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Hackney 1893
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1893
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VACCINATION.
Below is given a table compiled from returns furnished by
the Vaccination Officers, showing the number of births, number of
infants vaccinated successfully and unsuccessfully ; also the number
not vaccinated at all.
One remarkable feature about these figures is the extraordinary
number of infants unvaccinated. Practically more than half the
infants born escape vaccination. If this proportion escapes vaccination
every year, and small-pox ever gains a foothold in Hackney the
consequences will no doubt be serious.
I commend this subject to the serious consideration of the Hackney Guardians.
| Registration Sub-District. | No. of Births. | No. successfully vaccinated. | No. insusceptible to vaccination. | No. had Smallpox. | No. died unvaccinated. | No. vaccinations postponed. | No. remaining. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3097 | 837 | 5 | .. | 217 | 4 | 2034 | |
| South Hackney | 1375 | 323 | 7 | .. | 122 | 1 | 922 |
| West Hackney | 1235 | 636 | 3 | .. | 122 | 56 | 305 |
| Stoke Newington | 786 | 466 | 2 | .. | 65 | 47 | 145 |
| Stamford Hill | 426 | 248 | 1 | .. | 41 | 14 | 94 |
| Totals | 6919 | 2510 | 18 | .. | 567 | 122 | 3500 |
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.
January.—During the first half of this month the weather was
very cold, with snow and rain, and the temperature much below the
average, the deficiency averaging 6.8°. The latter half of the month
was warm, with fogs, the excess of temperature averaging 4.1° The
atmospheric pressure was above the average. Rain fell on 18 days,
the amount equalling 1.56 inches.
February.—The weather was milder this month, the mean daily
temperature (42.6°) being above the average. The barometric pressure
was below the average, the mean daily deficiency being 0.44 in. Rain
fell on 21 days, giving 2.89 inches.