Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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SUMMARY OF PRIMARY VACCINATIONS DURING THE YEAR JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1938 (Form N).
No. of cases in birth lists received during the year. | No of certificates of vaccination received. | No. of certificates of postponement owing to | No. of statutory declarations under section 1 of the Vaccination Act, 1907. | No. of certificates of insusceptibility or of having had smallpox. | No. of cases | No. of entries in lists sent to public vaccinator | |||
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Parents removed out of district. | Otherwise not found. | ||||||||
Health of child. | Condition of house. | Prevalence of infectious disease. | |||||||
Whitechapel 1,047 | 873 | 114 | - | 1 | 558 | 2 | 1,019 | 19 | 343 |
Mile End 1,158 | 413 | 43 | - | - | 572 | 1 | 430 | 15 | 278 |
Other vaccinations | 4 | — | _ | — | — | - | — | — | — |
Limehouse 1,515 | 512 | 46 | - | - | 894 | - | 753 | 80 | 209 |
St. Georges 590 | 356 | 61 | - | - | 221 | - | 122 | 74 | 276 |
Other Vaccinations | 27 | - | — | — | - | - | — | — | — |
Total 4,910 | 2,185 | 264 | - | 1 | 2,245 | 3 | * 2,324 | 188 | 1,106 |