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Vaccination.
The following is an abstract of the Return submitted to the
Registrar General by the Vaccination Officer, respecting the vaccination
of children whose births were registered from 1st January to
31st December, 1935 :—
Number of Births registered from 1st January to 31st December,
1935 2,792
Number of these Births duly entered by 31st January, 1937, in the
Vaccination Register
Successfully Vaccinated 1,266
Insusceptible to Vaccination 9
Number in respect of whom Statutory Declarations of
Conscientious Objection have been received .. 1,171
Died unvaccinated 99
Number of these Births which on 31st January, 1937, remained
unentered in Vaccination Register on account of
Postponement by Medical Certificate 24
Removal to districts, the Vaccination Officers of which have
been duly appraised 49
Removal to places unknown 114
Number of these Births remaining on 31st January, 1937, neither
duly entered in Vaccination Register not temporarily accounted
for 60
Total number of Certificates and copies of Certificates of successful
Primary Vaccination of Children under 14 received during the
calendar year, 1936 1,432
Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection
actually received by the Vaccination Officer, irrespective of
the dates of birth of the children to which they relate, during
the calendar year, 1936 1,174
Vaccination by Medical Officer of Health.
No vaccination was performed by this officer under the Public
Health (Smallpox Prevention) Regulations, 1917.
Tuberculosis.
Notification.—During the year, 294 new cases of pulmonary, and
85 new cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis were received.