Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Of children born in the City in 1901, the following statement shows the number vaccinated up to the end of the year (by the time when the return has to be made to the Local Government Board this number will have been increased):—
— | Births. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible. | Died Unvaccinated. Vaccination Postponed. | Not found, removed to address unknown. | Removed, and Vaccination Officer informed. | Conscientious Objectors. | Remaining. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. George's Union | 2,243 | 1,789 | 11 | 200 144 | 76 | 10 | 12 | _ |
Westminster Union ... | 672 | 509 | 1 | 46 10 | 78 | 18 | 5 | 5 |
Strand Union ...... | 322 | 229 | 1 | 29 15 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
The City ...... | 3,237 | 2,527 | 13 | 275 259 | 194 | 32 | 19 | 7 |
Deducting those who died, 86'8 per cent, were vaccinated (88,
80, and 78 per cent, respectively).
Re-Vaccinations.—Information cannot be obtained of the entire
number of persons who were re-vaccinated during 1901, but those
done by the Public Vaccinators in their official capacity amounted to
2,201 in the Strand Union, 3,317 in Westminster Union, 4,039 in
St. George's Union (697 in Belgrave District, 1,998 in Mayfair, and
1,344 in Westminster District of the Union), a total of 9,557 for the
City. In a number of instances these persons were not residents
in the City, but were employed therein, but as payment is made
from a common fund, it is immaterial in which part of London a
person is vaccinated.
The Council during the year passed resolutions expressing the
opinion that the control of vaccination should be with the Sanitary
Authority, and not with the Poor Law Guardians.
Scarlet Fever.—There were only 25-7 cases per 10,000 of population
in Westminster as compared with 40-4 in all London. This
does not necessarily imply that Westminster has been more free
from this complaint than it ought to be, because on reference to the
Local Government Board's Table C it will be seen that of the 475
cases, the bulk of them occurred in young persons under 20 years
of age (chiefly betwjsen four and 12 years of age), at which ages
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