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Islington 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1931] 48
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Number of Births registered in 1930. | 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 1931. | Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection received during year 1931. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Tufnell | 342 | 190 | 5 | - | 98 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1,508 | 118 | |
| Up. Holloway | 855 | 412 | 4 | 236 | 39 | 7 | 109 | 43 | 3 | 234 | |||
| Tollington | 348 | 172 | 2 | - | 129 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 105 | ||
| Highbury | 766 | 367 | 3 | - | 273 | 36 | 35 | 32 | |||||
| Lr. Holloway ... | 492 | 236 | 1 | - | 191 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 1,580 | 178 | |||
| Barnsbury | 730 | 374 | 1 | - | 27 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 255 | ||||
| Islington, S.E. | 932 | 430 | - | - | 376 | 46 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 339 | |||
| The Borough | 4465 | 16 | 2 | 1584 | 205 | 39 | 184 | 188 | 3,088 | 1,510 | |||
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, 1931 :—
| Name of the Institution or Vaccination District. | Name of the Medical Officer or Public Vaccinator. | Number of successful primary vaccinations of persons, | Number of successful 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 | 207 | 59 | 266 | 13 |
| Upper Holloway | Dr. P. Inwald | 197 | 19 | 216 | 8 |
| Tufnellf | Dr. M. Hyres, P. Inwald and D. W. F. Latham | 188 | 21 | 209 | 10 |
| E. Lower Hollowayt | Dr. H. E. Whitehead and Dr. J. E. Jackson and Dr. F. E. Clay | 132 | 41 | 173 | 8 |
| W. Lower Holloway | Dr. S. N. Forbes | 187 | 19 | 206 | 5 |
| Highbury and W. Mildmay | Dr. T. Galbraith | 222 | 26 | 248 | 5 |
| Canonbury, E Mildmay, E. St. Mary and E. St. Peter | Dr. J. Lynch | 329 | 67 | 396 | 17 |
| Thornhill | Dr. S. J. Rowntree .. | 188 | 20 | 208 | 3 |
| Barnsbury and W. St. Mary | Dr. L. M. Leventon | 190 | 43 | 233 | 10 |
| S. St. Mary and W. St. Peter | Dr. G. Madden | 162 | 29 | 191 | 7 |
| St. Mary, Islington, Hospital1 | Dr. W. R. Turtle | 2 | 3 | 5 | - |
| St. John's Road L.C.C. Institution* | Dr. K. A. Anklesaria | - | - | - | - |
| L.C.C. Schools, Andover Rcw* | Dr. P. J. C.MacDonnell | - | 24 | 24 | - |
| L.C.C. Children's Homes, Hornsey Rise* | Dr. P. J. C. MacDonnell | - | 9 | 9 | - |
| Total .. | 2,004 | 380 | 2,384 | 86 | |
| Archway Hospital* (since transferred, formerly Hol-born and Finsbury) | Dr. T. Evans, April 1st to 30th September, 1931 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 31 |
| Grand Total .. | 2,025 | 398 | 2,423 | 117 | |
*Institutions.
†Dr. Inwald was occasional Deputy Public Vaccinator for Dr. Hynes, who resigned his office, Dr.
D. W. F. Latham was appointed to the District 19th June 1921.
‡Dr. J. E. Jackson was occasional Deputy Public Vaccinator for Dr. Whitehead, who died, Dr,
F, E. Claywas appointed to the District 16th October 1931.