, 309 related to smallpox, 21 to cholera and 13 to typhoid
fever.
LABORATORY FACILITIES
A large part of the Council's pathological and allied work in
relation to the diagnosis, prevention and control of infectious
diseases is undertaken at the Southern Group Laboratory at the Park
Hospital, Lewisham. This service is provided by the Public Health
Laboratory Service on behalf of the Medical Research Council.
Specimens sent to this laboratory include samples of milk and
ice cream, samples of food in suspected food poisoning cases,
specimens of meat from the Abattoir and samples of swimming bath
water. The following summary relates to the work carried out
by the laboratory on behalf of the Council during 1956:-
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