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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1895
[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 |