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Wandsworth 1907
[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, 1906. | 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. | Remaining on Books as Unvaccinated. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 1,389 | 832 | 4 | ... | 96 | 41 | 92 | 54 | 91 | 179 |
| Putney | 507 | 444 | 1 | ... | 42 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Streatham | 2,773 | 1,856 | 7 | ... | 231 | 72 | 237 | 197 | 146 | 27 |
| Wandsw'th | 2,419 | 1,904 | 3 | ... | 206 | 62 | 3 | 39 | 189 | 13 |
| Totals | 7,088 | 5,036 | 15 | ... | 575 | 186 | 333 | 293 | 429 | 221 |
During the year 1906, of 7,088 children whose births were
registered, 5,036 or 71.05 per cent. were successfully vaccinated,
compared with 74.6 per cent. in 1905, 73.5 per cent. in 1904, and
73.7 per cent. in 1903. This is a decided decrease compared with
the previous year.
The next Table shows the percentage of children vaccinated
to total births registered in the Borough, and in the vaccination
sub-districts for the year 1906, as well as for the 10 years 18961905.
The average for the 10 years is also shown on this Table.
Compared with 1905 there has been a decrease in the percentage
of successfully vaccinated in all the sub-districts, this
decrease having been greatest in Clapham and least in Putney,
while in the whole Borough there has been a decrease of 3.45
per cent.
Compared with the decennial average there has been a considerable
increase in Putney, a slight increase in Streatham and
Wandsworth, but a decrease in Clapham.
575 infants died unvaccinated, a percentage of 8.1, compared
with 8.4 in 1905, and 8.6 in 1904.