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St Pancras 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Vaccination still exercises a very considerable protective power,
this power is less than before, and Re-vaccination becomes
necessary.
With regard to Re-vaccination it cannot be too often pointed
out that no re-vaccinated attendant at any of the Small
Pox Hospitals ever contracted Small Pox.
The observations were made by the Medical Superintendent, Mr. S. A. Bingham, whom I have to thank for this information.
| ALL AGES. | Discrete Small Pox. | Semi Confluent Small Pox. | Confluent Small Pox. | Pustular Hœmorrhagic Small Pox. | Hœmorrhagic Small Pox. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In each 100 cases not Vaccinated | 6.4 | 28.8 | 57.1 | 9.5 | 3.1 |
| „ „ having bad marks | 33.8 | 25.0 | 36.7 | 1.4 | 2.8 |
| , „ having one or fair marks | 540 | 17.5 | 20.2 | 6.7 | 1.3 |
| „ ,, having one or good marks | 64.2 | 20.4 | 13.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Among the tables which accompany this Report will be
found an account of the number of the infants born and the
number vaccinated in St. Pancras from July to December,
1877, and from January to June 1878; for this I am indebted
to the courtesy of Mr. Jones, Vaccination Officer.
SCARLET FEVER,
. Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina caused 138 deaths in St.
Pancras in 1878, and is at the rate of 4.5 in each 1000
deaths from all causes, and is 5.8 more than the proportion
Scarlatina deaths bear to deaths from all causes in the
Metropolis.