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Fulham 1919
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1919
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Smallpox.—No case of smallpox has been notified
in Fulham since 1916. Five suspicious cases were
reported in 1919, but they were found not to be cases
of smallpox.
Vaccination.—The following table, furnished by
the Vaccination Officer, Mr. H. Davies, gives the vaccination
returns for the four years 1915-18, those for
1919 not being yet completed.
TABLE XI.
| Year. | Births | Successfully vaccinated. | Insus.of Vaccination. | Had Smallpox. | Declarations of Conscientious Objections. | Dead (unvaccinated.) | Post-poned by Medical Certificate. | Removal to Districts & Vaccination Officer notified. | Removal to Places unknown | No. of Births not accounted for in other columns. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 3,741 | 2,136 | 4 | — | 749 | 269 | 95 | 72 | 363 | 53 |
| 1916 | 3,610 | 2,054 | 9 | — | 775 | 218 | 79 | 88 | 332 | 55 |
| 1917 | 2,852 | 1,549 | 7 | — | 623 | 166 | 105 | 93 | 254 | 55 |
| 1918 | 2,594 | 1,423 | 15 | — | 546 | 171 | 75 | 59 | 270 | 35 |
Of the children born during the four years 21 per
cent. were exempted by declaration of conscientious
objection, and of the surviving children, 40 per cent.
remain unvaccinated.
No vaccinations were performed by the Medical
Officer of Health under the Public Health (Smallpox
Prevention) Regulations, 1917.
Scarlet Fever.—371 cases of Scarlet Fever were
notified, against 228 in 1918, and there were five
deaths, giving a case mortality of 1.4 per cent.