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Wandsworth 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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16 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The total number of cases, less Tuberculosis and Ophthalmia
Neonatorum, was 3,316, compared with 4,240 in 1925, 3,125 in
1924, and 2,792 in 1923. The decrease, compared with 1925,
is mainly due to the decrease in the number of cases of Whooping
Cough.
Small-pox.
No case of this disease occurred during the year.
Vaccination.
No vaccination or re-vaccination was performed under the
Public Health (Small-pox) Regulations during the year.
Table XII. is taken from the official returns of the Vaccination
Officers to the Board of Guardians for the year 1925.
It shows the number of children successfully vaccinated for the
whole Borough, as well as for the separate sub-districts, Streatham,
Balham and Tooting being included under the heading of
Streatham.
TABLE XII.
| Sub-Districts. | Number of Births returned from 1st January to 31st December, 1925. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Smallpox. | Dead, Unvaccinated. | Certificates of Conscientious 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 | 681 | 399 | 2 | — | 37 | 167 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 30 |
| Putney | 372 | 247 | — | — | 16 | 68 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 16 |
| Streatham | 2155 | 1092 | 3 | — | 86 | 697 | 12 | 118 | 58 | 89 |
| Wandsworth | 1191 | 725 | 2 | — | 49 | 318 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 35 |
| Totals | 4399 | 2463 | 7 | — | 188 | 1250 | 35 | 147 | 139 | 170 |