[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough].

  • Battersea (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1960]
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    20 BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS The bacteriological examination of clinical material (with the exception of sputum which is dealt with at the Chest Clinic) was carried out by the Public Health Laboratory Service, County Hall, Westminster Bridge, S.E.I. No charge is made to the Council for these examinations. During the year 2,126 examinations were made as follows : — Description Disease Number of Specimens Positive Results Faeces Dysentery or Food Poisoning 2,066 493 Faeces Typhoid or Paratyphoid Fever 35 2 Throat Swabs Diphtheria 25 — INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATES OF VACCINATION and INOCULATION. At the request of the Ministry of Health arrangements are for the authentication, by the Medical Officer of Health, of certificate of vaccination and inoculation issued by medical practitioners in the Borough in respect of persons going abroad. During 1959, 464 certificates were authenticated.