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Shoreditch 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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certificates, who numbered 447 or 13.1 per cent, of the births registered as compared
with 12.6 per cent, in 1910, 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 1911 for Shoreditch, the Metropolis, and the rest of England :—
| Year. | Shore-ditch. | Metropolis. | Rest of England. | Year. | Shore-ditch. | Metropolis. | Rest of England. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 8.8 | 16.4 | 12.9 | 1902 | 36.1 | 21.3 | 10.0 |
| 1892 | 10.8 | 18.4 | 14.3 | 1903 | 36.0 | 20.7 | 9.1 |
| 1893 | 16.2 | 18.2 | 15.7 | 1904 | 34.2 | 19.1 | 8.7 |
| 1894 | 33.9 | 20.6 | 19.0 | 1905 | 35.9 | 18.9 | 8.6 |
| 1895 | 47.5 | 24.9 | 19.8 | 1906 | 32.6 | 21.2 | 9.5 |
| 1896 | 55.5 | 26.4 | 22.3 | 1907 | 31.2 | 22.7 | 10.3 |
| 1897 | 67.4 | 29.1 | 21.6 | 1908 | 34.5 | 21.5 | 9.4 |
| 1898 | 68.4 | 33.0 | 19.6 | 1909 | 35.6 | 20.6 | 9.2 |
| 1899 | 54.2 | 27.7 | 15.4 | 1910 | 34.4 | 20.5 | 8.8 |
| 1900 | 52.8 | 25.8 | 13.9 | 1911 | 35.5 | 20.8 | 8.9 |
| 1901 | 44.4 | 24.1 | 11.2 |
To the foregoing should be added the percentages of those for whom conscientious
objection certificates were granted to obtain the percentage of unvaccinated.
Taken together the figures show further decrease in the amount of
vaccination in the Borough.
SCARLET FEVER.
The cases certified during 1913 numbered 340 as compared with 151 in 1912,
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.
In 8, or 2.3 per cent. of 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 daring the year numbered 332
as compared with 150 in 1912, 212 in 1911, 181 in 1910, 321 in 1909, 573 in 1908,
822 in 1907, 599 in 1906, 776 in 1905, 326 in 1904, and 237 in 1903.