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Hampstead 1908
Report for the year 1908 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Small Pox.
No case of Small Pox occured during the year.
Vaccination.
The table below gives some idea of the working of the
Vaccination Act in Hampstead since 1900. I am indebted to
the Vaccination Officer for the statistics in this table.
Vaccination Statistics. Percentage of Births Registered. Un vaccinated. 13 (Cols. 6. 8, &9) 11.0 10.0 9.2 9.5 9.2 9.2 10.4 12.2 ...
| Year. | 1 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not finally accounted for (including cases postponed ). | 12 | (Cols. 8 & 9) | 8.7 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 8.0 | 7.8 | ... | |
| Exempted by" Conscientious Objection" Certificates. | 11 | (Col. 6) | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 4.5 | ... | |
| Successfully Vaccinated. | 10 | (Col. 3) | 81.5 | 81.7 | 82.7 | 82.0 | 82.8 | 83.1 | 82.3 | 81.3 | ... | |
| Remaining. | 9 | 131 | 104 | 102 | 96 | 90 | 77 | 97 | 99 | 142* | ||
| Vaccination Postponed. | 8 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 32 | ||
| Died Unvaccinated. | 7 | 108 | 111 | 104 | 106 | 100 | 91 | 93 | 80 | 73 | ||
| Number in respect of whom Declarations of "Conscientious Objection" have been received. | 6 | 37 | 39 | 27 | 30 | 35 | 40 | 35 | 60 | 126 | ||
| Had Smallpox. | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Insusceptible of Vaccination. | 4 | 13 | 15 | 18 | IS | 16 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 16 | ||
| Successfully Vaccinated. | 3 | 1323 | 1232 | 1255 | 1190 | 1197 | 1181 | 1183 | 1090 | 932 | ||
| Births. | 2 | 1623 | 1508 | 1517 | 1452 | 1446 | 1421 | 1438 | 1341 | 1321 | ||
| Year. | 1 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | ||
Note.—The number of births given as occurring in each year differs slightly from those stated elsewhere in this Report, but for
all practical purposes the difference is negligible.
*In this figure are included 62 births, in respect of which no legal action as to vaccination has yet been taken. The rates
for Columns 10-13 have therefore not been calculated.