Lily Loat

Lily Loat (21 January 1880 – 16 August 1958) was a British anti-vaccination activist. She was the Secretary of the National Anti-Vaccination League for nearly 50 years.

Life Loat was born in Battersea in about 1880 and her father was John Loat. She was head pupil at Tiffin Girls' School in Kingston-on-Thames. After leaving school, she took shorthand lessons and gained her a position at the National Anti-Vaccination League. She worked for the league's secretary answering correspondence and during this time she became a strong supporter of the league. When the secretary resigned she was soon confirmed as the replacement secretary at the beginning of 1909.

During 1920s and 1930s, she was on occasion invited to speak internationally. Loat took on the editorship of the journal in 1932. Loat was also opposed to vivisection.

Loat died in Kingswood in Surrey in 1958. She was working for the National Anti-Vaccination League whilst in hospital during her final illness.

Selected publications

1939, Pasteurization of Milk: The Case Against Compulsion 1951, The Truth About Vaccination and Immunization