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In Shoreditch the experience is that recurrent cases of diphtheria are much
rarer than those of scarlet fever, in fact, so far as is known there have been no such
cases during the past six years,
SMALLPOX.
Not a single case of the above disorder was certified in Shoreditch during 1898,
and it is now more than 18 months since the occurrence of the last case.
The number of cases of smallpox occurring in the metropolis were few as
compared with previous years, and only one death from the disease was registered.
VACCINATION IN SHOKEDITCH.
The official returns for 1895 shew that of 4,372 children born in Shoreditch,
1,678 were successfully vaccinated, 10 were insusceptible, 609 died unvaccinated and
the vaccination of 6 was postponed ; leaving 2,069, including the cases postponed,
unaccounted for.
The percentages of the births registered during the years 1887-95 not finally
accounted for in Shoreditch, the Metropolis and the rest of England and Wales are
contained in the subjoined table:—

The figures for the years 1896, 1897 and 1898, are not available, but there is
reason to believe that the percentages of children who escaped vaccination in
Shoreditch are higher than that of the year 1895.
The law with respect to Vaccination has been amended by the
VACCINATION ACT, 1898,
which came into operation on January 1st, 1899, and is to continue in force until
January 1st, 1904. By its provisions :
(a) the period within which a child is to be vaccinated has been extended to
six months from the date of the birth of the child;