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Vaccination.
The number of successful vaccinations for the year 1910 was
much less than for 1909 and indeed for many previous years.
Again, the number of children in respect of whom certificates
of conscientious objection have been received is in excess
of any previous year. A sudden increase in this number during
1907 and the following years is clearly due to the Vaccination
Act of 1907, which enabled the so-called conscientious objector
to obtain exemption from vaccination of his child with much
greater ease than hitherto; and too much stress cannot be laid
of the danger to a community from invasion by small pox when
there exists a large proportion of young unvaccinated persons.
The number of certificates of successful primary vaccination,
at all ages, received during the past two years has been as
follows:—
1910 2220
1911 (half-year) ... 1036
Greenwich Union.
DEPTFORD (SUR-KEGISTRATION) VACCINATION DISTRICT.
YEARS 1910 AND 1911.
Year
ending Hist
December.
No. of
Births
registered
Successfully
Vaccinated
Insusceptible
of
Vaccina*
tion.
Had Small Pox.
Number
respect of
whom Certificates
of
Conscientious
Objection
have been
received.
Dead
Unvaccinated.
Postpone
men t
byMedical
Certificate.
Removal
to districts
the
Vaccination
Officer of
which has
been duly
apprised.
Removal
to places
unknown
or which
cannot be
reached
and cases
not
having
been
found.
Unaccount
ed for.
1910
3147
2220
4
..
312
226
10
17
323
35
1911
1st half-year.
1607
1036
14
..
183
131
37
13
161
32
Totals
4754
3256
18
..
495
357
47
30
484
67
I am indebted to the courtesy of Mr. A. E. Rossiter,
Vaccination Officer to the Guardians, for the above figures.