Inquiry into the probable cause of the continued prevalence and fatality of small-pox / by James Stark.

  • Stark, James, 1814-1883
Date:
1845
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    Yeah. Total deaths. Deaths from Proportion of Small- Small-Pox. Pox per 100 deaths. 1840 3983 164 1841 3888 27 1842 4154 181 1843 4841 39 1844 4264 11 1840—1844 21130 422 1-9 It will render this table more easily comparable with that of London if we class together in one table the proportion of deaths from small-pox out of every 100 deaths during periods of ten years. Proportion of small-pox deaths out of every 100 deaths in Edin- burgh during the years,— 1780-89 1790-99 1800-09 1810-19 1820-29 1830-39 1840-44 • 14-1 12*5 3-6 1’5 1-2 P9 T9 This table, then, though it demonstrates that the mortality from small-pox in Edinburgh for the last few years is nearly a half lower than in London, and less than a half lower than in Glasgow, exhi- bits, like these cities, a slight increase of late years. In Prussia, though small pox, from the attention which govern- ment pays to vaccination, is far from that dreadful scourge which it is in this country, it will be seen from the following returns that it still forms a fraction of the mortality. General and Small-Pox Mortality in Prussia. Y ear. 1820—1834 or annually 1839 1840 1841 Total deaths. 5,457,209 363,813 430,098 418,624 415,256 Deaths from small-pox. 44,685 2,979 2,128 2,410 2,195 Proportion of S.-pox to total deaths. 1*3 per cent. 1*3 0‘4 0-5 0-5 In the Austrian dominions, again, small-pox still commits fearful ravages, as the following table of returns from some of the provinces, for 1832, 1833, and 1836,* will demonstrate. Small-Pox Mortality in Austrian Dominions. 1832. No. of S.-Pox. Austria on the Enns, 1683 Dalmatia, 36 Hungary, . 1545 Venetian territories, 9687 1833. Austria on the Enns, 5466 Moravia and Silesia, 177 Styria, 1491 Illyria, 3148 Maritime territories, . 160 1836. No. of S.-I’ox. Austria on the Enns, 564 Styria, 394 Bohemia, . 679 Moravia and Silesia, 146 Galicia, 1262 Lombardy, 766 Dalmatia, 839 Carinthia, 98 Carniola, 266 Maritime territories, 98 Tyrol, 349 * Medicinische Jahrbucher des Ostcrr. Staatcs 1835 and 1838 and Allgemeincs Repertorium, 1836 and 1839,
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