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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
During the year 1910, of 6,878 children whose births were
registered, 3,857 or 56.1 per cent, were successfully vaccinated,
compared with 60.9 per cent, in 1909, 61.3 per cent, in 1908, 66.5
per cent, in 1907, 71.05 per cent, in 1906, and 74.6 per cent, in
1905. This is again a decided decrease compared with the five
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 1910, as well as for the 10 years 19001909.
The average for the 10 years is also shown on this Table.
Compared with 1909 there has been a decrease in the percentage
of successfully vaccinated in all the sub-districts with the
exception of Clapham. The greatest decrease occurred in Streatham,
and the smallest in Putney, while in the whole Borough there
has been a decrease of no less than 4.8 per cent.
Compared with the decennial average there has been a decrease
in all the sub-districts, the greatest decrease having been in Streatham,
and the smallest in Putney.
427 infants died unvaccinated, a percentage of 6'2 compared
with 5.9 in 1909, 67 in 1908, 6.6 in 1907, 8.1 in 1906, and 8.4 in
1905.
Of the 2,594 infants remaining, 19 or 27 per cent, were stated
to have been insusceptible to vaccination; 1,003 or 14.5 Per cent,
in respect of whom certificates of conscientious objection were
received; 405 or 5.8 per cent, had vaccination postponed by
medical certificate, leaving 940 or 13.6 per cent, as removed, not
to be traced, or otherwise unaccounted for; while 227 or 3.3 per
cent, remained on the books as unvaccinated, compared with 13.3
per cent, as removed, etc., in 1909, 13.6 in 1908, 13.4 in 1907,
101 in 1906, and 77 in 1905; and 3.3 remaining as unvaccinated
in 1909, 1.5 in 1908, 4.4 in 1907, 3.1 in 1906, and 3.1 in 1905.
There has been an increase of 3 in the percentages of cases
removed, and of 37 in the number of certificates of conscientious
objections received.