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Islington 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1930]
Return furnished by the Vaccination Officers respecting the Vaccination of Children in the Sub-Registration Districts during the previous year 1929,
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Number of Births registered in 1929. | 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 1930. | Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection received during year 1930. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
| Tufnell | 369 | 170 | 4 | — | 118 | 30 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1,770 | 96 |
| Up. Holloway | 811 | 379 | 5 | — | 239 | 52 | 5 | 95 | 30 | 6 | 225 | |
| Tollington | 324 | 149 | — | — | 107 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 128 | |
| Highbury | 706 | 347 | 1 | — | 249 | 23 | 2 | 35 | 34 | 15 | 268 | |
| Lr. Holloway | 487 | 228 | — | — | 198 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 1,853 | 185 |
| Barnsbury | 768 | 376 | 3 | — | 314 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 289 | |
| Islington, S.E. | 967 | 433 | 2 | — | 417 | 42 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 25 | 374 | |
| The Borough | 4432 | 2082 | 15 | — | 1642 | 227 | 27 | 172 | 171 | 96 | 3,623 | 1,565 |
Return showing the numbers of persons successfully vaccinated and re-vaccinated at the cost of the rates by the Public Vaccinators during the year ended 30th September, 1930:—
| Name of the Institution or Vaccination District. | Name of the Medical Officer or Public Vaccinator. | Number of successful primary vaccinations of persons. | Number of successfu re-vaccinations, i.e., successful vaccinations of persons who had been successfully vaccinated at some previous time. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under one year. | One year and upwards. | Total. | |||
| Tollington | Dr. M. J. Healy | 177 | 56 | 233 | 43 |
| Upper Holloway | Dr. P. Inwald | 201 | 59 | 260 | 161 |
| Tufnell | Dr. M. Hynes | 181 | 40 | 221 | 40 |
| E. Lower Holloway | Dr. H. E. Whitehead | 96 | 26 | 122 | 15 |
| W. Lower Holloway | Dr. S. N. Forbes | 180 | 48 | 228 | 29 |
| Highbury and W. Mildmay | Dr. T. Galbraith | 258 | 63 | 321 | 85 |
| Canonbury, E Mildmay, E. | Dr. J. Lynch | 295 | 206 | 501 | 176 |
| St. Mary and E. St. Peter Thornhill | Dr. S. I. Rowntres | 193 | 127 | 320 | 133 |
| Barnsbury and W. St. Mary | Dr. L. M. Leventon | 212 | 143 | 355 | 106 |
| S. St. Mary and W. St. Peter | Dr. G. Madden | 133 | 71 | 204 | 58 |
| St. Mary, Islington, Hospital* | Dr. W. R. Turtle | 15 | 45 | 60 | 59 |
| St. John's Road L.C.C. Institution* | Dr. K. A. Anklesaria | 9 | 12 | 21 | 638 |
| L.C.C. Schools, Andover Row* | Dr. P. J. C.MacDonnell | — | 18 | 18 | — |
| L.C.C. Children's Homes, Hornsey Rise* | Dr. P. J. C. MacDonnell | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| Total | 1,950 | 923 | 2,873 | 1,543 | |
| Archway Hospital* (since transferred, formerly Holborn and Finsbury) | Dr. T. Evans, April 1st to 30th September, 1930 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 2 |
| Grand Total | 1,958 | 930 | 2,888 | 1,545 | |
* Institutions.