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There is a very strong feeling amongst sanatarians and others interested in
vital statistics that the census should be taken by the Government every five
years instead of every ten years, and the suggestion was made when the
Census Bill was before Parliament that it should be amended so as to provide
for a simple enumeration in 1916, showing number, sex and age of population
of Great Britain. It is unfortunate that the President of the Local
Government Board, for financial reasons, was unable to adopt this suggestion.
For the sake of convenience the census is taken of the night population,
and in the majority of districts the results obtained are a fair indication
of the actual number of the inhabitants; but owing to the peculiar and exceptional
nature of the city population, the figures obtained in no way indicate the
masses who ceaselessly flow, morning and evening, in and out of the precincts
of the City, and who live and have their being during 8, 9, ten, or even more
hours of the day in the district over which the Corporation have sanitary
jurisdiction. As the Sanitary Authority, the Corporation is responsible for
the hygienic environment of this multitude while within the area under their
charge, and it is obvious that if their well-being is to be effectively safeguarded,
their numbers should be officially ascertained, and this view I urged upon
the Sanitary Committee in June last. A Day enumeration has since been
definitely decided upon by the Court of Common Council, and will take place
in 1911 at a date subsequently to be determined, after the Imperial Night
Census.
I may add that the cost of taking the last Day Census in 1891 was £1,350.
VACCINATION.
Of the 262 children born in 1910, 151 had been successfully vaccinated by
the end of the year, 25 had died before the age for vaccination, and 1 was
insusceptible. Vaccination was postponed by medical certificate in 10 cases,
21 had removed into other districts, and 21 vaccinations were pending at the
end of the year. There were 33 cases of conscientious objection.
The Public Vaccinators performed 1,200 re-vaccinations during the year.
Vaccination Statistics in the City of London.
Year.
Number
of Births.
Successfully
Vaccinated.
Insusceptible.
Had
Small-pox.
Died
before
Vaccination.
Vaccination
Postponed.
Cases
pending or
removed
at the end of
the year.
Conscientious
Objections.
per cent.
per cent.
per cent.
per cent.
per cent.
per cent.
per cent.
1905
302
63.6
Nil.
Nil.
8.9
3.6
22.5
1.3
1906
344
62.2
2.0
„
7.3
5.2
22.9
1.7
1907
269
62.4
1.11
„
11.5
4.8
17.0
2.6
1908
281
59.8
.71
„
9.6
3.9
21.3
4.6
1909
248
58.4
.80
„
9.6
5.4
16.5
8.8
Average
previous 5 years
289
61.2
.92
„
9.3
4.6
20.0
3.8
1910
262
57.6
.38
„
9.5
3.8
15.6
12.9