Small pox and vaccination. Copy of letter from Dr. Edward Seaton to Viscount Palmerston, with enclosed copy of a report on the state of small pox and vaccination in England and Wales and other countries, and on compulsory vaccination.

  • Epidemiological Society of London. Smallpox and Vaccination Committee.
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1853
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Credit: Small pox and vaccination. Copy of letter from Dr. Edward Seaton to Viscount Palmerston, with enclosed copy of a report on the state of small pox and vaccination in England and Wales and other countries, and on compulsory vaccination. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLES Illustrative of the Mortality from Small-Pox in Great Britain and Ireland, &c. SMALL-POX IN ENGLAND. Before drawing up a statement of the past and present condition of England as to small SVmXuS'Ift'' ‘ the “Uth°nt,eS We have a”d what ar“ he Previous to the year 1594, we have no records of population, christenings, or burials in this country. Parish registries of marriages, births, and deaths appear to°,ave bad their origin here in 1538; and it was on the 21st uecember 1592, that the parisl, clerks of Lon don first made a weekly return to ilie head of their fraternity, and first nublished the same in 1594, m consequence of the plague which prevailed in 1593. Th pnMica ion howeTr was discontinued after the 18,h December 1597, as the plague had the'n ceased S' of the uninterrupted series of weekly bills commences on the 29th Decemher iroc t 1825, the bills of mortality are stared to have acquired a of diseases and casualties was first published m 1629, and it is from this date that the work princ.paOy referred to, and whence the statistics of this metropolis previously to the year 1831 have been obtained, commences. It is a work of great lahnm- anA 1 nu i merely a compilation from the old bills of mortality admirably arranged Its title’ is S ality of the Metropolisand it presen,s a statistical view of the nuXr of ne ions reposed to have died of each of more than 100 kinds of diseases and casualt.es w thin the bills of mortaluy m each of the 204 years 1629-1831. “ London : Treuttel Wiirtz & Co 30 Soho-square, 1832. By Jas. Marshall, Esq.” * tZ’ ^ L'0‘> 30> sizl is6 n,yakl quarto beC°me ***** M°Ugh PubHshed as Gently ** ^32. Its „ In the preface to this work, among many other valuable remarks, Mr. Marshall says According to an enumeration which seems to have been carefully made in 1631 the total population of .he whole C.ty of London, both wi.hin and without the walls was 130 178 which in 1700 is represented as amounting to 208,300.” As we have no enumeration of the population of London previous to 1801, these numbers are worthy of attention! from tre rr !,83r7’ tha office °‘ the Registrar-general was first established; and it is only of wch things tobe6 ^ d°Camen's ,hat are as accurate as ,t is in the nature fi Y°U/f C°™mi,tee cannot let this opportunity pass without publicly expressing their thanks for the great kindness and urbanity with which they were uniformly received^hv the Registrar-general and Mr. W. Farr in ,h/numerous visits^heir Searches ?„ tlTs depart- tLye;erqu3r:L“mmefee.efv idd StoSS aff°nled tl>em’ ad d°of srssftg n zfe Duke s-place, and three parishes in the city of Westminster. In 1636, Sf2 more were MortaHty indudedP-' We'e C0tmUal1^ added ««. - the year 1838,’ the old Bilk of Within the walls of the City Without „ „ Out Parishes in Middlesex and Surrey In City and Liberty of Westminster - 17 - 24 10 148 I^^MSlan^i„Mci;r^ty3PUbl“hfe<l ^ the ^eS'strar'Seneral, were commenced January 5th, 1840, and included returns of the deaths registered in all the places commised M'f Rifkmr18 °' the °ld B'5’ as We“ aS in the MhwinS parishes aSied by 7e late StLCyfeb e i J S‘' Laka * *-■*« 1 In 1840, the following parishes were included in the limits of London, as adopted by the FU'hami Mal^' S“ka Manq tin in the^«««» parish~ffn3dT„al?he S,M T?e °f ,hu am0Unt population and area in the in 1603 and in th e n I I 8° 41 orla Sh at the commencement of the regular series Registrar-general. ” ’ >tS °f the Tables of Mortality by the POPULATION. Old Bills of Mortality Tablfg of Mortality 43d- 1801. 1811. 1821. 1831. 1841. 261,233 265,793 297,896 306,110 319,494 958,863 1,138,815 1,378,947 1,654,994 1,948,369 C 4 j 1,660 74,070 In
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