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Bethnal Green 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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VACCINATION.
The following is the latest available return prepared by the Vaccination Officers for the Borough, respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were registered from 1st January to 31st December, 1932, inclusive.
| Registration Sub-Districts comprised in each Vaccination Officer's District. | No. of Births from 1st Jan. to31st Dec., 1932. | Number of these Births duly entered by 31st Jan., 1934. | No. of Births which on 31st Jan.. 1934, remained unentered in the Vaccination Register on account of— | No. of these births remainingon 31st Jan., 1934, not accounted for | Total No. of Certificates of successful Primary Vaccination of children under 14 received during Calendar Year 1933. | No. of Declarations of Conscien-ous Objection actually received by Vaccination Officer during the Calendar Year 1933. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Success-fully Vacci-nated. | Insuscept-ible of Vacci-nation. | Had Small-pox. | Declara-tion of con-scientious objection received. | Died, Unvacci-nated. | Postpone-ment by Medical Certificate | Removal to Districts, V.O. of which apprised. | Removal to places un-known and cases not found. | |||||
| North East | 741 | 115 | — | — | 379 | 34 | — | 2 | 30 | 181 | 251 | 428 |
| South West | 401 | 52 | — | — | 222 | 7* | — | — | 20 | 100 | 172 | 204 |
| TOTAL | 1,142 | 167 | — | — | 601 | 41 | — | 2 | 50 | 281 | 423 | 632 |
Children vaccinated after declaration of conscientious objection: N.E., 7; S.W., nil.
Vaccination certificates for 1933 sent to other Vaccination Officers: N.E., 32; S.W., 18.
*plus 5 cases in which statutory declarations were made and children subsequently died unvaccinated.