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no cases have been notified. 362 cases of Chicken-pox were
notified by school-teachers, compared with 84 in 1906.
29. The number of cases of Small-pox in London was 8.
30. The following return, kindly furnished by the Vaccination
• Officers, Mrs. Taylor and Mr. Atkins, gives particulars as to the
vaccination of children born in Woolwich, Plumstead, and
Eltham Parishes in 1906:—
Births 3559
Vaccinated 2926
Insusceptible 9
Conscientious objections 170
Died unvaccinated 271
Medical postponements 13
Removed 52
Not found, and unaccounted for 118
31. The following have been the numbers excused on account
of conscientious objections since 1901, in Woolwich and Plum
stead Parishes: 127, 78, 108, 96, 101, 109, and 170. The lowest
number, 78, was in 1902, the year of the Small-pox epidemic.
The increase last year is doubtless the result of the recent
Vaccination Act, which facilitates the obtaining of exemption
certificates.
Measles.
32. There were 70 deaths from Measles, giving a rate of 0.54
compared with 0.10 and 0.24 in the two preceding years. The
rate in London County was 0.38 compared with 0.40 in 1906.
The death-rate in the 76 Great Towns was 0.43.
33. Of the 70 who died from Measles, 64 were under 5 years
of age; 41 were males; 29 females; 35 were in Woolwich Parish,
28 in Plumstead, and 7 in Eltham.