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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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The return of certificates of exemption, therefore, represents 35 per cent, of the registered births.
| Years. | Vaccination per 100 births, less infants who died unvaccinated. |
|---|---|
| 1922 | 46.3 |
| 1923 | 54. 8 |
| 1924 | 54.0 |
| 1925 | 50.4 |
| 1926 | 51.5 |
| 1927 | 49. 9 |
| 1928 | 46.5 |
| 1929 | 49.5 |
| 1930 | 51.2 |
| 1931 | 50.0 |
Certificates of Exemption. —The following tabular statement shows the decrease in number of these certificates in recent years :—
| 1921 | 2,506 |
| 1922 | 2,347 |
| 1923 | 1,751 |
| 1924 | 1,755 |
| 1925 | 1,973 |
| 1926 | 1,896 |
| 1927 | 1,845 |
| 1928 | 1,755 |
| 1929 | 1,642 |
| 1930 | 1,584 |
| 1931 | 1,477 |
A statement is given of the prosecutions by the Vaccination Officers since the transfer from the Guardians in 1930.
Prosecutions.
| Year. | Northern Islington (No. 1 District) | Southern Islington (No. 2 District) | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 (from 1st April) | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 1931 | 2 | — | 2 |
| 1932 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 13 | 7 | 20 |
Return furnished, by the Vaccination Officers respecting the Vaccination of Children in the Sub-Registration Districts during the previous year 1931.
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Number of Births registered in 1931. | 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 1932. | Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection received during year 1932. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | ||
| Tufnell | 339 | 166 | 2 | — | 109 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 78 | |
| Up. Holloway | 804 | 390 | 3 | — | 228 | 33 | 5 | 93 | 45 | 7 | 1.557 | 226 |
| Tollington | 320 | 163 | — | — | 104 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 108 | |
| Highbury | 735 | 322 | 2 | _ | 285 | 25 | 7 | 35 | 46 | 13 | 218 | |
| Lr. Holloway ... | 486 | 256 | — | — | 170 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 160 | |
| Barnsbury | 674 | 328 | 1 | — | 254 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 33 | 10 | 1,759 | 233 |
| Islington, S.E. | 787 | 355 | 1 | — | 327 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 29 | 19 | 301 | |
| The Borough | 4145 | 1980 | 9 | _ | 1477 | 178 | 56 | 169 | 203 | 73 | 3,316 | 1,324 |