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Shoreditch 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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accounted for, the latter figure including postponed cases. Altogether 47.0 per cent.
of the children whose births were registered in 1910 were unvaccinated at the end
of the year. The last figure includes those exempted by conscientious objection
certificates, which numbered 439 or 12.6 per cent. of the births registered as compared
with 6.8 per cent. in 1909, 4.7 per cent. in 1908, 2.1 per cent. in 1907, 0.7
in 1906, 0.8 in 1905, 0.5 in 1904, 0.6 in 1903 and 0.3 in 1902.
In the following table are contained the percentages of children born not finally accounted for as regards vaccination, including postponed cases, each year from 1891 to 1910 for Shoreditch, the Metropolis, and the rest of England:—
| Year. | Shoreditch. | Metropolis. | Rest of England. | Year. | Shoreditch. | Metropolis. | Rest of England. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 8.8 | 16.4 | 12.9 | 1901 | 44.4 | 24.1 | 11.2 |
| 1892 | 10.8 | 18.4 | 14.3 | 1902 | 36.1 | 21.3 | 10.0 |
| 1893 | 16.2 | 18.2 | 15.7 | 1903 | 36.0 | 20.7 | 9.1 |
| 1894 | 33.9 | 20.6 | 19.0 | 1904 | 34.2 | 19.1 | 8.7 |
| 1895 | 47.5 | 24.9 | 19.8 | 1905 | 35.9 | 18.9 | 8.6 |
| 1896 | 55.5 | 26.4 | 22.3 | 1906 | 32.6 | 21.2 | 9.5 |
| 1897 | 67.4 | 29.1 | 21.6 | 1907 | 31.2 | 22.7 | 10.3 |
| 1898 | 68.4 | 33.0 | 19.6 | 1908 | 34.5 | 21.5 | 9.4 |
| 1899 | 54.2 | 27.7 | 15.4 | 1909 | 35.6 | 20.6 | 9.2 |
| 1900 | 52.8 | 25.8 | 13.9 | 1910 | 34.4 | 20.5 | 8.8 |
To the foregoing should be added the percentages of those for whom conscientious
objection certificate were granted to obtain the percentage of unvaccinated.
Taken together the figures show a further decrease in the amount of vaccination
in the Borough.
SCARLET FEVER.
The cases certified during 1912 numbered 151 as compared with 234 in 1911,
210 in 1910, 339 in 1909, 590 in 1908, 876 in 1907, 629 in 1906, 789 in 1905, 343
in 1904 and 255 in 1903. The number for 1912 was the smallest so far recorded
for any year in Shoreditch since the disease was made notifiable in 1889.
In 1, or 0.6 per cent. of the cases certified, intimations were received from the
Metropolitan Asylums Board that the patient had not been suffering from the
disease. Corrected for errors in diagnosis, the cases during the year numbered 150
as compared with 212 in 1911, 181 in 1910, 321 in 1909, 573 in 1908, 822 in 1907,
599 in 1906, 776 in 1905, 326 in 1901 and 237 in 1903.
The distribution of the cases certified, and the deaths amongst males and
females in the Borough and its eight wards during the year were as shown in the
subjoined table:—
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