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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1893
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Cases, 1893. | Case rate per 10,000. 1893. | Deaths, 1893. | Death rates per 10,000. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893. | 1885—92. | ||||
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.3 |
| Strand | 32 | 13 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Holborn | 30 | 9 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Clerkenwell | 17 | 3 | — | — | 0.5 |
| St. Luke | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| London, City of | 27 | 8 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Shoreditch | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Bethnal-green | 79 | 6 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Whitechapel | 99 | 13 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| St. George-in-the-East | 53 | 12 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Limehouse | 80 | 14 | 8 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| Mile-end Old-town | 115 | 11 | 8 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Poplar | 217 | 13 | 12 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 18 | 7 | — | — | 0.5 |
| St. George, Southwark | 80 | 13 | 7 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| Newington | 64 | 5 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| St. Olave | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| Bermondsey | 55 | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| Rotherhithe | 90 | 23 | 13 | 3.3 | 0.9 |
| Lambeth | 103 | 4 | 5 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Battersea | 116 | 7 | 12 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Wandsworth | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Camberwell | 143 | 6 | 11 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
| Greenwich | 183 | 11 | 13 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Lewisham | 28 | 3 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Woolwich | 61 | 15 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Plumstead | 60 | 6 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Port of London | 10 | — | — | — | — |
| London | 2,815 | 7 | 186 | 0 4† | 04† |
The deaths attributed to cow-pox and vaccination in 1893 numbered 15.
The report of the Statistical Committee of the Metropolitan Asylums Board supplies the following figures showing the state as to vaccination of the patients admitted into the institutions of the Board during the year 1893.
| Cases. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|
| Vaccination cicatrix or cicatrices— | ||
| Present | 1,624 | 42 |
| •No evidence | 252 | 44 |
| Absent | 500 | 94 |
In 1881 the Registrar-General began to classify the deaths from smallpox according to whether
the deceased was stated to be vaccinated, unvaccinated, or whether there was no statement as to
vaccination. The totals of the 13 years 1881-93, are as follows—
| All ages. | 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-20 | 20-40 | 40-60 | 60-80 | 80 and upwards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaccinated | 1,237 | 22 | 32 | 225 | 706 | 216 | 33 | 3 |
| Unvaccinated | 1,955 | 315 | 460 | 654 | 404 | 103 | 18 | 1 |
| No statement | 1,858 | 239 | 222 | 450 | 646 | 240 | 58 | 3 |
| Vaccinated | 100 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 18.2 | 57.1 | 17.5 | 2.7 | .2 |
| Unvaccinated | 100 | 16.1 | 23.5 | 33.5 | 20.7 | 5.3 | .9 | .1 |
| No statement | 100 | 12.9 | 11.9 | 24.2 | 34.8 | 12.9 | 3.1 | .2 |
| Vaccinated and "No statement " | 100 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 21.8 | 43.7 | 14.7 | 2.9 | .2 |
| Unvaccinated | 100 | 16.1 | 23.5 | 33.5 | 20.7 | 5.3 | .9 | .1 |
* These cases include cases stated to hare been vaccinated, but bearing no visible evidence of the operation, and also those in which no
statement was made, but the nature of the eruption or other cause prevented any observation of the marks, if any existed.
† See footnote (†), page 6.