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Islington 1903
Forty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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" 2nd. The site must not have within half a mile of it a population of as
" many as 600 persons, whether in one or more institutions, or in
" dwelling houses.
" 3rd. Even where the above conditions are fulfilled, a hospital must not be
" used at one and the same time for the reception of cases of Small Pox
" and of any other class of disease."
The contrast between the practice in England and in Germany is truly
great, and the contrast between the results are as marvellous. Germany rigidly
practices vaccination and re-vaccination, incurs no special expenditure on
hospitals, and is practically free from Small Pox ; while England plays with
vaccination, altogether neglects re-vaccination, builds expensive hospitals, provides
the necessary staff of doctors and nurses, and Small Pox is hardly ever
absent from the country. These facts speak for themselves. They require no
comment to drive their moral home, just as good wine requires no bush.
From these remarks it is plainly seen that England has not yet done her
duty with respect to this disease, although she is slowly moving in the right
direction, and until she shall have there can be no hope of stamping out this
loathsome and filthy sickness.
Table CXI.
| Years. | No. of Births. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible to Vaccination. | Died Unvaccinated. | No. of exemption certificates. | Postponed by nedical certificate. | Remaining. | Cases (cols. 6, 7, & 8), not finally vaccinated per 100 births. | In London. | Rest of England. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 1880 | 9,931 | 8,123 | 26 | 885 | Not granted for years previous to 1897. | 118 | 779 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 4.5 |
| 1881 | 9,993 | 8,339 | 21 | 812 | 83 | 730 | 8.2 | 5.7 | 4.3 | |
| 1882 | 10,000 | 3,360 | 22 | 819 | 155 | 644 | 8.0 | 6.6 | 4.5 | |
| 1883 | 9,950 | 8,192 | 25 | 890 | 194 | 644 | 8.4 | 6.8 | 4.9 | |
| 1884 | 9,892 | 8,121 | 47 | 924 | 191 | 601 | 8.0 | 6.8 | 5.3 | |
| 1885 | 9,683 | 7,874 | 41 | 991 | 157 | 617 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 5.5 | |
| 1886 | 9,844 | 7.944 | 39 | 1,091 | 148 | 622 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 6.1 | |
| 1887 | 9,732 | 7,769 | 44 | 1,133 | 171 | 615 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 6.7 | |
| 1888 | 9,620 | 7,522 | 39 | 1,112 | 219 | 728 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 8.2 | |
| 1889 | 9,638 | 7,581 | 22 | 1,120 | 198 | 717 | 9.5 | 11.6 | 9.6 | |
| 1890 | 9,239 | 7,250 | 19 | 1,117 | 122 | 731 | 9.2 | 13 9 | 10.9 | |
| 1891 | 9,823 | 7,584 | 33 | 1,145 | 131 | 930 | 10.8 | 16.4 | 12.9 | |
| 1892 | 9,626 | 7,221 | 28 | 1,182 | 127 | 1,018 | 12.2 | 18.4 | 14.3 | |
| 1893 | 9,757 | 7,251 | 38 | 1.222 | 132 | 1,114 | 12.7 | 18.2 | 15.7 | |
| 1894 | 9,574 | 7,151 | 39 | 1,067 | 101 | 1,215 | 13.7 | 20.6 | 19.0 | |
| 1895 | 9,959 | 7,079 | 50 | 975 | 237 | 1,620 | 18.7 | 24.9 | 19.8 | |
| 1896 | 9,752 | 6,575 | 46 | 854 | 223 | 2,054 | 23.4 | 26.4 | 22.3 | |
| 1897 | 9,878 | 6,539 | 30 | 954 | 14 | 220 | 2,135 | 24.0 | 29.1 | 21.6 |
| 1898 | 9,478 | 5,422 | 44 | 1,068 | 103 | 251 | 2,693 | 32.2 | 33.0 | 21.5 |
| 1899 | 9,631 | 5,69s | 81 | 1,048 | 101 | 333 | 2,370 | 29.1 | 27.7 | 17.2 |
| 1900 | 9,316 | 5,777 | 30 | 812 | 127 | 298 | 2,399 | 30.3 | Not | Not |
| 1901 | 9,266 | 6,382 | 29 | 852 | 106 | 107 | 1,896 | 22.7 | available | available. |
| 1902 | 9,055 | 6,593 | 39 | 818 | 73 | 98 | 1,507 | 18.5 | ||
| 1903 | 4,484 | 1,550 | 14 | 347 | 53 | 81 | 2,492 | 58.6 | „ | „ |
| (6 m'ths) |
Note.—The figures n Column 8 are obtained by adding together the numbers given
in Columns 3, 4, 5 and 7 and deducting the total from the number in Column 2.
The figures in Column 9 are percentage statements, obtained by adding together the
numbers given in Columns 6, 7 and 8 and applying them to the numbers in Column 2.