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Stepney 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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It was not found necessary for me to take action under the Public Health Vaccination.
(Small Pox) Regulations, 1917, as the Public Vaccinators offered vaccination
or re-vaccination to all contacts of cases of Small Pox.
RETURN RESPECTING THE VACCINATION OF CHILDREN WHOSE BIRTHS WERE REGISTERED IN STEPNEY
FROM JANUARY 1st TO DECEMBER 31st, 1933 INCLUSIVE. M.379
| Registration Sub-Districts comprised in the Vaccination Officer's District. | Number of Births returned in -the " Birth List Sheets " as registered from 1st January to 31st December, 1933. | Col. I. Successfully Vaccinated. | Number of these Births duly entered by 31st January, 1935, in Columns I., II., IV. and V. of the " Vaccination Register " (Birth List Sheets), viz. : | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Col. II. | Col. IV. Number in respect of whom Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection have been received. | Col. V. Died unvaccinated. | |||||
| Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small Pox. | ||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | |
| Limehouse | 1,712 | 408 | — | — | 922 | 40 | |
| St. Georges, East | 581 | 188 | — | — | 223 | 35 | |
| Total | 2,293* | 596 | — | — | 1,145 | 75 | |
| Whitechapel | 1,670 | 876 | — | — | 420 | 91 | |
| Mile End | 1,001 | 260 | 1 | — | 516 | 70 | |
| Total | 2,671* | 1,136 | 1 | — | 936 | 161 | |