London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
The following analysis of the Vaccination Return reveals the fact that nearly 84 per cent, of the children whose births were registered in 1928 were not protected by successful vaccination:—
| Births registered | 2,729 | ||
| Deduct:— | |||
| Died unvaccinated | 137 | ||
| Removals to other districts | 21 | ||
| Removals to places unknown, etc. | 75 | ||
| 233 | |||
| Surviving residents | 2,496 | ||
| Successful vaccinations numbered | 401=16.1 per cent. | ||
| Conscientious Objections declared | 1,642 | ||
| Vaccinations postponed on Medical Certificates | 12 | ||
| Number not accounted for | 441 | ||
| Total unvaccinated children | 2,095=83.9 per cent. | ||
| 2,496= 100 per cent. | |||
Public Health (Smallpox Prevention) Regulations, 1917.
There were no vaccinations or re-vaccinations performed by the
Medical Officer of Health during the year.
For cases of Post-vaccinal Encephalitis, etc., see page 105.
PLAGUE.
No case of this disease was notified during the year.
ANTHRAX, GLANDERS AND HYDROPHOBIA IN MAN.
1 case of Anthrax occurred. Patient had been unloading hides in
Millwall Dock. He was treated as an In-patient at St. Andrew's Hospital,
and later as an Out-patient at that hospital.