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 Whitechapel]
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Return by Mr. E. Coombes, Vaccination Officer of the Whitechapel Union, respecting the vaccination of children whose births were registered in his District from 2 1st August to 31st December, 1871, inclusive.
| Registration Sub - districts comprised in the Vaccination Officer's District. | Number of Births returned in the " Birth List Sheets" as registered up to 31st Dec., 1871. | Number of these Births duly entered by 31st August, 1872, in columns 10,11,anil 13 of the Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets,) viz: | Number of these Births which, on the 31stAug., 1872, remained unentered on the Vaccination Register on accnt. (as shown by Report Book) of | All cases not accounted for in preceding columns. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Col. 10. | Col. 11. | Col. 13. | Total duly entered in Register. | Postponement by Medical Certificate. | Removal to Districts the Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprized. | Removal to places unknown or which cannot be reached ; and cases not having been found. | ||||
| Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small Pox. | Dead—unvaccinated. | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 1 Artillery | 90 | 63 | - | — | 6 | 69 | — | — | 11 | 10 |
| 2 Spitalfields | 181 | 135 | - | — | 19 | 154 | 3 | — | 14 | 10 |
| 3 MENT | 220 | 103 | — | — | 30 | 193 | — | 4 | 16 | 7 |
| 4 Wh. North | 149 | 115 | — | — | 15 | 130 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 Wh.Chrch. | 98 | 64 | — | - | 13 | 82 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| 6 Good-fids. | 135 | 92 | — | - | 24 | 118 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
| 7 Aldgate | 70 | CO | — | - | 6 | 66 | - | — | 8 | 2 |
| Total | 949 | 692 | — | - | 118 | 810 | 8 | 14 | 72 | 45 |
WHITECHAPEL UNION.—Return of tlis number of Cases Vaccinated by the Public Vaccinator and the Medical Officer of the Workhouse, together with the number of Births Registered during the same quarters.
| Quarter Ending— | PUBLIC VACCINATOR | Workhouse. | Totals. | Births Registd. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Cases. | Re-Vaccination. | Primary Cases." | Re-Vaccination | Primary Cases. | Re-Vaccination. | ||
| March, 1871 | 727 | 1169 | 10 | 0 | 737 | 1169 | 747 |
| June | 357 | 538 | 21 | 0 | 378 | 538 | 569 |
| September | 186 | 12 | 35 | 0 | 221 | 12 | 602 |
| December | 134 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 161 | 6 | 653 |
| March, 1872 | 219 | 16 | 43 | 1 | 262 | 17 | 720 |
| June 29 | 289 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 321 | 9 | 684 |
| Sep. 28 | 30G | 1 | 20 | 4 | 332 | 5 | 640 |
| Totals | 2218 | 1751 | 194 | 5 | 2412 | 1756 | 4615 |