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Fulham 1912

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. Supplemental Return for 1911 for the Borough of Fulham.

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.
4012266518318545573035119

TABLE XVII. Return of Vaccination for the period from January toJune, 1912, for the Borough of Fulham.

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.
209813504119493052318761

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.