A manual of hygiene : public and private, and compendium of sanitary laws ; for the information and guidance of public health authorities, officers of health, and sanitarians generally / by Charles A. Cameron.
- Charles Alexander Cameron
- Date:
- 1874
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A manual of hygiene : public and private, and compendium of sanitary laws ; for the information and guidance of public health authorities, officers of health, and sanitarians generally / by Charles A. Cameron. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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![The following figiires will show the distribution of the mortality:— Died. Per Cent. Of the re-vaccinated (3 in all) Of the 542 vaccinated 60, all confluent, of] whom 20 were 1 also purpuric J. 11.20 4, not confluent, of 1 whom 3 were > also purpuric J Of the doubtful vaccinated (4 in all) 2 Of the 66 non-vaccinated 144, confluent [ 10, not confluent 120 80- The mean mortality was 11*82 per cent, of those vaccinated. Of the non-vaccinated, including the doubtful cases, the mortality was as high as 78'57 per cent., which is the most powerful argument that can possibly be adduced in favour of the salutary influence of vaccination. Our mortality in this respect differs from the recorded mortality in other epidemics. Thus, on the total admissions into the London Small-pox Hospital for ten years the average morta- lity was 21'44 per cent.; of vaccinated with cicatrices the morta- lity was only 7 per cent. ; and of the total unvaceinated the mor- tality was only 36 per cent. The following summary shows the admissions, deaths, and per- centage of mortality at the quinquennial periods of life:— FcEtus in utero, mothers admitted pregnant, Under 1 year, 1 to 5 years, 5 to 10 „ 10 — 15 „ 15 — 20 „ 20 — 25 „ 25 — 30 ,, 30 — 35 „ 35 — 40 ,, 40 — 45 „ 45 — 50 „ 50 — 55 „ 55 _ 60 ,, 60 _ 70 „ Admitted, Deaths. 5 13 50 110 201 119 55 21 23 5 4 2 612 II 6 7 17 27 27 15 9 3 2 3 2 120 Per-centage mortality. 16.66 20-0 46-15 14'0 15-45 13-43 23-52 27-27 42-85 13-04 40 00 75-00 100-00 25-00 Mean. 15-32 24-77 ■ 53-33 Careful inspection of the above figures will show that so far this has been a young epidemic, or rather an epidemic amongst the young, swooping upon and cutting down the very flower of the population. Thus, of the 612 cases recorded 379 were of and imder 20 years of age, of whom 58 died, or in the proportion of 15-30 per cent.; 218 were between 20 4 months old.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21045045_0166.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
