Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Age period. | Vaccinated. | No evidence as to vaccination.* | Vaccination cicatrices absent. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Admissions. | Deaths. | Admissions. | Deaths. | Admissions. | Deaths. | |
8— | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||
9— | — | — | — | |||
lO— | 5 | — | — | 8 | — | |
3 | — | 3 | — | — | ||
— | — | — | ||||
13— | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | |
14— | — | — | — | |||
15— | 107 | — | 24 | 1 | ||
20— | 134 | 5 | ||||
25— | 10 | 4 | ||||
30— | 70 | 9 | 6 | — | ||
35— | 38 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — |
40— | 78 | 1 | 15 | 4 | — | |
50 and upwards | 38 | 10 | 1 | 5 | — | |
All ages | 609 | 15 | 75 | 13 | 257 | 35 |
Since 1880 the Registrar.General has classified the deaths from smallpox under three heads,
viz., "vaccinated," "unvaccinated," and "no statement." The totals of the 15 years, 1881.95, are as
follows—
Age period. | All ages. | 0.1 | 1.5 | 5.20 | 20.40 | 40.60 | 60.80 | 80 and upwards. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vaccinated | 1,277 | 33 | 728 | 224 | 39 | 3 | ||
Unvaccinated | 2,024 | 335 | 485 | 666 | 414 | 105 | 1 | |
No statement | 1,893 | 240 | 224 | 454 | 663 | 247 | 62 | 3 |
The following table, in which the number of deaths at each age period is expressed as a percentage
of the total deaths from smallpox at "all ages," more clearly indicates the relative age
incidence of this disease in the three classes under consideration—
Age period. | All ages. | 0.1 | 1.5 | 5.20 | 20.40 | 40.60 | 60.80 | 80 and upwards. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vaccinated | 1.7 | 17.9 | 57.0 | 17.5 | 3.1 | |||
Unvaccinated | 16.5 | 240 | 32.9 | 20.5 | 5.2 | 0.9 | ||
No statement | 12.7 | 24.0 | 35.0 | 13.0 | 3.3 | 0.2 |
"Vaccinated" and "Nostatement" | 100 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 21.5 | 43.9 | 14.8 | 3.2 | 0.2 |
Unvaccinated | 100 | 16.5 | 24.0 | 32.9 | 20.5 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
I have referred in my previous reports to the large increase in recent years in the number of
children appearing in the vaccination returns as "not finally accounted for"; the following table
shows the proportion of children born in London stated in the returns of the Local Goverment Board
as " not finally accounted for " during several years to the year 1893—
Children not finally accounted for (including cases postponed) per cent. of total births. | Children not finally accounted for (including cases postponed) per cent. of total births. | ||
---|---|---|---|
1872 | 1883 | 6.5 | |
1873 | 8.7 | 1884 | |
1874 | 1885 | 7.0 | |
1875 | 9.3 | 7.8 | |
1876 | 6.5 | 1887 | 9.0 |
1877 | 7.1 | 10.3 | |
1878 | 7.1 | 1889 | |
1879 | 7.8 | 1890 | 13.9 |
1880 | 7.0 | 1891 | 16.4 |
5.7 | 1892 | 18.4 | |
6.6 | 1893 |