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Hornsey 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: Mr. Dew, the Vaccination Officer, has supplied me with the following particulars as to Vaccination, for the 12 months ended December 31st, 1904: —

Mr. Dew, the Vaccination Officer, has supplied me with the following particulars as to Vaccination, for the 12 months ended December 31st, 1904: —

Number of births notified to Vaccination Officer1,625
Successfully vaccinated1,016
Insusceptible to vaccination11
Dead unvaccinated96
Exempted through "Conscientious objection"25
Postponed by Medical Certificate38
Left the district and reported elsewhere15
Lost sight of67
Unaccounted for357
1,6251,625

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If we deduct those who died, who left the district and were
elsewhere reported, those who were insusceptible, and those in
whom the operation was postponed by Medical Certificate, altogether
160, we find that 1,016 children were vaccinated out of a
possible 1,465, or about 69 per cent.

Table: Isolation Hospital.

Isolation Hospital.

19041903
Patients in Hospital January 1st2443
,, admitted during the year341253
.365.296
,, discharged during the year305263
,, dying during the year79
.312.272
,, remaining in Hospital December 31st5324

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Of the 24 patients in the Hospital on January 1st, 1904, 14
were cases of Scarlet Fever and 10 were cases of Diphtheria.

Table: The following table shows the number of cases admited during each of the twelve months of the year, for each of the dieases treated:-

The following table shows the number of cases admited during each of the twelve months of the year, for each of the dieases treated:-