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Islington 1905
Fiftieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[1905
He, however, sincerely trusts that it may not be their fate, as it has been of others whom he knows, to bewail too the catastrophe that has overtaken themselves and their families.
| Years. | Vaccinations per too births, less infants who died unvaccinated. | Years. | Vaccinations per 100 births, less infants who died unvaccinated. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 89.8 | 1892 | 85.5 |
| 1881 | 90.8 | 1893 | 85.0 |
| 1882 | 91.1 | 1894 | 84.0 |
| 1883 | 90.4 | 1895 | 70.9 |
| 1884 | 90.5 | 1896 | 73.9 |
| 1885 | 90.6 | 1897 | 73.3 |
| 1886 | 90.8 | 1898 | 64.9 |
| 1887 | 90.4 | 1899 | 66.4 |
| 1888 | 88.4 | 1900 | 67.9 |
| 1889 | 89.0 | 1901 | 75.8 |
| 1890 | 89.3 | 1902 | 80.0 |
| 1891 | 87.4 | 1903 | 8l.2 |
| 1904 | 82.3 |
Table CXIII.
| Years. | No. of Births. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible to Vaccination. | Died Unvaccinated | No. of exemption certificates. | Postponed by medical certificate. | ♦Remaining. | Cases (cols. 6, 7, & 8), not finally vaccinated per 100 births. + | Ditto in London. | Ditto in Rest of England. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 1880 | 9,931 | 8,123 | 26 | 885 | Not granted for years previous to 1897. | 118 | 779 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 4.5 |
| 1881 | 9,993 | 8,339 | 21 | 812 | 89 | 730 | 8.2 | 5.7 | 4.3 | |
| 1882 | 10,000 | 3,360 | 22 | 819 | 155 | 644 | 8.0 | 6.6 | 4.5 | |
| 1883 | 9,950 | 8,192 | 25 | 890 | 194 | 644 | 8.4 | 6.8 | 4.9 | |
| 1884 | 9,892 | 8,121 | 47 | 924 | 191 | 601 | 8.0 | 6.8 | 5.3 | |
| 1885 | 9,683 | 7,874 | 4l | 991 | 157 | 617 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 5.5 | |
| 1886 | 9,844 | 7,944 | 39 | 1,091 | 148 | 622 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 6.1 | |
| 1887 | 9,732 | 7,769 | 44 | 1,133 | 171 | 615 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 6.7 | |
| 1888 | 9,620 | 7.522 | 39 | 1,112 | 219 | 728 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 8.2 | |
| 1889 | 9,638 | 7,581 | 22 | 1,120 | 198 | 717 | 9.5 | 11.6 | 9.6 | |
| 1890 | 9,239 | 7,250 | 19 | 1,117 | 122 | 731 | 9.2 | 13.9 | 10.9 | |
| 1891 | 9,823 | 7,584 | 33 | 1.145 | 131 | 930 | 10.8 | 16.4 | 12.9 | |
| 1892 | 9 626 | 7,221 | 28 | 1,182 | 127 | 1,048 | 12.2 | 18.4 | 14.3 | |
| 1893 | 9,757 | 7 251 | 38 | 1 222 | 132 | 1.114 | 12.7 | 18.2 | 15.7 | |
| 1894 | 9,574 | 7,151 | 39 | 1,067 | 101 | 1,216 | 13.7 | 20.6 | 19.0 | |
| 1895 | 9,959 | 7.079 | 50 | 975 | 237 | 1,618 | 18.7 | 24.9 | 19.3 | |
| 1896 | 9,752 | 6.575 | 46 | 854 | 223 | 2,054 | 23.4 | 26.4 | 22.3 | |
| 1897 | 9,878 | 6,539 | 30 | 954 | 14 | 220 | 2,121 | 23.8 | 29.1 | 21.6 |
| 1898 | 9,478 | 5,422 | 44 | 1,068 | 103 | 251 | 2,590 | 31.1 | 33.0 | 21.5 |
| 1899 | 9,631 | 5,698 | 81 | 1,048 | 101 | 333 | 2.370 | 29.1 | 27.7 | 17.2 |
| 1900 | 9,316 | 5,777 | 30 | 812 | 127 | 298 | 2,272 | 28.9 | 25.8 | 13.9 |
| 1901 | 9,266 | 6,382 | 29 | 852 | 106 | 107 | 1.790 | 21.6 | 24.1 | 11.2 |
| 1902 | 9,055 | 6,593 | 39 | 818 | 73 | 98 | 1,434 | 17.7 | 21.3 | 10.0 |
| 1903 | 8,959 | 6 673 | 23 | 739 | 103 | 62 | 1,359 | 17.0 | Not | Not |
| 1904 | 8,956 | 6,774 | 26 | 729 | 89 | 50 | 1,288 | 15.9 | avail able | available. |
| 1905 (0 m'ths) | 4,459 | 3,199 | 9 | 316 | 52 | 85 | 798 | 17.8 |
* The figures in Column 8 are obtained by adding together the numbers given in
Columns 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 and deducting the total from the number in Column 2.
†The figures in Column 9 are percentage statements, obtained by adding together the
numbers given in Columns 6, 7 and 8 and applying them to the numbers in Column 2.