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St Pancras 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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(b) That, subject to the adoption of the foregoing recommendation, the duties of
the Public Health Committee shall include the following:—
" To carry out the powers and duties of the Borough Council with regard to
vaccination under the Vaccination Acts and the Orders made thereunder."
(c) That the services of the Public Vaccinators and Institutional Public Vaccinators
be retained on the same conditions as regards districts, remuneration, &c., as obtain
at present,
(d) That Mr. A. E. Wolfe be appointed as Vaccination Officer for the whole of
the Borough, at an inclusive salary of £400 per annum, including the provision of
office accommodation, as from the 1st April, 1930.
The following table gives particulars as regards vaccination in respect of children
whose births were registered in the Parish of St. Pancras from 1st January to 31st December,
1929.
VACCINATIONS. 1st January to 31 st December, 1929.
| Number. | Percentage of Births registered. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North. | East. | West. | South. | Whole Borough | North. | East. | West. | South. | Whole Borough | |
| Births registered | 658 | 995 | 1367 | 1213 | 4223 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Dead, unvaccinated | 29 | 56 | 77 | 63 | 225 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 52 | 5.3 |
| Successfully vaccinated | 266 | 408 | 703 | 559 | 1936 | 40.4 | 41.0 | 514 | 46.1 | 45.8 |
| Had smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Insusceptible of vaccination | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 0.5 | 06 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Received certificate of conscientious objection | 324 | 292 | 384 | 346 | 1346 | 49.2 | 29.4 | 28.1 | 28.5 | 31.8 |
| Postponed by medical certificate | 2 | 11 | 12 | — | 25 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | — | 0.6 |
| Moved to known address in other districts | 12 | 64 | 83 | 146 | 305 | 1.8 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 12.0 | 7.2 |
| Lost sight of by removal | 19 | 151 | 88 | 88 | 346 | 2.9 | 15.2 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 8.2 |
| Unvaccinated and not accounted for in previous columns | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
The corresponding figures for the past ten years are as follows:—
| Year. | Births. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Per cent. | Conscientious Objections, and Children otherwise escaping Vaccination. | Per cent. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 6086 | 2693 | 44.3 | 2118 | 34.8 |
| 1921 | 5102 | 2085 | 40.9 | 1934 | 37.9 |
| 1922 | 4881 | 2260 | 46.3 | 1775 | 364 |
| 1923 | 4682 | 2491 | 53.2 | 1444 | 308 |
| 1924 | 4398 | 2254 | 51.3 | 1355 | 30.8 |
| 1925 | 4121 | 1988 | 48.2 | 1529 | 37.2 |
| 1926 | 4141 | 2084 | 50.3 | 1420 | 34.3 |
| 1927 | 3947 | 1980 | 50.2 | 1285 | 32.6 |
| 1928 | 4019 | 1937 | 48.2 | 1326 | 33.0 |
| 1929 | 4223 | 1936 | 45.8 | 1373 | 32.5 |