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St Pancras 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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SMALL-POX.
No case of this disease was notified in the Borough during the year. A number of
is were reported from time to time to have been in contact with cases of small-pox
ing in other Metropolitan Boroughs or elsewhere. When possible, such persons were
ated and kept under observation until the incubation period was concluded.
"VACCINATIONS.
| Number. | Percentage of Births registered. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North. | East. | West. | South. | Whole Borough | North. | East. | West. | South. | Whole Borough | |
| hs registered | 695 | 1009 | 782 | 1655 | 4141 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| d, nnvaccinated | 32 | 42 | 41 | 84 | 199 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| ces&fully vaccinated | 319 | 491 | 394 | 880 | 2084 | 45.9 | 48.7 | 50.4 | 53.1 | 503 |
| smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| jsceptible of vaccination | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 5 | 0.2 | 01 | — | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| eived certificate of contentious objection | 313 | 334 | 301 | 443 | 1391 | 45 .0 | 331 | 38.5 | 26.7 | 33 .6 |
| fcponed by medical certificate | — | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | — | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| red to known address in other istricts | 9 | 58 | 4 | 110 | 181 | 1.3 | 5.7 | 0.5 | 6.5 | 4.4 |
| t sight of by removal | 16 | 67 | 32 | 121 | 236 | 2.3 | 6.6 | 4.2 | 7.3 | 5.7 |
| vaccinated and not accounted or in previous columns | 5 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
The corresponding figures for the past ten years are as follows : —
| Year. | Births. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Per cent. | Conscientious Objections, and Children otherwise escaping Vaccination. | Per cent. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 3664 | 1581 | 43.1 | 1014 | 27.7 |
| 1918 | 3338 | 1281 | 38.4 | 932 | 27.9 |
| 1919 | 3874 | 1733 | 44.7 | 1155 | 29.8 |
| 1920 | 6086 | 2693 | 44.3 | 2118 | 34.8 |
| 1921 | 5102 | 2085 | 40'9 | 1934 | 37.9 |
| 1922 | 4881 | 2260 | 463 | 1775 | 36.4 |
| 1923 | 4682 | 2491 | 53.2 | 1444 | 30.8 |
| 1924 | 4398 | 2254 | 51.3 | 1355 | 30.8 |
| 1925 | 4121 | 1988 | 48.2 | 1529 | 37.2 |
| 1926 | 4141 | 2084 | 50.3 | 1420 | 34.3 |
SCARLET FEYER.
The number of cases notified was 527, as compared with 432 during the previous year,
is subsequently ascertained that 29 cases had been incorrectly diagnosed. The actual
ber of cases was therefore 498. Two deaths occurred ; this equals a case mortality of 0.4
ent.