[Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough.

  • Eastbourne (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1896
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: [Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VACCINATION. The vaccination returns for recent years for Eastbourne (excluding Norway) are as follows :— * Vaccination Returns for Eastbourne. Year. liirths Registered. Successfully Vaccinated. Percentage of Chil- dren born, Vaccinated. 1883 0 cr> 00 699 78-54 1884 935 692 74-01 l/-> OO 00 1002 650 64-87 1886 984 631 64-12 1887 902 477 52-88 1888 864 37i 42-94 1889 879 270 30-71 1890 CO to 00 166 20-04 1891 934 194 20-77 1892 969 224 23-11 1893 897 132 14-71 1894 975 107 10-97 1895 917 183 I9-95 1896 919 206 22-4 * From Figures kindly supplied by Mr. J. Nicholls, Vaccination Officer. Since 1894, when Vaccination was at its lowest in Eastbourne, there has been a rise in the percentage of infants vaccinated. There has also been during 1896 more general vaccination of previously unvaccinated people, no doubt due to nervousness, owing to the prevalence of small-pox at Gloucester and elsewhere. The percentage number of children vaccinated in a so-called anti-vaccination district, such as Eastbourne, will always vary with