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Islington 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington]
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53 [1934
| Year. | Northern Islington (No. 1 District) | Southern Islington . (No. 2 District) | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 (from 1st April) | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 1931 | 2 | - | 2 |
| 1932 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 1933 | Nil. | Nil. | Nil. |
| 1934 | Nil. | Nil. | Nil. |
| 13 | 7 | 20 |
Return
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Number of Births registered in 1933. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small Pox. | Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection. | Died Unvaccinated. | Postponement by Medical Certificate. | Removed to other Districts. | Removed to places Unknown. | Number of Children remaining Unvaccinated. or not accounted for (Defaulters). | Total Number of Certificates of Primary Vaccination of children under 14 years received during year 1934. | Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection received during year 1934. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Tufnell | 572 | 251 | 4 | - | 132 | 47 | 3 | 77 | 53 | 5 | - | 146 | |
| Up. Holloway | 647 | 294 | 1 | — | 206 | 24 | 2 | 90 | 29 | 1 | 1,308 | 234 | |
| Tollington | 246 | 111 | — | — | 78 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 84 | ||
| Highbury | 619 | 295 | 3 | — | 213 | 17 | 7 | 27 | 46 | 11 | 217 | ||
| Lr. Holloway | 380 | 169 | 1 | — | 153 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 1,217 | 109 | |
| Barnsbury | 471 | 227 | — | - | 158 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 9 | 212 | ||
| Islington, S.E. | 637 | 242 | — | — | 258 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 48 | 24 | 211 | ||
| The Borough | 3671 | 1589 | 9 | — | 1198 | 174 | 68 | 225 | 243 | 65 | 1,213 | ||
Return showing the numbers of persons successfully vaccinated and re-vaccinated at the cost of the rates by the Public Vaccinators during the year ended 30th September, 1934 :—
| Name of the Institution or Vaccination District. | Name of the Medical Officer or Public Vaccinator. | Number of successful primary vaccinations of persons, | Number of successful re-vaccinations, i.e., successful vaccinations of persons who had been successfully vaccinated at some previous time. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under one year. | One year and upwards. | Total. | |||
| Tollington | Dr. M. J. Healy | 176 | 21 | 200 | 18 |
| Upper Holloway | Dr. P. Inwald | 158 | 17 | 175 | 17 |
| Tufnell .. .. | Dr. D. W. F. Latham | 183 | 13 | 196 | 5 |
| E. Lower Holloway | Dr. F. E. Clay | 132 | 179 | 311 | 109 |
| W. Lower Holloway | Dr. S. N. Forbes | 162 | 33 | 195 | 19 |
| Highbury and W. Mildmay | Dr. T. Galbraith | 192 | 34 | 226 | 30 |
| Canonbury, E Mildmay, E. St. Mary and E. St. Peter | Dr. J. Lynch | 242 | 45 | 287 | 11 |
| Thornhill | Dr. H. D Christie | 139 | 17 | 156 | 2 |
| Barnsbury and W. St. Mary | Dr. L. M. Leventon | 144 | 26 | 170 | 17 |
| S. St. Mary and W. St. Peter | Dr. G. Madden | 89 | 21 | 110 | 6 |
| St. Mary, Islington, Hospital* | Dr. W. R, Turtle | 2 | 3 | 5 | - |
| St. John's Road L.C.C. Institution* | Dr. K. A. Anklesaria | 1 | — | 1 | - |
| L.C.C. Schools, Andover Row* | Dr. P.J. C. MacDonnell | - | — | — | - |
| L.C.C. Children's Homes, Hornsey Rise* | Dr. P. J. C. MacDonnell | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 1,620 | 412 | 2032 | 234 | |
| *Institutions. | |||||