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must have been conferred by vaccination under 20 years
of age. Between 20 and 40 years the deaths in the
vaccinated are higher in actual number but not in
proportion to persons living.
This shews the advisability of re-vaccination, and
that a large proportion of the unvaccinated had taken
smallpox at an earlier period of life. It is also some
evidence of the honesty of the official statistics which
the anti-vaccinationists take so much pains to deride as
" cooked" and unreliable, but which they do not
hesitate to avail themselves of whenever a partial
quotation, or an ingenious perversion of them may
serve to mislead the public.
SANITARY WORK.
The number of houses and other premises
inspected and reported to the Vestry was 2055, being
an increase of 478 above the number in the previous
year. 1972 notices were served on owners or
occupiers to execute works, and in the large majority of
cases these were complied with, without the necessity
of having recourse to legal proceedings.
In 42 instances, or 2.2 per cent of the notices, it
was necessary to take out summonses at the Police
Court for non-compliance with the orders of the Vestry.