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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 1938

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

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Table: The following analysis of the Report of the Vaccination Officer reveals the fact that nearly 88 per cent. of the children whose births were registered in 1937 were not protected by successful vaccination:—

The following analysis of the Report of the Vaccination Officer reveals the fact that nearly 88 per cent. of the children whose births were registered in 1937 were not protected by successful vaccination:—

Births registered1.654
Deduct:—
Died unvaccinated77
Removals to other districts29
Removals to places unknown, etc.47153
Surviving residents1,501
Successful vaccinations numbered ..181' 181=12.1 per cent.
Insusceptible of Vaccination_
Had Smallpox.
Conscientious Objections declared ..1,099
Vaccinations postponed on Medical Certificates
Number not accounted for221
Total unvaccinated children1,320=87.9 per cent.
1,501

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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.
Plague.
No case of this disease was notified during the year.
Anthrax, Glanders and Hydrophobia in Man.
No cases of Anthrax, Glanders or Hydrophobia in Man occurred.