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Of the 125 illegitimate births registered during
the year, 66 were of boys, and 59 of girls, 120 of the
births (viz., 63 of boys, and 57 of girls) being
registered in North Paddington, and 5 (viz., 3 of
boys, and 2 of girls) in South Paddington.
VACCINATION.
The returns of vaccination contained in Table 8
extend from 1881 to the middle of 1895. The
percentage of children “not finally accounted for”
showed a marked decline in 1894, that year's
record (5.5) being the lowest for the fourteen years.
The percentage for the first half of 1895 (10.8) was
nearly double that for 1894 (5.5). Little importance
need, however, be attached to the increase manifested,
as it is very likely that when the year's
returns are complete there will be only a slight increase,
if any. The success attending the work of vaccination
in 1894 was undoubtedly largely owing to the
epidemic of small-pox in the adjacent Parish of St.
Marylebone. As recorded in the Report for 1894, the
Guardians of this Parish instituted a house-to-house
inquiry for the purpose of looking up unvaccinated
children.
The Royal Commission on Vaccina'ion is still
sitting, but it has been announced that their Report
may be expected during the current year. The Commission
has been sitting seven years, during which
time they have had unexceptional evidence afforded