London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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Smallpox and Vaccination.
No. of births returned
on "Birth List
Sheets"
No. successfully
vaccinated
Children successfully
vaccinated in
Borough whose births
occurred outside
Borough
Year 1947 6,573 3,345 1,777
Period 1.1.48—3.7.48 2,929 1,124 479
During the period 5th July, 1948 to the end of the year 702 were successfully
vaccinated in Islington.
No case of smallpox occurred during the year.
Measles and Whooping Cough.
Measles and Whooping Cough became generally notifiable in London at the end
of 1939. Prior to this there was only a limited notification.
The following chart shows the measles and whooping cough notifications since
1941, and the table shows fatality rates per 1,000 notifications for each of the groups
0.1; 1.5; and 5 and upwards and the proportion of notifications in each of the age
groups.