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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
Finsbury 1903
Report on the public health of 1903
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For purposes of reference the returns of the Metropolitan Asylums Board as to vaccination of the 9,658 cases of smallpox is also added. From these figures it will be seen :—
| Ages. | Vaccinated. | Unknown. | Unvaccinated. | Total cases and deaths. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Mortality per cent. | Cases. | Deaths. | Mortality per cent. | Cases. | Deaths. | Mortality per cent. | Cases. | Deaths. | Mortality per cent. | |
| Years. | ||||||||||||
| Under 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 187 | 130 | 69.52 | 187 | 130 | 69.52 |
| 1 to 5 | 18 | — | — | 7 | 1 | 14.28 | 524 | 209 | 39.88 | 549 | 210 | 38.25 |
| 5—10 | 116 | 2 | 1.72 | 26 | 5 | 19.23 | 563 | 103 | 18.29 | 705 | 110 | 15.60 |
| 10—15 | 334 | 4 | 1.19 | 29 | 5 | 17.24 | 386 | 88 | 22.79 | 749 | 97 | 12.95 |
| 15—20 | 829 | 19 | 2.29 | 44 | 10 | 22.73 | 233 | 62 | 26.61 | 1106 | 91 | 8.22 |
| Total under 20 | 1297 | 25 | 1.93 | 106 | 21 | 19.81 | 1893 | 592 | 31.27 | 3296 | 638 | 19.35 |
| 20—25 | 1274 | 60 | 4.71 | 49 | 16 | 32.65 | 149 | 47 | 31.54 | 1472 | 123 | 8.35 |
| 25—30 | 1243 | 87 | 7.00 | 49 | 24 | 48.98 | 94 | 38 | 40.43 | 1386 | 149 | 10.75 |
| 30—35 | 997 | 111 | 11.13 | 45 | 21 | 46.67 | 52 | 22 | 42.31 | 1094 | 154 | 14.07 |
| 35—40 | 758 | 137 | 18.07 | 32 | 15 | 46.87 | 38 | 19 | 50.00 | 828 | 171 | 20.65 |
| 40—50 | 893 | 188 | 21.05 | 62 | 33 | 53.23 | 31 | 24 | 77.42 | 986 | 245 | 24.84 |
| 50—60 | 320 | 61 | 19.06 | 52 | 23 | 44.23 | 13 | 8 | 61.54 | 385 | 92 | 23.89 |
| 60—70 | 126 | 30 | 23.8 | 25 | 8 | 32.00 | 5 | — | — | 156 | 38 | 24.39 |
| 70—80 | 31 | 5 | 16.13 | 15 | 9 | 60.00 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 47 | 15 | 31.91 |
| 80— | 6 | 1 | 16.67 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 8 | 3 | 37.50 |
| Total between 20 and 80 | 5648 | 680 | 12.04 | 330 | 150 | 45.45 | 384 | 160 | 41.66 | 6362 | 990 | 15.56 |
| Grand Total | 6945 | 705 | 10.15 | 436 | 171 | 39.22 | 2277 | 752 | 33.03 | 9658 | 1628 | 16.85 |
(a) That under 5 years of age 18 cases of small-pox occurred in
children who had been vaccinated, whilst 711 cases occurred in
children who had not been vaccinated.
(b) That under 10 years of age the cases of small-pox in vaccinated
persons had a mortality per centage of 1.72, and the unvaccinated
cases had a mortality per centage of over 42 per cent.
(c) That under 20 years of age the cases of small-pox occurring in
vaccinated persons had a mortality per centage of 1.93, and the
unvaccinated cases had a mortality per centage of 31.27.
(d) That over 20 years of age the cases of small-pox occurring in
vaccinated persons numbered 5,648 and there were 680 deaths,
giving a mortality per centage of 12.04; whereas the cases
occurring in unvaccinated persons were 384, 160 of whom died,