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A large amount of work was involved in watching these 841 "Contacts" or
"Suspects," but the value of such quarantining is now acknowledged, for,
had the 54 new Smallpox centres not been immediately discovered and dealt
with, the outbreak would have been much larger.
Taking the 10 years 1891-1900, the Smallpox statistics for the Old Parish
of Lambeth show annual averages of 1.1 deaths and 22 notifications, as
compared with, for the new Borough of Lambeth, during the years 1901,
1902 and 1903, 54, 350 and 72 notifications, and 4, 60 and 4 deaths,
respectively. The London figures for 1901, 1902 and 1903 are:—
1901—1700 cases and 229 deaths.
1902—7796 cases and 1314 deaths.
1903—417 cases and 13 deaths.
The Vaccination Returns of the Local Government Board for the Borough
of Lambeth are to be found in Tables Q and R, dealing with the whole year
1902, and the first half of 1903, respectively, given, for comparison with the
Reports of former years, both for the new Borough, and the old Parish, of
Lambeth. The yearly Returns are not made up for the Local Government
Board until the August of the following year, so that only the Returns for
the first half of 1903 can be given in this Report.
The total number of conscientious objectors who have obtained certificates
during 1903, irrespective of the dates of birth of the children to which they
relate, is 79, whilst the total numbers of successful primary vaccinations at
all ages received during the years 1902 and 1903 are 8285 and 7185
respectively.