Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sixtieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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Years. | Vaccinations per 100 births, less infants who died unvaccinated. | Years. | Vaccinations per 100 births, less infants who died unvaccinated. |
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1880 | 89.8 | 1898 | 64.9 |
1881 | 90.8 | 1899 | 66.4 |
1882 | 91.1 | 1900 | 67.9 |
1883 | 90.4 | 1901 | 75.8 |
1884 | 90.5 | 102 | 80.0 |
1885 | 1903 | 81.2 | |
1886 | 90.8 | 1904 | 82.3 |
1887 | 90.4 | 1905 | 80.5 |
1888 | 88.4 | 1906 | 79.9 |
1889 | 89.0 | 1907 | 76.9 |
1890 | 89.3 | 1908 | 72.4 |
1891 | 87.4 | 1909 | 70.7 |
1892 | 85.5 | 1910 | 66.7 |
1893 | 85.0 | 1911 | 62.3 |
1894 | 84.0 | 1912 | 54.1 |
1895 | 70.9 | 1913 | 51.1 |
1896 | 73.9 | 1914 | 46.8 |
1897 | 73.3 |
Certificates of Exemption.—The following tabular statement shows clearly the large increase in these certificates since 1897, which is the first year in which they were accepted as an excuse for the failure of the parents to have their infants vaccinated.
1897 | 14 | 1906 | 123 |
1898 | 103 | T907 | 259 |
1899 | 101 | 1908 | 588 |
1900 | 127 | 1909 | 824 |
1901 | 106 | 1910 | 1,080 |
1902 | 73 | 1911 | 1,241 |
1903 | 103 | 1912 | 1,646 |
1904 | 89 | 1913 | 1,942 |
1905 | 110 | 1914 | 2,124 |
The following Table shows how the exemption certificates were distri buted throughout the borough and the percentages they bore to the births, less the children who died unvaccinated:—
Registration Sub-District. | Births, less Infants died unvaccinated. | Exemptions. | Percentage of Exemption Certificates to Births. |
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Tufnell | 649 | 193 | 29.7 |
Upper Holloway | 849 | 249 | 29.3 |
Tollington | 626 | 166 | 26.5 |
Highbury | 1,074 | 373 | 34.7 |
Lower Holloway | 934 | 238 | |
Barnsbury | 1,392 | 305 | |
Islington, South-East | 1,693 | 600 | 35.4 |
The Borough | 7,217 | 2,124 | 29.4 |