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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Islington 1915

Sixtieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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Table: Table XXXIX.Showing the result of theBacteriological Examinationsmade for theDiagnosisofDiphtheria, Enteric FeverandPhthisis,1898-1915.

Table XXXIX.

Showing the result of theBacteriological Examinationsmade for theDiagnosisofDiphtheria, Enteric FeverandPhthisis,1898-1915.

Periods.Diphtheria.Enteric Frvfr.Phthisis.Totals.
Positive Results.Negative Results.Total Examined.Positive Results.Negative Results.Total Examined.Positive Results.Negative Results.Total Examined.
1898 (6 months)112031311748......79
1899475097255176364379252
19004362105334578354479262
190180901706646112284371353
1902527012245691143983122358
19031464781554694096136283
19042858861439534689135274
1905618614734225687131218421
190668991672729565796153376
19078813522325345968121189471
19089318828134255969136205545
19096423630020355560162222577
191012527640132296163157220682
191115732748419335266186252788
1912137298435232750119341460945
19131634185812428521835467291362
19141785186961544592435678101565
19151233604831619351985687661284
Totals (for 17½ years)153233554887498646114414373409484610877

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STATE OF VACCINATION IN ISLINGTON.
Of the 7,785 births registered in 1914, the return shows that only 3,380
infants were successfully vaccinated; while 16 were declared insusceptible to
vaccination; 568 died unvaccinated; 2,124 certificates of exemption were produced
by parents; and 44 cases were postponed under medical authority, thus
leaving 1,653 unaccounted for.