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Paddington 1897

Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1897

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such infants forming 9.0 per cent. of those born, as
against 8'8 and 8.2 in 1895 and 1894. It will be
remembered that there was a slight prevalence of
smallpox in the Parish in 1893 and 1894, which
doubtless had some effect on the amount of vaccination
in the subsequent years.

Table: TABLE 5. Vaccination Returns 1881-1896.

TABLE 5. Vaccination Returns 1881-1896.

Year.Births.Successfully vaccinated.Insusceptible of vaccination.Had Small-pox.Died unvaccinated.Vaccination postponed.Remaining (not traced, &c., &c.)*Children not accounted for (including postponed cases) % of births.
18812,8452,4158...20372127.7
18822,8972,4118...212172499.2
18832,8732,3817...231162388.8
18842,9552,46013...239432008.2
18853,0192,48912...252382288.8
18862,9232,4097...2132626810.1
18872,9152,44011...220402048.4
18882,8552,29322...2163828611.3
18892,8702,2757...2236829712.7
18902,8452,2557...2542930011.6
18912,9682,17216...2543249417.7
18922,9572,3747...2021635812.6
18933,0152,42127...2651029210.0
18942,853 2,9862,36924...203212368.2
18952,37824...302212618.8
18963,0422,44328...286112749.0
January to June, 18971,4641,1844...113271369.2

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* Gone away, false addresses, "unaccounted for."
Table 6 illustrates the extent of neglect of
vaccination in the country generally, in the Metropolis,
and, for part of the time, in the Parish. It
may be remarked that Scotland has hitherto been
noted for the exceedingly small proportion of
children under the "not accounted for" heading