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[1912
of a serious epidemic of Small Pox increasing, until the Government once
more take up a strong position in this matter, for in the opinion of those
who are best able to judge, the country will one day have to pay a terrible
reckoning for the policy of those responsible for the guidance of the nation.
It has been the lot of few Medical Officers of Health to have seen so much
Small Pox as the writer, and, consequently, the dreadful consequences which
follow on the neglect of vaccination. He would, therefore, raise a warning
voice and beg of those, whose duty it is to ward off this terrible affliction
from these islands by the one sure method known to science, to do their
duty:—
Years.
Vaccinations per 100
births, less infants who
died unvaccinated.
Years
Vaccinations per 100
births, less infants who
died unvaccinated.
1880 89.8 1896 73.9
1881 90.8 1897 73.3
1882 91.1 1898 64.9
1883 90.4 1899 66.4
1884 90.5 1900 67.9
1885 90.6 1901 75.8
1886 90.8 1902 8o.o
1887 90.4 1903 81.2
1888 88.4 1904 82.3
1889 89.0 1905 80.5
1890 89.3 1906 79.9
1891 87.4 1907 76.9
1892 85.5 1908 72.4
1893 85.0 1909 70.7
1894 84.0 1910 66.7
1895 70.9 1911 62.3
In the year 1911, which is the year under consideration, so far as vaccination
is concerned, it was found that of the 7,723 children born, 619 died unvaccinated,
so that there remained 7,104 who were liable to the operation, and
of these only 4427, or 62.3 per cent, were vaccinated.
Insusceptibility—36 infants were said to be insusceptible to vaccination.
Died Unvaccinated.—As already stated, 619 infants died before
vaccination could be performed. This number shows an increase on that of
the preceding 4 years, as may be seen in Table CI1. 011 page 195, which gives
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