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Willesden 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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VACCINATION RETURNS.
| YEARS | No. of Births. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible | Dead. | Conscientious Objectors. | Postponed by Doctor. | Gone Away. | Un-vaccinated. | Percentage of Survivors unprotected by Vaccination. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | 3,125 | 1,474 | 13 | 257 | 37 | 117 | 259 | 968 | 48 |
| 1899 | 3,375 | 1,615 | 21 | 345 | 63 | 76 | 91 | 1,161 | 46 |
| 1900 | 3,560 | 1,704 | 8 | 253 | 106 | 56 | 268 | 1,165 | 48 |
| 1901 | 3,670 | 2,351 | 12 | 304 | 120 | 40 | 280 | 563 | 30 |
| 1902 | 3,835 | 2.548 | 28 | 353 | 84 | 39 | 352 | 430 | 27 |
| 1903 | 4,070 | 2,687 | 27 | 346 | 84 | 52 | 322 | 552 | 27 |
| 1904 | 4,357 | 2,697 | 19 | 308 | 100 | 56 | 355 | 852 | 31 |
Out of 552 patients admitted to Dog Lane Hospital whose
arms were examined, 119 were found to be un-vaccinated = 21.7
per cent. Should small pox ever gain a firm footing, the
unprotected condition of so large a section of our population
due to neglect of vaccination would make a formidable epidemic
of costly proportions, not only possible but extremely probable.
SCARLET FEVER.
326 cases of scarlet fever were notified during the year. This
gives the lowest rate but one, since scarlet fever became notifiable
in Willesden, viz.:—2.4 per 1,000 of population, the lowest being
2.1 per 1,000 in 1891. The rate was considerably reduced on
the rate of last year in each of the Wards. Harlesden and Church
End suffered most, and South Kilburn least. Only two deaths
were returned as due to this disease, giving the lowest fatality
rate recorded in the district. The disease was, therefore, neither
prevalent nor of a severe type.