The Swedish small-pox statistics' fraud : the real truth of the matter / by Mrs. Hume-Rothery.

  • Mary Hume Rothery
Date:
1882
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Credit: The Swedish small-pox statistics' fraud : the real truth of the matter / by Mrs. Hume-Rothery. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Official Statistics of Small-pox Mortality in Sweden from 1800 to 1876. Year Small-vox Deaths v Year S mall-pox Deaths Year Small-pox Deaths 1800 12,032 1826 625 1S52 1,534 I 6,057 27 600 53 279 2 1,533 28 257 54 204 3 1,464 29 53 55 41 4 1,460 30 104 56 62 5 1,090 3i 612 57 560 6 1,482 32 622 58 1289 7 2,129 33 1,145 59 1,470 8 1,814 34 1,049 60 708 9 2,404 35 445 6l 193 IO 824 36 138 62 148 II 698 1 37 36x 63 307 12 404 3S 1,805 64 74i 13 547 39 1,934 65 1.336 14 308 40 650 66 1,217 15 472 4i 237 67 1,061 1816’ 690 42 58 68 1,492 17 242 43 9 69 1,474 18 305 44 6 70 764 19 161 45 6 7i 329 20 143 46 2 72 346 21 37 47 13 73 1,122 22 11 48 71- 74 4,063 23 39 49 34i 75 2,019 24 618 50 1,376 76 604 25 1,243 5r 2,488 It will be seen from a glance at the above table that though in one year (1800) a mortality of 12,032 deaths from small-pox is recorded, yet within the ten years following it fell (1810) as low as 824 and in 1811 and 12 to 698 and 404 respectively. An average of 12,000 for 20 years is therefore a simple In this year vaccination was made compulsory in Sweden.