[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough.
- Blackpool (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1944
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![surgical aT)])liances liave been provided to doctors’ orders, invalid chairs have been loaned, and other assistance which the Association is able to render. Owing to difficidties of transport and premises being requisitioned for war purposes, the convalescent branch of the work has been somewhat restricted, but it is hoped to extend the service over a wider area when the war is over. PUBLIC VACCINATION Your Medical Officer of Health is Chief Public Vaccination Officer for the town, and Executive Vaccination Officer for the Northern District since 1932. The Public Vaccinators for the three areas of the Borough are:— Doctors Lucas, Hyde, and Kelly, respectively. I regret to report the death of Dr. J. G. Louden, who for many years was Public Vaccinator for the Southern District. The following are details extracted from the annual returns which I have forwarded to the Registrar General, and relate to the year 1st January, to the 31st December, 1943:— Number of births returned in Birth Lists Sheets as registered from 1st January to 31st December, 1943 2,466 Number successfully vaccinated 390 Number insusceptible of vaccination 10 Number in respect of whom statutory declaration of conscientious objection have been received 804 Number who died unvaccinated 105 Number postponed by medical certificate 11 Removals to other districts, the Vaccination Officers of which have been notified 382 Removals to places unknown 491 Number of these births remaining on 31st January, 1945, either duly entered in Vaccination Register or temporarily accounted for in Report Book 275 It wdll be noted from the above figures that only 15-8% of all births returned during the year 1943 were successfully vaccinated, w^hile 32-6% made Statutory Declaration of Conscientious Objection. While every effort is made through the Clinics and elsewhere to impress on parents their obligations regarding vaccination, it is obvious that they try to avoid it if at all possible. It would appear that a voluntary system as in the case of Diphtheria Immunisation would lead to greater numbers being vaccinated.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2893250x_0031.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
