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St Pancras 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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SMALL-POX.
There were no cases notified in St. Pancras during 1937.
VACCINATION.
The following table gives particulars as regards vaccination in respect of children
whose births were registered in the Borough of St. Pancras from 1st January to 31st December,
1936.

V ACCINATIONS.1stJanuary to31stDecember,1936.

Number.Percentage of Births registered.
North.South-East.Southwest.Whole BoroughNorth.South-East.Southwest.Whole Borough
Births registered380196313353678100.0100.0100.0100.0
Died, unvaccinated22106651935.85.44.95.2
Successfully vaccinated193894592167950.845.544.345.6
Had smallpox————————
Insusceptible of vaccination—8210—0.40.10.3
Received certificate of conscientious objection151603383113739.730.728.730.9
Postponed by medical certificate11211240.30.60.80.6
Moved to known address in other districts11971233210.310.09.28.7
Lost sight of by removal81281502862.16.511.27.8
Unvaccinated and not accounted for in previous columns4159281.10.70.70.8

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.
19273947198050.2128532.6
19284019193748.2132633.0
19294223193645.8137332.5
19304598219647.8152333.1
19314499221049.1146432.5
19324263200647.1132631.1
19334202196546.8131231.2
19344101193947.3125130.5
19354045163240.3129832.1
19363678167945.6116531.6