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Poplar 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: The following analysis of the Vaccination Return reveals the fact that 83 per cent. of the children whose births were registered in 1926 were not protected by successful vaccination:—

The following analysis of the Vaccination Return reveals the fact that 83 per cent. of the children whose births were registered in 1926 were not protected by successful vaccination:—

Births registered3,276
Deduct:—
Died unvaccinated174
Removals to other districts31
Removals to places unknown, etc.90
295
Surviving residents2,981
Successful vaccinations numbered505 = 16.9 per cent.
Conscientious Objections declared2,047
Vaccinations postponed on Medical Certificates15
Number not accounted for414
Total unvaccinated children2,476=83.1 per cent.
2,981 100 per cent.

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Public Health (Smallpox Prevention) Regulations, 1917.

Table: The number of vaccinations and re-vaccinations performed by the Medical Officer of Health were as follows:—

The number of vaccinations and re-vaccinations performed by the Medical Officer of Health were as follows:—

Primary vaccination1
Revaccinations22
Total23
Summary of results.
4 good scars3
2 „ „1
Very slight1
Doubtful1
Abortive17
Total23