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Parish of Wandsworth.
occurred in the Union infirmary, one in a general
hospital, and 26 in the various hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board. There were, as was also the case
last year, no deaths from these diseases in any of the
institutions in the sub-district.
The total number of deaths thus becomes 161, the
corrected number last year being 218.
The corrected zymotic death-rate per 1,000 was 2.8,
compared with 3.96 in 1890, 2 03 in 1895, and 2.64
in 1894.
In the Metropolis for the year 1897 the zymotic deathrate
was, exclusive of Influenza, 2.57 per 1,000, while
in this parish the same rate was 2'49 per 1,000. In 1896,
the rate for the Metropolis was 31. and for this parish
3.94 per 1,000.
small Pox. There was no death from smallpox during
the year, and, as was the case last year, no notifications
were received.
The official return of the vaccination officer for the
year 1896 shows that of 1,723 births registered, 1,344
or 78 per cent. were successfully vaccinated, 9 were
certified as being insusceptible of vaccination, 127 died
unvaccinated, 19 were postponed, 19 had removed to
districts the vaccination officer of which had been duly
apprised, 29 bad removed to places unknown, and 176
remained on the books as unvaccinated
The number of unvaccinated children in the district
is gradually increasing, and this is shown in the
following table. These percentages are calculated after
deduction of those children who had died unvaccinated,
so that for statistical purposes they are fairly correct.