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VACCINATION.
The following information regarding Vaccination in the
district has been supplied by the Vaccination Officer :—
Return of Vaccinations and Statutory Declarations of
objection to Vaccination in the Barnet Urban District,
received by the Vaccination Officer during the year ended
31st December, 1911 :—
No. of Cases.
1911. 1910.
Certificates of successful vaccination of
Children under the age of 14 years 126 103
Statutory Declaration of Conscientious
Objection to Vaccination 67 67
The above return does not include re-vaccinations or
primary vaccinations of persons above the age of 14 years, no
reliable figures relating thereto being available.
The increasing number of children, particularly amongst
the poorer classes, who are unprotected by vaccination constitute
a serious danger.
NOTES UPON SANITARY WORK.
Twenty-four houses have been condemned as unfit for
human habitation during the year.
The Council has erected 30 cottages to provide housing
accommodation for the working classes of the district.
These cottages were let as soon as they were completed, and
it is proved that a necessity for them existed in the district.
An additional number of slightly larger houses are to
be immediately erected, to be followed by a number of
smaller ones, letting at about 4/- to 5/- per week. A
fuller report upon the scheme vvill be found in the report of
the Sanitary Inspector.
A number of drains have been reconstructed, and the
work has been well supervised.
All cases of infectious disease have been thoroughly
investigated, and the houses disinfected.
Workshops, slaughterhouses, cowsheds, dairies, and
bakehouses have also been inspected during the year, and
steps taken to secure compliance with the Acts in force
referring to them.