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Fulham 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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27.
During the year under review 1,396 successful
primary vaccinations were carried out, compared with
1,631 during 1928 and 1,614 during 1927. Particulars
of the vaccinations carried out during the year ended
31st December, 1928 are set out in the following table.
The figures for 1929 are not yet available:—
| Number of births registered during calendar year | 2,319 |
| Successfully vaccinated | 1,336 |
| Insusceptible of vaccination | 6 |
| Dead—unvaccinated | 126 |
| Postponed by medical certificate | 56 |
| Certificates granted under clause 2 of the Vaccination Act, 1898 | 528 |
| Removed to districts in which Vaccination Officer has been notified | 72 |
| Removed to places unknown | 167 |
| Outstanding | 28 |
| Conscientious objection certificates received during the year | 586 |
Measles.
Notified lion of Measles.—During 1929 nine hundred
and forty-eight cases of measles were notified in Fulham
and this disease caused 10 deaths. During the previous
year 2,099 cases and 15 deaths occurred from this cause.
The number of notifications in 1927 was 463 and none
of the cases ended fatally. On the other hand in 1926
there were 3,700 cases with 47 deaths.
These figures illustrate the fact that epidemic waves
usually occur every two years.
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever.*
One case of typhoid fever and one of paratyphoid
fever (B) were notified during the year.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Puerperal Pyrexia is defined in the Public Health
(Notification of Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia)
Regulations of 1926 as "any febrile condition, other than
a condition which is required to be notified under the
Infectious Diseases (Notification) Acts, occurring in a
woman within twenty-one days after child-birth or