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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
Battersea 1896
Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1896
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198
Years.
Post-vaccinal Small-Pox per
Cent. of Total.
1826 38
1835-45 - 44
1845-55 - 64
1855-65 - 78
1863 - - 83
1864 - - 84
1878 - 79 - 93
1885 - - 93
1888-91 - (14 cases only) 100
We are not aware of any grounds for thinking that at any
time more than 90 per cent. of Londoners have been vaccinated.
Judging from the vaccination returns the proportion would seem
to be less than this, and the evidence derived from local
investigations supports the latter view.
The per centage of children not finally accounted for as regards vaccination in London is given as follows, by the Local Government Board, for the years since 1872:—
| 1872 | 8.8 | 1883 | 65 |
| 1873 | 8.7 | 1884 | 6.8 |
| 1874 | 8.8 | 1885 | 7.0 |
| 1875 | 9.3 | 1886 | 7.8 |
| 1876 | 6.5 | 1887 | 9.0 |
| 1877 | 7.1 | 1888 | 10.3 |
| 1878 | 7.1 | 1889 | 11.6 |
| 1879 | 7.8 | 1890 | 13.9 |
| 1880 | 7.0 | 1891 | 16.4 |
| 1881 | 5.7 | 1892 | 18.4 |
| 1882 | 6.6 |
Annual Small-Pox Death Rates per 100,000 at different Ages in London.
| - | 0-5 Years. | 5 years and upwards. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1851-60 | 130 | 13 | ||||
| 1861-70 | 116 | 14 | ||||
| 1871-80 | 113 | 34 | ||||
| 1881-88 | 37 | 16 | ||||