Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1910
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TABLE XVIII.
No. of Births Registered from Jan. 1st, 1910, to June 30th, 1910. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Dead Unvaccinated. | Postponed by Medical Certificate. | Certificates granted under Clause 2 of Vaccination Act, 1898. | Removed to Districts in which Vaccina-tion Officer has been notified. | Removed to places unknown. | Outstanding. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2,172 | 1,554 | 5 | 136 | 44 | 213 | 15 | 196 | 9 |
The proportion of the children born in 1909 not finally
accounted for, including cases postponed, amounted to 24.2
per cent, of the total births, or nearly double the average of
the previous ten vears.
SCARLET FEVER.
The notified cases of scarlet fever were 354, compared with
668, 594 and 511 in the three preceding years.
The returns for the four quarters were:—
Cases. | Deaths. | |
---|---|---|
First quarter | 104 | 3 |
Second quarter | 71 | 3 |
Third quarter | 77 | 1 |
Fourth quarter | 102 | - |
354 | 7 |
The cases occurred in 297 houses, as under:—
Houses with one case | 257 |
,, two cases | 29 |
,, three cases | 7 |
,, four cases | 2 |
,, five cases | 2 |
297 |