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Number of births registered from 1st January,
1923 to 31st December, 1923 3,103
Successfully vaccinated 1,958
Insusceptible of vaccination 1
Dead—un vaccinated 138
Postponed by medical certificate 35
Certificates granted under clause 2 of the
Vaccination Act, 1898 637
Removed to districts in which Vaccination Officer
has been notified 51
Removed to places unknown 244
Outstanding 39
In my Report for 1923 I dealt in considerable detail
with the subject of vaccination, particularly in regard
to the relationship existing between the number of
vaccinations performed and the prevalence of smallpox
in or around the district. In continuance of these
remarks, I would point out that it is interesting that
the number of successful vaccination certificates received
during 1924 is less by 747 than in 1923. Undoubtedly
part of this fall must be attributed to the fact that
no case of smallpox occurred in Fulham during 1924,
whereas two cases were notified during 1923. The case
of smallpox which I have dealt with later in this
report, although giving the Public Health Department
considerable anxiety, was not generally known to the
public and was, as previously stated, notified in Chelsea
and not in Fulham.
Poor Law Relief.
Through the courtesy of Mr. Mott, Clerk to the
Fulham Guardians, I am able to give below some figures
as to the amount of relief dispensed by the guardians
during the year as compared with previous years It
will be noticed that the persons in receipt of outdoor
medical relief only have fallen from 162 in 1923 to 114
in 1924; similarly there has been a decline in the
number of persons receiving indoor and outdoor
relief.