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Islington 1909

Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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192
1909]
The last published statistics relating to England and Wales refer to 1907,
and they show that only 70.9 per cent. of the children born during that year
were vaccinated, as compared with 61 0 per cent. in 1898, and an average of 67.7
per cent. in the years 1893-1897; while those relating to the Metropolis show
that in 1907 the vaccinations represented 65.9 per cent. of the births, as compared
with 68 1 per cent. in 1906, and 70.7 in 1905, and an average of 65.4 in
in the years 1893—97.
Curiously enough, these returns (1907) are slightly better than those of
the years 1893.1897, both for England and Wales and the Metropolis, and,
therefore, it is a little unfortunate that an alteration in the law should have
been made at such a time.

Table: Table CXIX. Showing the State of Vaccination in Islington, 1880-1909, also in London and England and Wales, 1880-1907.

Table CXIX. Showing the State of Vaccination in Islington, 1880-1909, also in London and England and Wales, 1880-1907.

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.
1234567891011
18809,9318,12326885Not granted for years previous to 1897.1187799.07.04.5
18819,9938,33921812897308.25.74.3
188210,0009,860228191556448.06.64.5
18839,9508,192258901946448.46.54.9
18849,8928,121479241916018.06.85.3
18859,6837,874419911576178.07.05.5
18869,8447,914391,0911486227.87.86.1
18879,7327,769441,1331716158.19.06.7
18889,6207,522391,1122197289.810.38.2
18899,6387,581221,1201987179.511.69.6
18909,2397,250191,1171227319.213.910.9
18919,8237,584331,14513193010.816.412.9
18929,6267,221281,1821271,04812.218.414.3
18939,7577,251381,2221321.11412.718.215.7
18949,5747,151391,0671011,21613.720.619.0
18959,9597,079509752371,61818.724.919.8
18969,7526,575468542232,05423.426.422.3
18979,8786,53930954142202,12123.829.121.6
18989,4785,422441,0681032512.59031.134.426.6
18999,6315,698811,0481013332,37029.128.720.8
19009,8165,777308121272982,27228.926.819.9
19019,9666,382298521061071,79021.625.217.3
19020,0556,5933981873981,43417.722.115.2
19038,9596,67323739103621,35917.021.714.7
19048,9566,7742672989501,28815.920.214.5
19058,6036,36028709110661,33017.520.114.8
19068,5346,260226961231001,33318.222.716.8
19078,3725,97615609259651,44821.225.820.3
19088,3175,59531595588891,41925.2Not avail- able.Not avail- able.
1909 (6 ra'ths)4,1072,701172513505972917.7

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* 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.