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Wandsworth 1896

Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1896

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20
Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
Vaccination.
The next Table, from figures kindly supplied
to us by the Clerk to the Guardians, shows the
amount of Vaccination performed in the district during
the year 1895.

Table: TABLE XII.

TABLE XII.

SUBDISTRICTS.Number of Births Returned from 1st January to 31st December 1895Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible of Vaccination.Had Small-pox.Dead Unvaccinated.Postponed by Medical Certificate.Removed to District, Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised.Removed to places unknown, or which cannot be reached; and cases not having been found.
Clapham11697349..1233474195
Putney4743206..4931..68
Streatham138095911..11053..247
Wandsworth1679132814..1463824129
Totals4702334140..42815698639

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Out of 4,702 births registered in that year, 3341
children were returned as successfully vaccinated,
and 722 were accounted for by insusceptibility, death
before vaccination, postponement, etc., leaving 639
not traced out, and presumably not vaccinated. This
gives a percentage on the total births of 13.3.
The percentages for the last ten years are as
follows:—
1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895,
6.6 10. 6.4. 6.4. 6.8. 8.6. 11.3. 10.8. 13.4. 13.3.
This shows that there has been a marked diminution in
the amount of vaccination performed in the ten years.
Report of the
Royal Commission
on Vaccination..
The long delayed report of the Royal
Commission was issued in 1896. The
one satisfactory feature is that all the Commissioners
except two were strongly convinced of the efficacy of