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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
City of London 1898
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1898
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VACCINATION.
Of the births, 212 were successfully vaccinated,
38 died before the age for vaccination,
25 were postponed by medical certificate, 66
removed into other districts, and 127 were
pending at the end of the year.
During the same period only 77 adults, &c.,
were re-vaccinated, a number far below the
necessities of our population, it being clearly
proved that infant vaccination does not confer
a life-long immunity from Small-pox, and
requires renewal at ages between 7 and 10, and
again in the presence of an epidemic invasion.
Table showing Five Years' Vaccination Statistics in the City of London.
| Year. | Number of Births. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible. | Had Small-pox. | Died before Vaccination. | Vaccination Postponed. | Removed or unac-connted for at the end of the year. | Conscientious Objections. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | ||
| 1894 | 520 | 78.9 | .38 | Nil. | 8.5 | 3.30 | 9.06 | — |
| 1895 | 552 | 74.3 | .90 | ,, | 9.6 | 3.80 | 11.40 | — |
| 1896 | 534 | 64.6 | .19 | ,, | 8.4 | 4.5 | 22.30 | — |
| 1897 | 491 | 59.3 | .20 | ,, | 6.9 | 5.5 | 28.10 | — |
| 1898 | 468 | 45.3 | Nil. | ,, | 8.1 | 5.4 | 34.20 | 7.0 |