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sunny months, 187 hours of sunshine having been registered
in the four weeks ended June 27, and 171 hours in the four
weeks ended July 25. The most sunny week was that ended
June 20 (60.3 hours). January and December were the most
sunless months, their respective records being, for January 10
hours, for December 8.9 hours. No sunshine was registered
in the week ended 4th January. The average annual amount
of sunshine registered in the ten years 1886-95 was 1,234
hours, the maximum being 1,454 hours in 1893.
VACCINATION.
Table X. (appendix) is a return respecting vaccination in
Kensington in 1895 (the return for 1896 is not yet published),
compiled by Mr. Shattock, the Vaccination Officer, whose
able discharge of duties not easy of performance, in these
days, deserves recognition. It appears that of 3,634 infants
whose births were registered during the year, 2,844 were
successfully vaccinated; 25 were returned as "insusceptible
of vaccination"; 49 were postponed by medical certificate;
15 were removed to other known districts; and 374 died before
attaining the age for vaccination or owing to ill-health were
not in a fit condition to be vaccinated; some 327 cases—"from
removal of children to places out of the parish unknown, or
which cannot be reached, and cases not having been found"—
are unaccounted for. These cases are equivalent to a "loss" of
9 0 per cent. compared with the number of births registered, the
losses in the preceding nine years having been 5.4, 5.9, 6.0,
6.5, 6.7, 8.0, 8.7, 7.7, and 8.4 per cent. respectively. These
tigures clearly indicate that the proportion of unvaccinated
persons in this parish is on the increase. But Kensington
has not yet fallen to the low level of many other Metropolitan
Districts in this respect. Of the 2,844 successful vaccinations
1,609 (58.7 per cent.) were performed at the public stations
and the Parish Infirmary, viz., 1,098 at the Notting Hill
station, 321 at the South station, and 250 at the infirmary.