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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Poplar 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: The following analysis of the Vaccination Return reveals the fact that over 86 per cent. of the children whose births were registered in 1929 were not protected by successful vaccination:—

The following analysis of the Vaccination Return reveals the fact that over 86 per cent. of the children whose births were registered in 1929 were not protected by successful vaccination:—

Births registered2,515
Deduct:—
Died unvaccinated119
Removals to other districts19
Removals to places unknown, etc.69
207
Surviving residents2,308
Successful vaccinations numbered310314=13.6 per cent.
Insusceptible of Vaccination1
Had Smallpox3
Conscientious Objections declared1,628
Vaccinations postponed on Medical Certificates8
Number not accounted for358
Total unvaccinated children1,994=86.4 per cent.
2,308=100 per cent.

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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 101.
PLAGUE.
No case of this disease was notified during the year.
ANTHRAX, GLANDERS AND HYDROPHOBIA IN MAN.
No cases of these diseases occurred.