London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
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]
This page requires JavaScript
47
[1932
Return showing the numbers of persons successfully vaccinated and re-vacci-nated at the cost of the rates by the Public Vaccinators during the year ended 30th September, 1932:—
| 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 | 200 | 43 | 243 | 41 |
| Upper Holloway | Dr. P. Inwald | 191 | 16 | 207 | 30 |
| Tufnell | Dr. M. Hynes, P. Inwald and D. W. F. Latham | 184 | 18 | 202 | 9 |
| E. Lower Holloway | Dr. H. E. Whitehead and Dr. J. E. Jackson and Dr. F. E. Clay | 192 | 218 | 410 | 86 |
| W. Lower Holloway | Dr. S. N. Forbes | 184 | 26 | 210 | 13 |
| Highbury and W. Mildmay | Dr. T. Galbraith | 212 | 95 | 307 | 79 |
| Canonbury, E Mildmay, E. St. Mary and E. St. Peter | Dr. J. Lynch | 284 | 60 | 344 | 34 |
| Thornhill | Dr. S. J. Rowntree | 175 | 74 | 249 | 58 |
| Barnsbury and W. St. Mary | Dr. L. M. Leventon | 203 | 173 | 376 | 68 |
| S. St. Mary and W. St. Peter | Dr. G. Madden | 130 | 34 | 164 | 6 |
| St. Mary, Islington, Hospital* | Dr. W. R. Turtle | 11 | 14 | 25 | 58 |
| St. John's Road L.C.C. Institution* | Dr. K. A. Anklesaria | — | — | — | — |
| L.C.C. Schools, Andover Rcw* | Dr. P. J. C.MacDonnell | — | 26 | 26 | — |
| L.C.C. Children's Homes, Hornsey Rise* | Dr. P. J. C. MacDonnell | — | 3 | 3 | — |
| Total | 1,966 | 800 | 2,766 | 482 | |
| Archway Hospital* | Dr. T. Evans, April 1st to 30th September, 1932 | 1 | 3 | 4 | — |
| Grand Total | 1,967 | 803 | 2,770 | 482 | |
*Institutions.
Vaccinations and re-vaccinations performed by the Public Vaccinators of the
Council during the year 1932:—
| Children entered in Form H by the Vaccination Officers | 1,853 |
| Children not included in such lists, but vaccinated | 491 |
| Successful vaccinations performed at Surgery or elsewhere than at the homes of the persons vaccinated | 602 |
| Successful re-vaccinations performed at Surgery or elsewhere than at the homes of the persons vaccinated | 408 |
| Successful vaccinations or re-vaccinations performed at the homes of the persons vaccinated or re-vaccinated | 2.302 |
| Total | 5,656 |
DISINFECTION.
Disinfection of Rooms.—3,598 rooms were disinfected, as contrasted with
3,323 in 1931. For this purpose formaldehyde in solution was employed, although
it was sometimes augmented by sulphur fumigation, when it was necessary to kill