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City of London 1912
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the City of London for the year 1912
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• Vaccination Statistics in the City of London.
| Year. | Number of Births. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible. | Had Small-pox. | Died before Vaccination. | Vaccination Postponed. | Cases pending or removed at the end of the year. | Conscientious Objections. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | 269 | 62.4 | 1.11 | Nil. | 11.5 | 4.8 | 17.0 | 2.6 |
| 1908 | 281 | 59.8 | .71 | „ | 9.6 | 3.9 | 21.3 | 4.6 |
| 1909 | 248 | 58.4 | .80 | „ | 9.6 | 5.4 | 16.5 | 8.8 |
| 1910 | 262 | 57.6 | .38 | „ | 9.5 | 3.8 | 15.6 | 12.9 |
| 1911 | 410 | 37.5 | .24 | „ | 8.2 | 3.4 | 38.7 | 11.9 |
| Average previous 5 years | 294 | 55.1 | .65 | „ | 9.6 | 4.2 | 21.8 | 8.1 |
| 1912 | 410 | 43.9 | Nil | „ | 6.8 | 0.5 | 33.6 | 15.1 |
VACCINATION ACT, 1907.
It will be seen that the number of conscientious objectors is increasing.
This is doubtless due to the Vaccination Act of 1907, which is a direct encouragement
to persons not to protect their children from the risk attending an attack of small-pox.
MORTALITY.
During the year under review, 806 deaths were registered in the District, including
674 persons dying in the City, but not belonging thereto. See Table, p. 17, for details.
Deducting the latter, 132 deaths remain, to which must be added 46 persons who
died in City Institutions in outside districts, where they were registered. The mortality,
therefore, from which the City death-rate is calculated is 178.
The death rate for 1912 was 9.5 per 1,000 per annum of the population (the
previous year being 10.9), whilst that for the whole of the Metropolis was 13.6.
Death Rates, pee 1,000 per Annum.
| Year. | City of London. | 95 Great Towns of England and Wales. | Metropolis. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | 12.7 | 15.4 | 14.6 |
| 1908 | 12.6 | 15.5 | 14.0 |
| 1909 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 14.0 |
| 1910 | 12.1 | 13.4 | 12.7 |
| 1911 | 10.9 | 15.5 | 15.0 |
| Average previous five years | 12.8 | 15.1 | 14.0 |
| 1912 | 9.5 | 13.8 | 13.6 |
The death rate from zymotic disease per 1,000 of the population was .160 compared
with .13 in the Metropolis.
The deaths from phthisis correspond to a rate of 1.06 per thousand of the
population, compared with 1.35 in the Metropolis,
Infantile Mortality.
The deaths of children under one year of age to 1,000 births were 26, against 91
for the whole of London.
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