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Wandsworth 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
If the total number of infants who died unvaccinated be
deducted from the total number of births registered, then of 6,451,
the remaining infants, 597 per cent, were successfully vaccinated,
-compared with 64.7 in 1909, 65.7 in 1908, and 71.2 in 1907; 29
were insusceptible, compared with .42, .37, and .41; 6.2 per cent,
were under certificate of postponement, compared with 7.0, 5.6.
and 4.8; 15.5 per cent, in regard to whom certificates of conscientious
objection had been obtained, compared with 11.5, 8.6, 4.4,
2.8, 2.2, and 2.1; leaving 18.1 per cent, unaccounted for as regards
vaccination, compared with 15.8, 19.7, 19.1, 14.5, 11.8 and 13.1.
| Sub-Districts. | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | Average for Ten Years. | 1910 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 62.5 | 62.8 | 63.7 | 68.2 | 62'9 | 68.8 | 59.9 | 55.1 | 51.9 | 55.1 | 61.1 | 56.4 |
| Putney | 71.0 | 75.7 | 84.4 | 86.5 | 83.4 | 88.1 | 86.7 | 83.6 | 85.0 | 80.4 | 82.4 | 80.0 |
| Streatham | 63.7 | 68.7 | 65.2 | 66.9 | 69.2 | 69.7 | 66.9 | 62.3 | 54.5 | 52.8 | 63.9 | 45.0 |
| Wandsworth | 74.0 | 78.6 | 82.3 | 81.7 | 82.8 | 80.9 | 78.7 | 74.5 | 69.1 | 68.9 | 77.1 | 64.1 |
| Borough | 67.8 | 71.4 | 72.4 | 73.7 | 73.5 | 74.6 | 71.05 | 66.5 | 61.3 | 60.9 | 69.3 | 56.1 |
The returns for the year 1910 again show a falling off as regards
successful vaccination, and with the exception of the sub.district
of Putney the record of the number of unvaccinated children in
the Borough is by no means a satisfactory one.
The low rate of successful vaccinations in Streatham is a
disquieting fact, as well as the great increase in the number of
certificates of conscientious objections received, not only in that
sub-clistrict, but in the Borough generally.
Fortunately, Small-pox was not introduced into the Borough
during the year, but there is no doubt that if such does occur the
spread of the disease will be difficult to arrest owing to the greater
proportion of unprotected persons.