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Islington 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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[1928
VACCINATION.
Of the 4,903 births registered in 1927, the returns of vaccination shows that
only 2,355 infants were successfully vaccinated, while 9 were found to be
insusceptible. There were also 189 who died unvaccinated, and 1,845 statutory
declarations of conscientious objection to vaccination were obtained by the parents
or guardians; 29 vaccinations were postponed under medical authority, 198 were
removed to other districts or place unknown, thus leaving 278 unaccounted for.
The return of certificates of exemption, therefore, represents 37 per cent. of the
registered births.
Vaccination per 100
Years. births, less infants who
died unvaccinated.
1921 44.9
1922 46.3
1923 54.8
1924 54.0
1925 50.4
1926 51.5
1927 49.9
| 1921 | 2,506 |
| 1922 | 2,347 |
| 1923 | 1,751 |
| 1924 | 1,755 |
| 1925 | 1,973 |
| 1926 | 1,951 |
| 1927 | 1,896 |
| 1928 | 1,845 |
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Number of Births registered in 1927 | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small Pox. | Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection. | Died Unvaccinated. | Postponement by Medical Certificate. | Removed to other Districts. | Removed to places Unknown. | Number of Children remaining Unvaccinated. or not accounted for (Defaulters). | Total Number of Certificates of Primary Vaccination of children under 14 years received during year 1928. | Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection received during year 1928. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
| Tufnell | 389 | 220 | 1 | - | 126 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1,471 | 136 |
| Up. Holloway | 747 | 397 | 1 | - | 218 | 29 | 2 | 45 | 40 | 15 | 250 | |
| Tollington | 409 | 197 | 1 | - | 168 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 150 | |
| Highbury | 782 | 366 | 2 | - | 292 | 28 | 4 | 21 | 38 | 31 | 281 | |
| Lr. Holloway | 568 | 248 | 1 | - | 226 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 | 1,625 | 206 |
| Barnsbury | 858 | 428 | - | - | 322 | 36 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 303 | |
| Islington, S.E. | 1150 | 499 | 3 | - | 503 | 36 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 41 | 436 | |
| The Borough | 4903 | 2355 | 9 | - | 1845 | 189 | 29 | 106 | 198 | 172 | 3,096 | 1,762 |
DISINFECTION.
Disinfection of Rooms.—3,644 rooms were disinfected, as contrasted with
3,114 in 1927. For this purpose formaldehyde in solution was employed,
although it was sometimes augmented by sulphur fumigation, when it was