Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1909
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TABLE XIX.
| No. of Births Registered from Jan. xst, 1909, to June 30th, 1909. | Successfully Vacciuatea. | Insusceptible ofVaccination. | 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 toplaces unknown. | Outstanding. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,161 | 1,570 | 4 | 129 | 55 | 171 | 14 | 200 | 18 |
The proportion of children born in 1908, not finally accounted
for, including cases postponed, amounted to 19.0 per
cent, of the total births, a higher proportion than in any previous
year, and there was again a marked increase in the number of
conscientious objectors.
The following table shows the proportion of unvaccinated
children during the ten years 1898-1907:—
TABLE XX.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1907 | 4,506 | 3,360 | 8 | 325 | 63 | 582 | 168 | 18.2 |