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Wandsworth 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officcr of Health.
Vaccination.
Table XXII. is taken from the official returns of the Vaccination
Officers to the Guardians for the year 1903. It shows the number of
births, the number of children successfully vaccinated for the whole
Borough, as well as for the separate sub-districts. Streatham, Balham
and Tooting are included under the heading of Streatham.
TABLE XXII.
| Sub-Districts. | Number of Births returned from 1st January to 31st of December, 1903. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small pox. | Dead, Unvaccinated. | Certificates of Conscientious objection. | Postponed by Medical Certificate. | Removed to District, Vac cination Officer of which has been duly apprised. | Removed to places unknown, or which cannot be traced; and cases not having been found. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 1.434 | 978 | 5 | ... | 117 | 25 | 31 | 30 | 32 |
| Putney | 570 | 493 | 5 | ... | 46 | 7 | ... | 5 | 9 |
| Streatham | 2,528 | 1,692 | 25 | ... | 258 | 37 | 154 | 90 | 185 |
| Wandsworth | 2,200 | 1,799 | 1 | ... | 142 | 31 | 1 | 16 | 138 |
| Totals | 6,732 | 4,962 | 36 | ... | 563 | 100 | 186 | 141 | 364 |
During the year 1903, of 6,732 children whose births were
registered, 4,962 or 73.7 per cent, were successfully vaccinated, compared
with 72.4 per cent. in 1902, 71.4 per cent, in 1901, and 67.6
per cent, in 1900. The increase in the number successfully vaccinated
still continues, but it has not yet reached the percentage recorded in
1894, viz., 75.8.
The next Table shows the percentage of children vaccinated to
total births registered in the Borough, and for the vaccination subdistricts
for the year 1903, as well as for the ten years preceding. The
average for the ten years 1893-1902 is also given.
In the whole Borough the increase in the percentage of successful
vaccinations was 3.5 above the average for the preceding ten years. In
c