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Shoreditch 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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VACCINATION.
The last official figures as to vaccination are those published with the report
of the Medical Officer of the Local Government Board for 1.910.11, and relate to
the year 1909. Of the births registered during that year in 48"6 per cent, vaccination
was successfully performed and 35'6 per cent, were not finally accounted for, the
latter figure including postponed cases. Although 42.4 per cent, of the children
whose births were registered in 1909 were unvaccinated at the end of the year. The
last figure includes those exempted by conscientious objection certificates, which
numbered 237 or 68 per cent, of the births registered as compared with 4'7 per
cent, in 1908, 2T per cent, in 1907, 0.7 in 1906, 0.8 in 1905, 0.5 in 1904, 0.6 in
1903 and 0.3 in 1902.
In the following table are contained the percentages of children born not finally accounted for as regards vaccination, including postponed cases, each year from
| Year. | Shoreditch. | Metropolis. | Best of England. | Year. | Shoreditch. | Metropolis. | Rest of England. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The above figures indicate a decreasing amount of vaccination in the Borough
since 1907.
SCARLET FEVER.
The cases certified during 1911 numbered 234 as compared with 210 in 1910
339 in 1909, 590 in 1908, 876 in 1907, 629 in 1906, 789 in 1905, 343 in 1904, and
255 in 1903. In 22 or 9.4 per cent, of the cases certified intimations were received
from the Metropolitan Asylums Board that the patients had not been suffering from
scarlet fever. Corrected for errors in diagnosis, the cases during the year numbered
212 as compared with 181 in 1910, 321 in 1909, 573 in 1908, 822 in 1907, 599 in
1906, 776 in 1905, 326 in 1904 and 237 in 1903.
The distribution of the cases certified, and the deaths amongst males and females
during the year in the Borough and its eight wards are as shown in the subjoined
table:—