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Fulham 1899
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 30th, 1899
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VACCINATION.
The following Tables, furnished by Mr. Busby, the Vaccination
Officer, give the vaccination returns for 1898, and for the first six
months of 1899, those for the last six months not being yet
complete : —
SUPPLEMENTAL RETURN FOR 1898, FOR THE PARISH OF FULHAM.
| No. of Births from 1st Jan., 1899, to 30th June, 1899. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small Pox. | Dead. | Postponed by Medical Certificate. | Removed. | Outstanding. | Certificates Granted under Clause 2 of the Vaccination Act of 1898. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4311 | 3170 | 23 | – | 453 | 78 | 461 | 36 | 90 |
RETURN OF VACCINATION FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, 1899, FOR THE PARISH OF FULHAM.
| No of Births Registered from 1st J n., 1898. to 31st Dec.. 1898 | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small Pox. | Dead. | Postponed by Medical Certificate. | Removed. | Outstanding. | Certificates Granted under Clause 2 of the Vaccination Act of 1898. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2332 | 1548 | 20 | – | 292 | 84 | 216 | 135 | 37 |
The return for 1898 is the most unsatisfactory one that has been
issued, 13.6 per cent, of the children born in Fulham, or 15.2 per cent,
including cases postponed, appearing in the vaccination returns as
“ not finally accounted for,” the highest proportion hitherto having
been 10 per cent, in 1894.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS
More extended use has been made by medical practitioners of
the facilities afforded by the Vestry for the employment of bacteriological
examinations for the purposes of diagnosis, and the following
examinations were made during the year: —
Diphtheria. —Material from 139 cases was examined, and the
bacillus of Diphtheria was found in 76.