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Wandsworth 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
Inquests.
The above table gives the number of inquests
held and particulars of the verdicts returned. They
were 137, and the verdicts were :—from natural causes
73, accident 35, suicide 9, homicide 1, wilful murder 1,
open verdicts 17, and execution 1.
Vaccination.
The next Table, from figures kindly supplied
to us by the Clerk to the Guardians, shows the amount
of Vaccination performed in the District during the
year 1896.

Table: TABLE XII.

TABLE XII.

SUB-DISTRICTS.Number of Births Returned from 1st January to 31st December 1896Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible of Vaccination.Had Small-pox.Dead Vnvaccinated.Postponed by Medical Certificate.Removed to District, Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised.Removed to places unknown, or which cannot be reached ; and cases not havine been found.
Clapham11286949..112266282
Putney45731010..3429..74
Streatham14639906..129581279
Wandsworth172313449..1271919205
Totals4771333834..40213225840

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Thus, out of 4,771 births registered in the year
1896, 3,338 were returned as successfully vaccinated,
593 were insusceptible, had died or removed to places
to which they were traced, leaving 840 who removed or
were otherwise lost sight of, and nearly all of whom probably
escaped vaccination. This gives a percentage on
the total births of 17.6, the highest figure we have had
in this District. The progress of vaccination in the last
ten years may be seen from the following figures, which