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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
Fulham 1908
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1908
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TABLE XIX.
| No. of Births Registered from Jan. Ist, 1908, to June 30th, 1908. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Dead Unvaccinated. | Postponed by Medical Certificate. | Certificates granted under Clause 2 of Vaccination Act, 1898. | Removed to Districts in which Vaccination Officer has been notified. | Removed to places unknown. | Outstanding. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,351 | 1,694 | 7 | 160 | 46 | 166 | 14 | 251 | 13 |
The proportion of children not finally accounted for, including
cases postponed, amounted to 1 8.2 per cent, of the total
births, a higher proportion than in any previous year.
A marked increase will be noticed in the number of children
exempted by conscientious objection certificates since additional
facilities for obtaining these were given by the Vaccination Act
of 1907.
The following table shows the proportion of unvaccinated children during the ten years 1897-1906:—
| Year. | Births. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Died Unvaccinated. | Vaccination postponed. | Removed, &c. | Certificates granted under Clause 2 of the Vaccination Act of 1898. | Percentage not finally accounted for. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | 4,106 | 3,341 | 22 | 432 | 42 | 266 | 4 | 8.2 |
| 1898 | 4,306 | 3,170 | 23 | 453 | 78 | 497 | 90 | 16.0 |
| 1899 | 4,574 | 3,360 | 27 | 615 | 76 | 384 | 66 | 12.1 |
| 1900 | 4,525 | 3,345 | 13 | 470 | 65 | 458 | 63 | 13.2 |
| 1901 | 4,596 | 3,603 | 11 | 641 | 19 | 478 | 53 | 12.2 |
| 1902 | 4,790 | 3,700 | 19 | 457 | 51 | 439 | 29 | 11.3 |
| 1903 | 4,790 | 3,755 | 13 | 423 | 66 | 479 | 61 | 13.0 |
| 1904 | 4,905 | 3,834 | 17 | 505 | 47 | 449 | 60 | 11.2 |
| 1905 | 4,760 | 3,794 | 11 | 442 | 39 | 398 | 69 | 10.9 |
| 1906 | 4,767 | 3,643 | 15 | 422 | 92 | 498 | 98 | 14.8 |