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Wandsworth 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Vaccination.
Table XXXIII. is taken from the official returns of the
Vaccination Officers to the Board of Guardians for the year 1907.
It shows the number of children successfully vaccinated for the
whole Borough, as well as for the separate sub-districts. Streatham,
Balham and Tooting are included under the heading of
Streatham.
| Sub-Districts. | Number of Births returned from 1st January to 31st of December, 1907. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small pox. | Dead, Unvaccinated. | Certificates of Conscien tious objection. | Postponed by Medical Certificate. | Removed to District, Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised. | Removed to places unknown, or which cannot be traced; and cases not having been found. | Remaining on Books as Unvaccinated. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 1,362 | 751 | 2 | ... | 70 | 51 | 101 | 46 | 118 | 223 |
| Putney | 499 | 417 | 4 | ... | 34 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 4 |
| Streatham | 2,824 | 1,758 | 15 | ... | 200 | 124 | 194 | 85 | 378 | 70 |
| Wands w'th | 2,394 | 1,783 | 6 | ... | 162 | 94 | 21 | 60 | 249 | 19 |
| Totals | 7,079 | 4,709 | 27 | ... | 466 | 292 | 317 | 197 | 755 | 316 |
During the year 1907, of 7,079 children whose births were
registered, 4,709 or 66.5 per cent. were successfully vaccinated,
compared with 71.05 per cent. in 1906, 74.6 per cent. in 1905, 73.5
per cent. in 1904, and 73.7 per cent. in 1903. This is a decided
decrease compared with the four previous years.
The next Table shows the percentage of children vaccinated
to total births registered in the Borough, and in the vaccination
sub-districts for the year 1907, as well as for the 10 years 18971906.
The average for the 10 years is also shown on this Table.
Compared with 1906 there has again been a decrease in the
percentage of successfully vaccinated in all the sub-districts, this