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Wandsworth 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health,
| Sub-Districts. | Number of Births returned from 1st January to 31st of December, 1902. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small-pox. | Dead, Unvaccinated. | Certificates of Conscientious objection. | Postponed by Medical Certificate. | Removed to District, Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised. | Removed to places unknown, or which cannot be traced; and cases not having been found. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 1,279 | 817 | 4 | .. | 100 | 23 | 9 | 40 | 41 |
| Putney | 559 | 472 | 3 | .. | 49 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| Streatham | 2,336 | 1,524 | 15 | .. | 191 | 32 | 60 | 22 | 179 |
| Wandsworth | 2,152 | 1,772 | 4 | .. | 193 | 19 | 33 | 36 | 62 |
| Totals | 6,326 | 4,585 | 26 | .. | 533 | 84 | 105 | 101 | 298 |
During the year 1902, of 6,326 children whose births were
registered, 4,585, or 72.4 per cent, were successfully vaccinated,
compared with 71.4 per cent. in 1901, and 67.6 per cent, in 1900.
The increase, although slight, is satisfactory, and is the highest
recorded since 1894, when the percentage was 75.8.
The next Table shows the percentage of children vaccinated
to total births registered in the Borough, and for the vaccination
sub-districts for the year 1902 as well as for the ten years preceding.
The average for the ten years 1892 to 1901 is also given.
The percentage of successful vaccinations for the year 1902
is shown to have been 1.9 above the average of the previous ten
years, Clapham being the same, Putney an increase of 14.6 per
cent., Streatham a decrease of 2.7 per cent., and Wandsworth an
increase of 5.3 per cent., compared with the average for the preceding
ten years.
Clapham and Streatham are under, and Putney and Wandsworth
above the average.
One reason why Streatham shows such a bad record is due to
the large influx of working class people from other parts of
London, chiefly the East End, to parts of Tooting and Balham.
Occasional inquiries in these districts showed that there are a
large number of unvaccinated children, and these are a distinct
danger to the health of the other inhabitants of these parts of the
Borough.