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Vaccination.
The Vaccination Officer, Mr. R. H. Box, has submitted the
following Report:—
1. Number of Births returned in the "Birth List
Sheets "as registered from 1st January to 31st
December, 1938 1752
2. Number of these:—
(a) Successfully vaccinated 950
(b) Insusceptible of Vaccination 11
(c) Had Smallpox –
(d) Number in respect of whom Statutory
Declarations of conscientious objection have
been received 411
(e) Died unvaccinated 54
3. Number of these Births which on 31st January,
1940, remained unentered in the "Vaccination
Register "on account of:—
(a) Postponement by Medical Certificate 7
(b) Removal to Districts the Vaccination Officers
of which have been duly apprised 193
(c) Removal to places unknown, or which cannot
be reached; and cases not having been found 101
4. Number of these Births remaining on 31st January,
1940, neither duly entered in the "Vaccination
Register "under headings numbered 2 nor temporarily
accounted for in the "Report Book"
under heading numbered 3 25
5. Total number of Certificates of successful primary
vaccination of children under 14 received during
the Calendar year 1939 (including any relating to
births registered in previous years) 1016
6. Number of Statutory Declarations of conscientious
objection actually received, irrespective of dates of
birth of the children to which they relate, during
the Calendar year 1939 349
7. Number of cases of children in entries 1 and 2 (d)
successfully vaccinated after the declaration of
conscientious objection had been made –
8. Total number of Certificates for the year 1939 of
successful primary vaccination of which copies
have been sent to Vaccination Officers 172
It will be seen from the foregoing figures, that approximately 58
per cent. of the children born in Hampstead during 1938 had been
vaccinated by the end of the year under review,