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Islington 1897
Forty-second annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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[1897
VACCINATION.
The deplorable state of vaccination in Islington was fully dealt
with in the Return of the Medical Officer of Health for the third quarter
of the year, and, therefore, it is not proposed to discuss the matter
again. It, however, becomes necessary to place on record in this
report the condition which prevailed up to the end of 1896. The
figures for 1897 are not yet available, but this much may be said to a
certainty that they will not show any improvement on those of the
preceding year.
The succeeding table gives a full statement of the statfe of vaccination
in the Parish and in London since 1880.
Table XCV. Showing the State of Vaccination in Islington during the Seventeen years, 1880-96.
| Years. | Number of of Births. | Successfully Vaccinated. | lnsusceptible toVaccination. | Died Unvaccinated. | Postponed by Medical Certificate. | Remaining. | Case 8 (Cola. 6 and 7)not finally accounted for. | In London. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 1880 | 9,931 | 8,123 | 26 | 885 | 118 | 779 | 9.0 | 7.0 |
| 1881 | 9,993 | 8,339 | 21 | 812 | 89 | 730 | 8.2 | 5.7 |
| 1882 | 10,000 | 8,360 | 22 | 819 | 155 | 644 | 8.0 | 6.6 |
| 1883 | 9,950 | 8,192 | 25 | 890 | 194 | 644 | 8.4 | 6.8 |
| 1884 | 9,892 | 8,121 | 47 | 924 | 191 | 601 | 8.0 | 6.8 |
| 1885 | 9,683 | 7,874 | 41 | 991 | 157 | 617 | 8.0 | 5.5 |
| 1886 | 9,844 | 7,944 | 39 | 1,091 | 148 | 622 | 7.8 | 7.8 |
| 1887 | 9,732 | 7,769 | 44 | 1,133 | 171 | 615 | 8.1 | 9.0 |
| 1888 | 9,620 | 7,522 | 39 | 1,112 | 219 | 728 | 9.8 | 8.2 |
| 1889 | 9,638 | 7,581 | 22 | 1,120 | 198 | 717 | 9.5 | 9.6 |
| 1890 | 9,239 | 7,250 | 19 | 1,117 | 122 | 731 | 9.2 | 10.9 |
| 1891 | 9,823 | 7,584 | 33 | 1,145 | 131 | 930 | 10.8 | 12.9 |
| 1892 | 9,626 | 7,221 | 28 | 1,182 | 127 | 1,048 | 12.2 | 18.4 |
| 1893 | 9,757 | 7,251 | 38 | 1,222 | 132 | 1,114 | 12.7 | 18.2 |
| 1894 | 9,574 | 7,151 | 39 | 1,067 | 101 | 1,215 | 13.7 | 20.6 |
| 1895 | 9,959 | 7,079 | 50 | 975 | 237 | 1,620 | 18.7 | .. |
| 1896 | 9,752 | 6,575 | 46 | 854 | 223 | 2,054 | 23.4 | .. |