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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 1897
Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea...
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TABLE XVI.
| Registration Sub-District. | Number of Births returned in the Birth List Sheets—1897. | Nos. of those births duly entered by the 31st January, 1896,in Cols. 10, 11, and 13, of the Vaccination Register. (Birth List Sheets), viz.:— | No. of Births which on, the 31st March, 1898,remained unentered in the Vaccination Register on account. | Number of those Births remaining on 31st January neither duly entered in Vaccination Register (Col. 3, 4. 5, and 6 of this Return) nor accounted in the Report Book | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Col. 10, successfully vaccinated. | Col. Insusceptible of vaccination. | Col. 13, Dead un-vaccinated. | Postponement by Medical Certificate. | Removed to Districts theirvaccination officers of which have been apprised. | Removed to places unknown. | |||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) |
| East Battersea | 2427 | 1243 | 2 | ... | 237 | ... | 112 | ... | 193 | 640 |
| West Battersea | 2843 | 1546 | 30 | ... | 281 | ... | 90 | ... | 227 | 669 |
| Totals | 5270 | 2789 | 32 | ... | 518 | ... | 202 | ... | 420 | 1309 |
Table XVI. is a copy of the annual table presented by the
Vaccination Officer to the Guardians. The numbers under the
headings fully shew the condition of vaccination in Battersea
during 1897.
Vaccination.
In the Annual Report for 1896 a very copious
resume of the report of the Royal Commission on
Vaccination was given. It will not be necessary to reproduce
the body of the report, but the conclusions of the majority report
as well as that of the minority are epitomised and here given as
well as the Bill before parliament at the time of writing, for