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SMALLPOX.
No case of this disease was notified during the year, but a number of persons who had been exposed
to risk of infection from cases occurring outside the Borough were kept under observation until all
danger of their developing the disease was over.
During the year all vaccinations of smallpox contacts were performed by the Public Vaccinator,
none being performed by the Medical Officer of Health under the Public Health (Smallpox Prevention)
Regulations, 1917.
VACCINATION.
There are two vaccination districts in the Borough, one consisting of the Paddington Hospital,
for which the Medical Superintendent, Dr. W. J. Gill, acts as Public Vaccinator, and Dr. F. A.
Bryning as Deputy Public Vaccinator, and the other of the rest of the Borough, the Public
Vaccinator being Dr. S. Denovan Adam.
The Vaccination Officer is Mr. T. E. Rainger, who was appointed to that position in 1931. The
appointment is a part-time one, Mr. Rainger also holding a position on the clerical staff of the Public
Health Department.
The latest return available as to the state of vaccination in the Borough is for the year 1935.
Thisshows that 56.66 per cent, of the children whose births were registered during that year were
successfully vaccinated, and that 17.83 per cent, were exempted on production of statutory declarations
of conscientious objection. Insusceptibility, removals, deaths, postponement by medical certificate
and not traced, account for the remaining 24.86 per cent.
During the year 1936, no primary vaccinations were performed in the Paddington Hospital.
In the rest of the Borough 742 infants under one year of age, and 42 persons over that age were
successfully vaccinated by the Public Vaccinator, by whom also 36 persons were re-vaccinated who
had been successfully vaccinated at some previous time.
Of children born in the Borough and those transferred from other districts the total number
vaccinated by Public Vaccinators and other Medical Practitioners was 1,451; and the total number
of statutory declarations of consoientious objection received from Paddington and other districts
was 390.
No legal proceedings were taken during the year 1936 for non-compliance with the provisions
of the Vaccination Acts.
CHICKEN-POX.
Chicken-pox has been notifiable in Paddington since November 28th, 1922, but the sections
of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, dealing with disinfection, exposure to infection, etc., are
not in force as regards this disease.
During 1936, 285 certificates were received from medical practitioners. In addition 190 cases
were reported from other sources, making a total of 475 for the year.
Chicken-pox is not usually nursed in an institution, but 42 cases received institutional treatment
for various reasons.