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TABLE I.
Showing the result of Inspection of Defaulters of Vaccination in the
year 1868.
No. of Births
in 1868.
No. of
Defaulters
on the Books.
No. of Dead,
unknown or
gone away.
No. successfully
Vaccinated on
Inspection, or
by Order.
No. too ill,
neglected or
postponed
Vaccination.
No. of Orders
issued for
Vaccination, or
for Certificate
of unfitness.
In St. Mary's
and St. John's
District,
2735
1176, or 42.9
per Cent. of
Births.
514, or 43.7
per Cent. of
defaulters.
518, or 44.0
per Cent. of
defaulters.
144, or 12.2
per Cent. of
defaulters.
372, or 31.6
per Cent. of
defaulters.
If we compare this return of births with the number
of children that have been returned as defaulters of Vaccination
under the Act, it would appear that only 57.1 per cent.
of all children born had been duly vaccinated when the
return was made. That is, however, not the whole truth, but
shows simply the number of parents or guardians and public
Vaccinators who had taken the trouble of sending to the
Registrar certificates of successful Vaccination. Upon actual
inspection it was found that a much larger proportion of
children had been actually Vaccinated by private practitioners,
but the parents had neglected to send the required
certificate, and had therefore subjected themselves to a
penalty of 20s. according to the law. Out of the 1176
defaulters, it was found that a very large number had been
duly vaccinated.
This failure of sending certificates appears most to
prevail in those families where children had been vaccinated
by a private medical attendant, who in most cases had
promised to send the certificate.
As Public Vaccinators get paid by the Guardians for
those cases only in which their certificates are duly returned,
of course it happens that few or none are omitted to be
forwarded to the Registrar.
The following table No. II. shows the result of the
actual inspections and defaulters in different Streets and
places of the Parish.