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Willesden 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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The Council have now obtained powers for the compulsory
acquisition of about ten acres of land in the adjoining
district of Kingsbury for the erection of a small pox hospital.
Vaccination Statistics.—The following Table, No. 49,
gives statistics of the Vaccination Returns in this district
since 1898:—
Table No . 49.
| Years. | No. of Births on Register of Vaccination Officer. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible. | Dead. | Conscientious Objectors. | Postponed by Doctor. | Gone Away. | Unvaccinated. | Percentage of Survivors unprotected by Vaccination. | Conscientious Objectors per 100 Children Vaccinated. | Cases of Small Pox Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) |
| 1898 | 3,125 | 1,474 | 13 | 257 | 37 | 117 | 259 | 968 | 48 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 1899 | 3,375 | 1,615 | 24 | 345 | 63 | 76 | 91 | 1,161 | 46 | 3.9 | 0 |
| 1900 | 3,56o | 1,704 | 8 | 253 | 106 | 56 | 268 | 1,165 | 48 | 6.'2 | 0 |
| 1901 | 3,670 | 2,351 | 12 | 304 | 120 | 40 | 280 | 563 | 30 | 5.1 | 10 |
| 1902 | 3,835 | 2,548 | 28 | 353 | 84 | 39 | 352 | 430 | 27 | 3.3 | 88 |
| 1903 | 4,070 | 2,687 | 27 | 346 | 84 | 52 | 322 | 552 | 27 | 3.1 | 7 |
| 1904 | 4,357 | 2,697 | 19 | 308 | 100 | 56 | 355 | 852 | 35 | 3.7 | 12 |
| 1905 | 4,135 | 2,448 | 15 | 286 | 75 | 64 | 297 | 950 | 36 | 3.0 | 0 |
| 1906 | 4,190 | 2,325 | 19 | 290 | 102 | 68 | 348 | 1,038 | 40 | 4.3 | 0 |
| 1907 | 4,170 | 2,314 | 15 | 269 | 157 | 61 | 329 | 1,025 | 40 | 6.7 | 0 |
| 1908 | 4,030 | 2,096 | 16 | 225 | 378 | 61 | 319 | 935 | 44 | 18.0 | 0 |
| 1909 | 4,066 | 2,015 | 17 | 244 | 495 | 61 | 319 | 915 | 47 | 24.6 | 0 |
| 1910 | 3,810 | 1,742 | 8 | 206 | 607 | 24 | 277 | 946 | 52 | 34.8 | 0 |
| 1911 | 3,865 | 1,592 | 16 | 254 | 748 | 46 | 261 | 948 | 56 | 47.0 | 0 |
| 1912 | 3,955 | 1,804 | 10 | 227 | 1,020 | 53 | 247 | 594 | 52 | 56.0 | 1 |
| 1913 | 3,920 | 1,659 | 0 | 202 | 1.108 | 63 | 265 | 623 | 55 | 66.8 | 0 |
Measles and Whooping Cough.—These diseases are
not compulsorily notifiable, and cases come to the knowledge
of the Health Department usually through Head Teachers.
In this way 1,656 cases of measles and 520 of whooping
cough were notified during 1913.
Beyond the exclusion of children from school, as detailed
in the report of the School Medical Officer, no special action
is taken to deal with these cases.