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Acton 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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SMALL-POX.
There were no cases notified in St. Pancras during 1936.
VACCINATION.
Mr. A. E.Wolfe, the Council's Vaccination Officer died on 23nd May, 1936. On 24th
June, Dr. Maitland Radford, the Medical Officer of Health, was appointed Vaccination Officer
by the Borough Council, and this appointment was subsequently confirmed on 23rd September
by the Ministry of Health for a period of 12 months, after which the question is to be
reviewed.
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,
1935.
Vaccinations.
| Number. | Percentage of Births registered. | |||||||
| North. | South-East. | South-West. | Whole Borough | North. | South-East. | Southwest. | Whole Borough | |
| Births registered | 418 | 1684 | 1943 | 4045 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Died, unvaccinated | 19 | 75 | 80 | 174 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| Successfully vaccinated | 177 | 648 | 807 | 1632 | 42.3 | 38.1 | 41.7 | 40.5 |
| Had smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Insusceptible of vaccination | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.05 | 0.1 |
| Received certificate of conscientious objection | 171 | 521 | 546 | 1238 | 4.1 | 31.0 | 28.0 | 32.8 |
| Postponed by medical certificate | 4 | 16 | 24 | 44 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.21 | 1.1 |
| Moved to known address in other | 5 | 336 | 311 | 652 | 1.2 | 19.8 | 16.1 | 16.1 |
| districts Lost sight of by removal | 26 | 72 | 141 | 239 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 7.2 | 5.9 |
| Unvaccinted and not accounted for in previous columns | 14 | 13 | 33 | 60 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1930 | 4598 | 2196 | 47.8 | 1523 | 33.1 |
| 1931 | 4499 | 2210 | 49.1 | 1464 | 32.5 |
| 1932 | 4263 | 2006 | 47.1 | 1326 | 31.1 |
| 1933 | 4202 | 1965 | 46.8 | 1312 | 31.2 |
| 1934 | 4101 | 1939 | 47.3 | 1251 | 30.5 |
| 1935 | 4045 | 1632 | 40.3 | 1298 | 32.1 |