London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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During the past year Thirty-three parents
took advantage of the so-called "conscientious
objection" clause to avoid having their children
protected.
Metropolitan Unions.
| Year. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible. | Had Small-pox. | Died before Vaccination. | Vaccination Postponed. | Not finally accounted for. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | ||
| 1893 | 70.6 | 0.53 | .0015 | 10.6 | 1.3 | 17.6 | |
| 1894 | 69.4 | 0.47 | .0023 | 9.5 | 1.4 | 19.2 | |
| 1895 | 64.2 | 0.46 | .0007 | 10.5 | 1.5 | 23.1 | |
| 1896 | Not yet published. | ||||||
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| 1898 | |||||||
Referring to the recent action of the Legislature
in yielding to the clamour against
vaccination by platform faddists, and thus
sacrificing the safety of the community in general,
and young children in particular, it is difficult
to speak with becoming moderation. Unless