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 1912
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Smallpox.
No case of smallpox has been notified in Fulham
since 1903. In London only 6 cases were notified
during 1912.
Primary Vaccination.
The following tables, furnished by Mr. Davies,
Vaccination Officer, gives the following returns for 1911
and the first six months of 1912:—
TABLE XVI.
No. of Births Registered from Jan. 1st 1911. to Dec. 31st, 1911. | 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. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4012 | 2665 | 18 | 318 | 54 | 557 | 30 | 351 | 19 |
TABLE XVII.
No. of Births Registered from Jan. 1st, 1912, to June 30th, 1912. | 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. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2098 | 1350 | 4 | 119 | 49 | 305 | 23 | 187 | 61 |
557 children were exempted by statutory declaration
of conscientious objection against 486 in the previous
year, and 25.5 per cent. of those born in 1911 remain
unvaccinated.