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 1900
Report on the proceedings of the Public Health (Sanitary) Department of the Corporation of London during the year 1900
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The advice given by the late Medical Officer of
Health that no unvaccinated child should be
admitted or allowed to remain in the Artizans'
Dwellings, is well worthy of your careful
consideration.
Vaccination Returns from Metropolitan Unions.
| Year. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible. | Had Small-pox. | Died before Vaccination. | Vaccination Postponed. | Not finally accounted for. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| per cent. | per cent. | percent. | percent. | percent. | percent. | |
| 1803 | 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 | 62.9 | 0.39 | .0007 | 10.2 | 1.5 | 249 |
| 1897 | 60.5 | 0.29 | — | 10.3 | 1.8 | 29.1 |
| 1898 | Not yet published. | |||||
| 1899 | ||||||