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Islington 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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45 1927
VACCINATION.
Of the 5,357 births registered in 1926, the returns of vaccination shows that
only 2,631 infants were successfully vaccinated, while 13 were found to be
insusceptible. There were also 256 who died unvaccinated, and 1,896 statutory
declarations of conscientious objection to vaccination were obtained by the parents
or guardians; 30 vaccinations were postponed under medical authority, 231 were
removed to other districts or place unknown, thus leaving 300 unaccounted for.
The return of certificates of exemption, therefore, represents 35 per cent, of the
registered births.
Vaccination per 100
Years. births, less infants who
died unvaccinated.
1921 44.9
1922 46.3
1923 54.8
1924 64.0
1925 50.4
1926 51.5
Certificates of Exemption.—The following tabular statement shows the
decrease in number of these certificates in recent years :—
1921 2,508
1922 2,347
1923 1,751
1924 1,755
1925 1,973
1926 1,951
1927 1,896
Return
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Number of Births registered in 1926 | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small Pox. | Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection. | Died Unvaccinated. | Postponement by Medical Certificate. | Removed to other Districts. | Removed to places Unknown. | Number of Children remaining Unvaccinated. or not accounted for (Defaulters). | Total Number of Certificates of Primary Vaccination of children under 14 years received during year 1927. | Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection received during year 1927. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
| Tufnell | 447 | 233 | 3 | - | 133 | 30 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | l 1,687 | 129 |
| Up. Holloway | 790 | 398 | 2 | - | 238 | 39 | 6 | 36 | 61 | 10 | 198 | |
| Tollington | 447 | 231 | 3 | - | 143 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 159 | |
| Highbury | 791 | 370 | 1 | - | 310 | 32 | 3 | 20 | 34 | 21 | 295 | |
| Lr. Hollowav | 722 | 327 | 2 | - | 268 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 66 | 1,660 | 234 |
| Barnsbury | 969 | 518 | - | - | 491 | 61 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 30 | 317 | |
| Islington, S.E. | 1191 | 554 | 2 | - | 313 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 52 | 491 | |
| The Borough | 5367 | 2631 | 13 | - | 1896 | 256 | 30 | 98 | 231 | 202 | 3,247 | 1,823 |
DISINFECTION.
Disinfection of Rooms—3,114 rooms were disinfected, as contrasted with
3,533 in 1926. For this purpose formaldehyde in solution, was employed,
although it was sometimes augmented by sulphur fumigation, when it was