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Wandsworth 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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 1908, as well as for the 10 years 18981907.
The average for the 10 years is also shown on this Table.
Compared with 1907 there has been a decrease in the percentage
of successfully vaccinated in all the sub-districts with the
exception of Putney. The greatest decrease occurrcd in Streatham,
next in Clapham, and the smallest in Wandsworth, while in
the whole Borough there has been a decrease of 8'8 per cent., or
nearly double the decrease in 1907.
Compared with the decennial average there has been a considerable
increase in Putney, but a decrease in all the other subdistricts.
481 infants died unvaccinated, a percentage of 6 7, compared
with 6.6 in 1907, 8.1 in 1906, 8.4 in 1905, and 8.6 in 1904.
Of the 2,304 infants remaining, 25 or .34 per cent. were stated
to have been insusceptible to vaccination; 581 or 8.0 per cent. in
respect of whom certificates of conscientious objection were
received; 376 or 5.2 per cent. had vaccination postponed by
medical certificate, leaving 978 or 13 6 per cent. as removed, not
to be traced, or otherwise unaccounted for; while 344 or 4.8 per
cent. remained on the books as unvaccinated, compared with 13.4
per cent. as removed, etc., in 1907, 10.1 in 1906, and 7.7 in 1905;
and 4.4 remaining as unvaccinated in 1907, 3.1 in 1906, and 3.1 in
1905.
There has been an increase of '2 in the percentage of cases
removed, and of 3'9 per cent. in the number of certificates of conscientious
objections received.
If the total number of infants who died unvaccinated be
deducted from the total number of births registered, then of 6,721
the remaining infants, 65 7 per cent. were successfully vaccinated,
compared with 71.2 in 1907, 78.1 in 1906, 81.5 in 1905, and 8o.5
in 1904; .37 were insusceptible, compared with .41, .23, .3 and .48;
5.6 per cent. were under certificate of postponement, compared
| Institution. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Knteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cerebrospinal Meningitis. | Puerperal Fever. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Infirmary | – | _ | 3 | 30 | _ | 15 | 48 |
| London Fever Hospl. | 7 | I | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| Hospital for Sick Children | — | 1 | — | – | — | — | 1 |
| St. Thomas' Hospital | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | – | — | 24 |
| Victoria Hospital | 1 | 11 | — | 1 | — | — | 13 |
| Belgrave Hospital ... | 2 | 4 | — | 2 | — | – | 8 |
| Guy's Hospital | 1 | 1 | — | – | — | 2 | |
| H. M. Hospital | 1 | – | – | – | – | l | |
| St. George's Hospital | 1 | – | – | – | — | 4 | |
| Northern Hospital ... | – | — | — | – | 3 | ||
| Evelina Hospital | – | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Charing Cross Hospital | 1 | 1 | — | — | —. | 1 | |
| St. Bartholomew's | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Throat Hospital | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| King's Coll. Hospital | – | – | — | — | 1 | – | r |
| Westminster Hospital | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | ||
| West London Hospital | – | 1 | – | – | — | 1 | 2 |
| Royal Waterloo Hospital | – | — | – | – | _ | ||
| Middlesex Hospital ... | — | — | — | 1 | – | – | |
| Total | 26 | 37 | 8 | 41 | 1 | 17 | 130 |