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how far vaccination and re-vaccination have afforded protection
from death by small-pox in the present epidemic in the city of
Bombay. I, therefore, take the liberty of asking you, for the pub-
lic good and in the interest of science, to kindly fill up, in the form
on the back of this letter, the particulars of cases of small-pox
which have come under your cognizance as far as you can, and
return the form to me after the 1st July next, by which time I hope
the epidemic will have completely ceased.—I have, &c."
Table No. XX.
Showing the particulars as regards the protection and non-pro-
tection in cases of small-pox in the present epidemic ; also the
ages of the persons attacked by small-pox; the number of
cases and deaths in each class.
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Classification. |
Number of cases |
Number of |
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1st.—Unvaccinated ... ... ... ... |
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2nd.—Stated to be vaccinated, but having no |
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3rd.—Vaccinated— |
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(a).—Having 1 vaccine cicatrix ... |
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(b).— „ 2 „ cicatrices ... |
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(c).— „ 3 „ „ ... |
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(d).— „ 4 „ „ ... |
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(e).— „ 5 „ „ ... |
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(f).— „ 6 or more „ ... |
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A. Having well-marked cicatrices ... |
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B. „ badly-marked „ ... |
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C. Re-vaccinated ... ... ... |
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4 th.—Having previously had small-pox ... |
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5th.—Ages— |
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(a).—Under 1 year old ... ... |
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(b).—From 2 to 6 years old ... ... |
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(c).— „ 7 to 12 „ „ ... ... |
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(d).—Above 12 „ „ ... ... |
If I can make anything of the information I will submit it to
Government.
Small-pox af-
ter successful
vaccination
or after
having been
protected by
small-pox
itself.
55. I asked superintendents to make a note of any instances
of small-pox occurring after good vaccination. Dr. Cody says :—
" There have been some instances reported, but I have seen none
" myself—they were in every case mild." Dr. Williams says :—
" There is no instance of recurrence of small-pox in any indivi-
" dual, but many instances of its occurrence in people who have
" been inoculated with the small-pox virus; and several of them