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Islington 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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[1911

Table: Table CXXVIII.Showing the result of theBacteriological Examinationsmade for theDiagnosisofDiphtheria, Enteric FeverandPhthisis,1898-1911.

Table CXXVIII.

Showing the result of theBacteriological Examinationsmade for theDiagnosisofDiphtheria, Enteric FeverandPhthisis,1898-1911.

Periods.Diphtheria.Enteric Fryer.Phthisis.Totals.
Positive Results.Negative Results.Total Examined.Positive Results.Negative Results.Total Examined.Positive Results.Negative Results.Total Examined.
1898 (6 months)112031311748......79
1899475097255176364379252
19004362105334578354479262
190180901706646112284371353
1902527012245691143983122358
19031464781554694096136283
19042858861439534689135274
1905618614734225687131218421
190668991672729565796153376
19078813522325345968121189471
19089318828134255969136205545
19096423630020355560162222577
191012527640132296163157220682
191115732748419335266186252788
Totals (for 13½ years)93117612692420528948694138720815721

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VACCINATION—OR THE STATE OF PREPAREDNESS TO MEET
SMALL POX.
The above heading clearly indicates the relationship, in the opinion of all
persons who are able to express an independent judgment on the subject after
studying the facts and figures, which subsists between vaccination and Small
Pox; and it is, therefore, with much regret that the Medical Officer of Health
has to draw attention to the steady decrease in the percentage of primary
vaccinations. Eight years ago these vaccinations represented 82.3 per cent. of
the births, less the infants who had died unvaccinated. In 1910, however,
they had fallen to 66.7 per cent. Such a result is due to the ease with
which exemption certificates can be obtained.