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Greenwich 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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Supplemental Vaccination Return for 1937. Return made on or before the 14th of February, 1939, by Mr. R. O. Budds, Acting Vaccination Officer of the several Districts of the Borough of Greenwich, respecting the vaccination of children whose births were registered from 1st January to 31st December, 1937, inclusive:—
| Registration Sub-Districts comprised in the Vaccination Officer's District | No. of Births from 1st Jan. to31st Dec., 1937 | Number of these Births duly entered by 31st Jan., 1939 | No. of Births which on 31st Jan., 1939, remained unentered in the Vaccination Register on account of— | No. of these births remaining on31st Jan., 1939, not accounted for | Total No. of Certificates of successfulPrimary Vaccination of children under 14 received during Calendar Year 1938 | No. of Declarationsof Conscientious Objection actually received by Vaccination Officer during the Calendar Year 1938 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Successfully Vaccinated | Insusceptible of Vaccination | HadSmall, pox | Certificates of Conscientious objection received | Died. Unvaccinated | Postponement by Medical Certificate | Removal to Districts, V.O. of which apprised | Removal to places unknown and cases not found | |||||
| East Greenwich | 978 | 470 | 3 | _ | 236 | 41 | 29 | 56 | 43 | 100 | _ | — |
| West Greenwich | 188 | 73 | — | — | 60 | 14 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 7 | — | — |
| Charlton and Kidbrooke | 665 | 247 | 2 | — | 282 | 14 | 17 | 36 | 11 | 56 | — | — |
| Total | 1,831 | 790 | 5 | — | 578 | 69 | 52 | 118 | 56 | 163 | 879 | 641 |
| ·Includes St. Nicholas District. R. O. Budds, Acting Vaccination Officer. Dated 31st March, 1939. | ||||||||||||