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St Pancras 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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SMALL-POX.
No case of this disease was notified in the Borough during the year.
A number of contacts were kept under observation for various periods. These were
usually persons who had arrived from abroad, and Small-pox had occurred on the ship during
the voyage. Such contacts are kept under observation during the incubation period, and arc
also urged to be vaccinated, unless this has recently been done.
VACCINATION.
The following table is drawn up from returns, kindly supplied by the Clerk to the
Guardians, in respect of children whose births were registered in the Parish of St. Pancras from
January 1st to December 31st, 1924:—
VACCINATIONS.
1st January to 31st December, 1924.
| Number. | Percentage of Births registered. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North. | East. | West. | South. | Whole Borough | North. | East. | West. | South. | Whole Borough | |
| Births registered | 883 | 1112 | 932 | 1471 | 4398 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Dead, unvaccinated | 40 | 62 | 53 | 52 | 207 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 4.7 |
| Successfully vaccinated | 443 | 565 | 495 | 751 | 2254 | 50.2 | 50.8 | 53.1 | 51.1 | 51.3 |
| Had smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Insusceptible of vaccination | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | — | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Received certificate of conscientious objection | 360 | 316 | 281 | 357 | 1314 | 40.8 | 28.4 | 30.2 | 24.3 | 29.9 |
| Postponed by medical certificate | 3 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 65 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| Moved to known address in other districts | 11 | 84 | 14 | 166 | 275 | 1.2 | 7.6 | 1.5 | 11.3 | 6.3 |
| Lost sight of by removal | 21 | 54 | 48 | 109 | 232 | 2.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 7.4 | 5.3 |
| Unvaccinated and not accounted for in previous columns | 5 | 10 | 16 | 10 . | 41 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
The corresponding figures for the past ten years are as follows:—
| Year. | Births. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Per cent. | Conscientious Objections, and Children otherwise escaping Vaccination. | Per cent. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 4536 | 1587 | 35.0 | 1205 | 26.6 |
| 1916 | 4322 | 1594 | 36.9 | 1179 | 27.3 |
| 1917 | 3664 | 1581 | 43.1 | 1014 | 27.7 |
| 1918 | 3338 | 1281 | 38.4 | 932 | 27.9 |
| 1919 | 3874 | 1733 | 44.7 | 1155 | 29.8 |
| 1920 | 6086 | 2693 | 44.3 | 2118 | 34.8 |
| 1921 | 5102 | 2085 | 40.9 | 1934 | 37.9 |
| 1922 | 4881 | 2260 | 46.3 | 1775 | 36.4 |
| 1923 | 4682 | 2491 | 53.2 | 1444 | 30.8 |
| 1924 | 4398 | 2254 | 51.3 | 1355 | 30.8 |