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Tottenham 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]
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The same facts are shown in a graphic form in Diagram 3 (Dr.
Newsholme's Method).
The importance of Vaccination in infancy is well shown by what
happened in London last year. During the year 1901 there were
admitted into the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board 113
children under the age of 10 years. Of these, 12 had been vaccinated,
and not one of them died; 95 were unvaccinated, and of these 52 died ;
whilst there were 6 doubtful cases, all of whom died.
| - | Ages. | Vaccinated. | Unvaccinated. | Doubtful. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | ||
| under | 0 | ||||||
| 5 to 10 | |||||||
| Total | under 10 | 0 | |||||
* Report of Statistical Committee, Metropolitan Asylums Board,
January 10th; 1902.
The same relative immunity amongst the vaccinated as compared
with the unvaccinated, is shown in Table 8, which gives the
number of children under 10 years of age who were attacked and died
in the epidemics at Gloucester (1896), and Middlesborough (1898).
| - | Vaccinated in Infancy. | Unvaccinated. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack. | Deaths. | Fatality. | Attacks. | Deaths. | Fatality. | |
The number of attacks and deaths from Small Pox in children
under 10 in London, Gloucester, Middlesborough, and Tottenham will