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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
Paddington 1877
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE VII.
Return respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were registered during the year 1877.
| Registration Sub-Districts comprised in the Vaccination Officers' Districts. | Number of Births returned in the Birth-List Registered from 1st January, to 31st December, 1877. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small Pox. | Dead—Un-Vaccinated. | Postponed by Medical Certificate. | Removal to Districts, the Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprized. | Removal to Places unknown, or which cannot be reached; and cases not having been found. | Prosecutions. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Mary | 2,207 | 1,765 | 7 | .. | 170 | 87 | 26 | 147 | 5 who have been fined |
| 2 | St. John | 700 | 595 | 3 | • • | 37 | 24 | 2 | 39 | 20s. and 2s. costs each. |
| Total | 2-907 | 2,360 | 10 | .. | 207 | 111 | 28 | 186 | - | |
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