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Vaccination.
Of the total births dealt with in 1927 by the Vaccination Officer,
amounting to 1249, 691 were successfully vaccinated. In 4 cases the
children were insusceptible of vaccination. In regard to 219, certificates
of Conscientious Objection were obtained; 46 died before
vaccination was performed; 18 cases of vaccination were postponed,
and 261 remained to be dealt with.
I am indebted to the Vaccination Officer for these statistics.
Public Health (Small-pox Prevention) Regulations, 1917.
Several primary vaccinations or revaccinations were performed by
the Medical Officer of Health under these Regulations during the year.
Venereal Diseases.
Under the Public Health (Venereal Diseases) Regulations, 1916,
the County Council is the Authority for London (excluding the City).
The scheme of the County Council has for its objects:—
(i) Provision of facilities for diagnosis and treatment in
voluntary hospitals and other institutions.
(ii) Provision for doctors of laboratory facilities for aid in
diagnosis and treatment; supply of salvarsan or its substitutes;
provision of instruction for practitioners and
students; and co-ordination of the work of hospitals,
public health services and practitioners.
(iii) Publication and dissemination of information, and giving
of instruction on matters relating to venereal diseases and
their treatment (publicity and propaganda work).
There is a Local Propaganda Committee associated with a Voluntary
Body in the Borough.
Notices issued by the County Council, which indicate Treatment
Centres, are exhibited in suitable places in the Borough, especially in
Public Conveniences; and information is also given at the Public
Health Department, under the strictest secrecy, to persons of either sex
who apply personally or by letter to the Medical Officer of Health.
No record is kept of the disinfection of bedding, clothes, &c., carried
out in this connection, or of persons who ask for information, and all
letters of inquiry are destroyed after having been answered in unofficial
envelopes.