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Stepney 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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SUMMARY OF PRIMARY VACCINATIONS DURING THE YEAR JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1931 (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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parents removed out of district. | Otherwise not found. | ||||||||
| Health of child. | Condition of house. | Prevalence of infectious disease. | |||||||
| (a) Whitechapel 1,793 | 1,120 | 236 | 1 | - | 441 | 3 | 842 | 11 | 522 |
| (b) Mile End 1.052 | 773 | 82 | - | - | 593 | 1 | 168 | 16 | 603 |
| Other vaccinations (a& b) | 248 | - | — | - | - | — | — | — | — |
| (c) Limehouse 1,943 | 1,132 | 31 | 1 | - | 1,050 | 11 | 754 | 25 | 357 |
| (d) St. Georges 727 | 488 | 18 | - | - | 233 | 1 | 32 | 20 | 510 |
| Other Vaccinations (c & d) | 236 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total 5,515 | 3,997 | 367 | 2 | - | 2,317 | 16 | 1,796 | 72 | 1,992 |
| 9 re-registered births in Whitechapel, 8 in Mile End and 8 in Limehouse and 5 in St. Georges are included in the above. | |||||||||