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St Giles (Camden) 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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R eturn R especting the V accination of C hildren whose B irths were R egistered in 1898.
| Registration Sub-Districts, comprised in Vaccination Officer's District. | Number of Births returned in Birth List Sheets, as registered from 1st January to 31st December 1898. | Number of these Births duly entered in Columns 1, 2, 4, and 5 of the Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets) viz.:— | Number of these Births which are not entered in the Vaccination Register on account (as shown by Report Book) of— | Number of these Births neither duly entered in the Vaccinat ion Register, nor temp'rarily accounted for in the Report Book. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Column 1. Successfully Vaccinated. | Column 2. | Column 4. Number in respect of whom Certificates of Conscientious Objection have been received. | Column 5. Dead Unvaccinated. | Postponement by Medical Certificate. | Removal to Districts the Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised. | Removal to Places unknown or which cannot be reached, and cases not having been found. | ||||
| Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Smallpox. | |||||||||
| St. George, Blooms-bury | 234 | 159 | 2 | — | 3 | 26 | 4 | — | 37 | |
| St. Giles, North | 206 | 117 | 1 | — | 1 | 26 | 6 | — | 55 | |
| St. Giles, South | 587 | 302 | — | — | 4 | 60 | 12 | 49 | 163* | |
| Total | 1,027 | 578 | 3 | — | 8 | 112 | 22 | 49 | 255 | |
| *136 of the 163 cases were born at British Lying-in Hospital, where children are not allowed to be vaccinated before leaving the Institution. | ||||||||||