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Hendon 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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VACCINATION.
The Vaccination Acts are administered by the Middlesex County
Council.
I am indebted to Mr. A. E. Taylor for the table of vaccination which
follows:—
TABLE XVII.
| Number of births registered | 1624 |
| Successfully vaccinated | 970 |
| Insusceptible of vaccination | 9 |
| Exemptions | 309 |
| Dead, unvaccinated | 68 |
| Postponements by Medical Certificates | 31 |
| Removed to other districts, and cases not found | 210 |
| Number of birth? unaccounted for ... ...; | 27 |
| Number at all ages vaccinated during the year (Primary) | |
| Born within district | 883 |
| Born out of district | 193 |
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Arrangements have been made with the London County Council for
the admission of children suffering from this disease to be admitted to St.
Margaret's Hospital, where the severity of the symptoms render hospital treatment
a necessity.
The following table shows the particulars of the cases which occurred TABLE XVIII.
| Cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treated. | Vision Unimpaired. | Vision Impaired. 1 | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | ||
| Notified. | At Home. | 111 Hospital. | ||||
| 4 | 3 | l | 4 | _ | | — | — |