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
Poplar 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
96
The following analysis of the Vaccination Return reveals the fact
that 82 per cent, of the children whose births were registered in 1927
were not protected by successful vaccination:—
Births registered 2,901
Deduct:—
Died unvaccinated 137
Removals to other districts 20
Removals to places unknown, etc. 78
235
Surviving residents 2,666
Successful vaccinations numbered 466
Insusceptible of vaccination 2
468=17.6 per cent.
Conscientious Objections declared 1,810
Vaccinations postponed on Medical
Certificates 20
Number not accounted for 368
Total unvaccinated children 2,198=82.4 per cent.
2,666= 100 per cent.
Public Health (Smallpox Prevention) Regulations, 1917.
The number of vaccinations and re-vaccinations performed by the Medical Officer of Health were as follows:—
| Primary vaccinations | 4 |
| Re-vaccinations | 9 |
| Total | 13 |
| Four good scars | 6 |
| Very slight | 1 |
| Abortive | 6 |
| Total | 13 |