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Stepney 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| Registration Sub-Districts comprised in the Vaccination Officer's District. | Number of these Births which on 31st January, 1932, remained unentered in the "Vaccination Register" on account (as shown by "Report Book") of | Number of these Births remaining on 31st Jan., 1932, neither duly entered in the "Vaccination Register" (columns 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of this Return) nor temporarily accounted for in the "Report Book" (columns 8. 9 and 10 of this Return). | Total number of Certificates of Successful primary Vaccination of Children under 14 received during the Calendar Year 1931. | Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection actually received by the Vaccination Officer irrespective of the dates of birth of the children to which they relate, during the Calendar Year 1931. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postponement by Medical Certificate. | Removal to Districts the Vaccination Officers of which have been duly apprised. | Removal to places unknown, or which cannot be reached ; and cases not having been found. | ||||
| (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | |
| (1) Limehouse | — | 218 | 40 | 106 | 1,132 | 1,050 |
| (2) St. Georges, East | — | 12 | 25 | 148 | 488 | 233 |
| Total | — | 230 | 65 | 254 | 1,620 | 1,283 |
| (3) Whitechapel | 5 | 310 | 18 | 44 | 1,120 | 441 |
| (4) Mile End | 2 | 44 | 7 | 66 | 773 | 593 |
| Total | 7 | 354 | 25 | 110 | 1,893 | 1,034 |
Limehouse and St. Georges. Whitechapel and Mile End
Number of children successfully vaccinated after declaration of conscientious objection had
been made. These numbers are included in Column 6. 26 17
Total number of certificates for the year 1931 sent to other Vaccination Officers 347 211
*These do not include 19 re-registered births: 1 in Limehouse, 6 in St. Georges, 8 in Whitechapel, 4 in Mile End, 4 others in Limehouse and 2
others in Mile End.