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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 4127 Decline of Infant Mortality in England and Wales, 1871-1948 : a Medical Conundrum; Vaccination Registers, 1871-1913 412710.5255/UKDA-SN-4127-1 James, L., Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences Fellows, C., Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences Birch, P., Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences Walsh, J., Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences Robinson, J., Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences Green, S., Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences Rider, J., Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences Hack, J., Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences Coleman, H., Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences Cattell, N., Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences Drake, M., University of Kent at Canterbury, Centre for Research in the Social Sciences Baird, W., Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences Razzell, M., Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences Dix, A., Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences Clark, A., Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences Smith, S., Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences Buckingham, P., Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences Proctor, R., Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences Davies, L., Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences Hall, E., Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences Culshaw, G., Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences Dodgson, V., Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences James, T., Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences Richens, S., Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences Copyright M. Drake, P. Razzell, J. Rider, J. Hack, P. Birch, J. Walsh, S. Smith, S. Green, A. Clark, N. Cattell, T. James, H. Coleman, A. Dix, P. Buckingham, V. Dodgson, G. Culshaw, L. James, E. Hall, S. Richens, J. Robinson, R. Proctor, W. Baird, L. Davies and C. Fellows Open UniversityWellcome Trust UK Data Service 04 July 2001 FATHER'S OCCUPATIONGENDERILLEGITIMATE BIRTHSIMMUNIZATIONINFANT MORTALITYMORTALITYMOTHER'S OCCUPATIONNATALITYPLACE OF RESIDENCEPUBLIC HEALTHVACCINATION REGISTERS HistoryMorbidity and mortalityCensuses Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study aimed to provide a more individual, micro-level appreciation of infant mortality data. Previously, the focus of these data had been aggregative, at a fairly high level of aggregation - the country, county registration district. To that end, a team of research students at the Open University has examined vaccination registers at the sub-registration district level for 22 such districts. In 1853 vaccination was made compulsory and in 1871 legislation was introduced requiring all poor law unions to appoint vaccination officers and to set up a system of registration; this system, with only minor alterations, lasted until 1948. Under the 1871 Act, vaccination officers took over all the functions of the local registrars except for giving parents the statutory notice of compulsory vaccination. The vaccination registrar recorded the following: (i) the registration number in the civil birth register; (ii) date of birth; (iii) place of birth; (iv) name of child; (v) sex; (vi) name of father, or if illegitimate, mother; (vii) occupation of father or if illegitimate, mother; (viii) date of notice to vaccinate given to parent; (ix) date of successful vaccination, postponement or insusceptibility to vaccination; (x) name of medical man who signed the certificate; (xi) date of death of any child who died before vaccination; (xii) reference number in vaccination officer's report book on problem cases. From the monthly information on infant deaths, the vaccination officer compiled an infant death register on children dying under the age of one year. Medical historians have begun to recognise the historical importance of the compulsory provisions of Victorian vaccination legislation, which entailed the growth of a complex administrative structure necessary for its implementation. This can been seen as a forerunner of the Welfare State, particularly as regards the development of the public health movement. It is generally agreed that civil registration had reached a high standard of reliability by 1872, and as the vaccination birth registers and infant death registers are copies of the civil registers for the period 1872-1948, they constitute an unrivalled source of information on infant mortality for the period.Main Topics: The data consist of transcriptions from a sample of English vaccination registers, at the sub-registration district level, for selected years within the period 1871-1913. The variables differ slightly due to local custom and the transcribing methods employed but broadly, for each district, they consist of number in birth register; date of birth; address; gender; legitimacy; parents' occupation; date of vaccination; date of exception; date of death. Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research. 1997 - 199901 January 199701 January 1999 England BedfordshireBerkshireCambridgeshireKentLeicestershireMiddlesexNorfolkNorthamptonshireShropshireSomersetSuffolkSurreyWarwickshireYorkshire East RidingYorkshire West Riding IndividualsSubnationalBirthsChildrenDeaths Infants born in the period 1871-1913 TextNumeric Time Series Convenience sample Transcription of existing materialsCompilation or synthesis of existing material The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you. See <restrctn> Drake, M. and Razzell, P. (1999) The decline of infant mortality in England and Wales 1871-1948:: a medical conundrum - interim report [Research report], Milton Keynes: The Open University. The decline of infant mortality in England and Wales 1871-1948: https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 4127 2024-11-28T07:24:27Z ddi:codebook:2_5