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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Credit: Inquiry into the probable cause of the continued prevalence and fatality of small-pox / By James Stark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Names of Heads of Families. No. ot Fami¬ ly- No. Vac. No. had S.-Pox. S.-Pox after Vaccin. S.-Pox after S.-Pox No. Un¬ protected. Brought forward, 188 94 72 2 0 22 John Dinnon, . 3 1 2 — — — Michael Maclaren, 6 1 5 — — — John Cosgrove, 5 3 2 — 1 — Isabella Crosby, l 1 — — — — James Macguire, 4 1 3 — — — Helen Donelly, 1 — 1 — — — Andrew' Nasmy th, • 2 2 — — — — Janet Drummond, 1 1 -- —- -— — John Tyac, 5 1 4 — — — Michael Kelly, 3 —- 3 — — — Christian Wright, 2 1 1 — — — William Evans, 4 2 1 —— — 1 Andrew Dowie, 3 1 2 -- — -— Margaret Hamilton, 2 2 — —■ — — Isabella Donaldson, 1 — 1 .— -- — James Kelly, 7 2 4 -— —- 1 Janet M‘Queen, 1 — 1 —- — — Sophia Stewart, 1 — 1 — — — Helen Macleod, . 1 1 — 1 — — Helen Millar, 2 2 — — — — Eliza Beuse, 1 — 1 — — — Total, 244 116 104 3 1 24 From this table it appears that, of 244 individuals (members of 73 families) residing in the same parish in Edinburgh, only 116* or less than the half ’ were vaccinated ; that 104 had already taken small-pox, and 24 were still liable to an attack thereof, being un¬ protected by vaccination, or by having had the natural small-pox. The only other similar fact with which I am acquainted, as show¬ ing on a limited scale the actual proportion of vaccinated indivi¬ duals among the poorer classes of this country, is that one published by Mr Marshall relative to the parish of Chelsea.* From his state¬ ment it appears, that 45 families applied for parochial medical re¬ lief between June 1838 and June 1839, on account of small-pox being among them. These 45 families yielded a total of 264 indi¬ viduals, and of these 81 only were vaccinated ; 30 died from small¬ pox in these families—27 of these with the natural small-pox, and 3 under a second attack of that virulent disease. No deaths oc¬ curred among the vaccinated. Now, although it may be objected to Mr Marshall’s statement, that it cannot fairly represent the state of the poorer classes in Eng¬ land, seeing that it applies simply to those who applied for medi¬ cal relief when actually labouring under small-pox, the same cannot hold with regard to the table which I have given above. The above table shows the actual state of a considerable section of the popula- * Lancet, 1838-39, p. 854.