Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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1909. Union. | Births. | Died Unvaccin-ated. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible. | Vaccination Postponed. | Conscientious Objectors. | Removed and Vaccination Officer Informed. | Not Found. Removed to Address Unknown. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. George | 1,981 | 138 | 1,627 | 13 | 11 | 118 | 18 | 53 |
Westminster | 388 | 23 | 313 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 31 |
Strand | 168 | 17 | 115 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 8 |
The City | 2,537 | 178 | 2,055 | 13 | 20 | 148 | 28 | 92 |
The following is a summary of the total primary vaccinations
performed in the City during the years 1901-10, and of re-vaccinations
in so far as these were made by the Public Vaccinators:—
Primary Vaccinations under 14 years of age, in the Union District of | lie-vaccinations performed by Public Vaccinators in the Union District of | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. George's. | Westminster. | Strand. | St. George's. | Westminster. | Strand. | |
1901 | 2,467 | 1,491 | 725 | 4,039 | 3,317 | 2,201 |
1902 | 2,893 | 715 | 450 | 7,453 | 6,226 | 3,910 |
1903 | 2,178 | 369 | 245, | 159 | 9 | 347 |
1904 | 2,065 | 325 | *144 | 72 | 13 | 398 |
1905 | 2,162 | 498 | 142 | 47 | 7 | 418 |
1906 | 2,110 | 372 | 145 | 51 | 5 | 397 |
1907 | 2,013 | 443 | 155 | 45 | 7 | 468 |
1908 | 1,898 | 284 | 138 | 37 | 8 | 413 |
1909 | 1,902 | 370 | 148 | 39 | 35 | 399 |
1910 | 1,652 | 326 | 188 | 43 | 517 |
* There were also 16 primary vaccinations of persons over 14 years of age.
Scarlet Fever .—The striking reduction in the number of cases in 1910 is shown in the subjoined statement of each quarter of the last three years:—
Scarlet Fever. | London. | Westminster. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | |
1st quarter | 5,943 | 4,227 | 2,701 | 168 | 113 | 88 |
2nd „ | 4,462 | 4,404 | 2,548 | 129 | 218 | 57 |
3rd ,, | 5,616 | 4,680 | 2,580 | 87 | 144 | 54 |
4th „ | 6,038 | 3,940 | 2,683 | 243 | 115 | 49 |
22.059 | 17,251 | 10,512 | 627 | 590 | 248 |