Third (-Fourth-Fifth) Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the subject of vaccination; with minutes of evidence and appendices.

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Vaccination.
Date:
1890-1893
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    caused by vaccinatiou, and of cases of small-pox occurring in vaccinated persons, 15,336-498, 15,613- 21, 16,084-107, 16,885, 16,924, 17,276-7, App. 417 (Table 4). Mr. J. T. Biggs as to alleged cases of vaccino-syphilis, 15,453-91, 16,084-107, 15,521-38, 17,285-6. Mr H. Lankester's opinion as to cases of erysipelas following vaccination, 13,068-74, 13,083-108; Mr. A.W. Bmms's, 14,526-31, 14,548, 14,605-9, 14,637-8. Mr J T. Biggs as to erysipelas in Leicester, 13.796- 806, 13,817-23, 13,861-2, 14,426-52, 14,760-96. App. 416 (Table 2), and the question of its connexion with the practice of vaccination, 13,861-2, 14,438-51, 14,760-96, 15,347-54; and his opinion that vaccina- tion is in children an exciting cause of diari-hoea, 13,851-60, 13,863-86, 14,453, 16,935, 16,954-8. 16,979- 82, 16,988-9, 17,039^2, 17,070-4, 17,108-12, 17,126, 17,148-50, 17,185-203, 17,214, 17,216-7, 17,249-53, 17,290-4. Mr. J. T. Biggs as to the deaths returned by the Eegistrar-General as from erysipelas after vaccination or from cow-pox and other effects of vac- cination. 13,754-6, 14.796-809,15,330, 15,340, 15,345-6 {13,770), 17,270-2, 17,662, App. 416 (Table 3); and his opinion that in the case of deaths occurring after vaccination it is not always the practice of the medical men certifying the deaths to mention vac- cination on their certificates, 13,776. 13,779, 13,790-4, 13,831-50, 13,883-4, 14,453-80, 14,774-6, 14,808-22, 15.199- 201, 15,222-7, 15,246-54, 15,340-4, 15,355-66, 15,499, 15,538; and that accordingly the deaths re- turned by the Eegistrar-General as from the effects of vaccination are very largely exceeded in number by the actual deaths; 15,340-2, 15,345-6 {J3,770), 15,368-85. Mr. J. T. Biggs's opinion that Public Vaccinators do not as a rule carry out in full the instructions of the Local Government Board, 13,795, 13,807-16, 14,817, 14,821-3, 15,177-9, 15,218, 15,270-5, 15,290, 15,329. Ml-. J. T. Biggs's diagram showing- for the Borough of Leicester, for each of the years 1838-89 the estimated population and the number of marriages, of births and of deaths fi-om all causes, from small-pox and from all zymotic diseases, with for each of the years 1849-89 the number of registered vaccinations, public and private, 15,553-720, 15,726-8, 15,742, 15,747, 15,993-16,082, 16,107-8. 16,113-9, 16,175-83, 16,193, 16.200- 2, 16,689-759, 16,763,16,812-22,16,843, 17,007 -9, 17,029-38, 17,230-3, 17,255-6, 17,364-418, 17,449- 53, 17,620-9, 17,836-7, 17,839-40, App. facing page 434 (Diagram A.) ; as to the materials from which the figures given on this diagram, so far as relating to the number of vaccinations, wei-e obtained and the methods by which they were arrived at, and as to how fai- the figures given are comparable through- out the years dealt with on the diagram, (13,362- 84, 13,620-1), 16,678-699, 15,700-3, 15,706-7, 16,726-8, 15,993-16,082, 16,107-8, 16,179-83, 16,200-2, 16,689- 759, 17,007-9, 17,029-38, 17,230-3, 17.25-5-6, 17,364- 418, 17,449-53,17,620-9, 17.836-7,17,839-40; 15,754 -878 ; 15,879-973. Mr. J. T. Biggs's table calculated from the figures given at the foot of his Diagram A., showing for the Borough of Leicester during the years 1849-89 in quinquennial periods the average annual per-centage of primary vaccinations to births and the average annual rate of such vaccinations to five thousand births and to one hundred thousand and to two hundred and fifty thousand population, his similar table calculated ujjon the number of actual primary vaccinations registered within each year irrespective of the year of birth of the children vac- cinated, and his diagram illustrating tlie two tables, 17,364-418, 17,448-53, 17,839, App. 444 (Tables 26 and 26), App. facing page 444 (Diagram L.); Mr. Biggs's table showing for the Borough of Leicester for each of the years 1849-89 the total number of registered vaccinations, the per-centage of such vac- cinations to the births registered in each of the same years and the rate to five thousand births and to one hundred thousand population with an estimate of the number of public and private vaccinations performed in each year, (17,620-9, 17,836-8), 17,839-40, App. 466 (Table 61). Mr. J. T. Biggs as to the practice of insurance com- panies doing business in Leicester with regard to the granting of policies on the lives of unvaccinated jjer- sons, 13,690-716, 13,758-64, 14,426. Mr. J. T. Biggs's tables and diagrams, with his observations thereon, showing for the Borough of Leicester : ior each of the years 1849-89, the number of registered vaccina- tions to each five thousand births, 15,722-53, 16,109- 51, 16,193, 17,315, App. 4.34 (Table 6), App. facing page 434 (Diagram B.); for each of the years 1849- 89, the number of registered vaccinations per hundred thousand of the popul^otion, 15,726-53, 16,109-51 16,193, 17,316, App. 434 (Table 7), App. facing page 434 (Diagram B.) ; for the highest years of epidemics during a period of fifty-two years (1838-89), the small-pox death-rate per million living, the average annual )-egistered vaccinations to every five thousand births, and the accumulated vaccinations per hundred thousand living for the five years ending with, and including, each epidemic year, 16,152-200, 16,527-8 16,911-24, 17,840-52, App. 434 (Table 8), App. facing page 434 (Diagram G.); for the years 1886, 1887 and 1888, the number of persons vaccinated or re-vacci- nated after vohantarily entering the quarantine wards at the fever hospital after possible exposure to small- pox infection, (16,210, 16,376), 16,39-1-^46, 16,644, 16,665-68. App. 435 (Table 9) ; during the years 1838-89 in the quinquennial periods, the average annual small-pox death-rate per million living, the average annual registered vaccinations to every thousand births and the accumulated vaccinations per hundred thousand living at the close of each period, 16,759-64, 16,864-8, App. 435 (Table 11), A.pp. facing- page 435 (Diagram E.); during the years 1849-89 in quinquennial periods, the total number of small-pox deaths, the average annual small-pox death-rate per million living, the accumu- lated vaccinations per hundred thousand living at the close of each period, the average annual number of registered vaccinations per twenty-five thousand living and the average aimual number of sanitary orders to abate nuisances, 16,764<-810, 16,864-8, ApjD. 435 (Table 12j, App. facing page 435 (DiagTamP.); for each of the years 1838-89, the small-pox death- rate per million living, for each of the years 1849-89 the per-centage of registered vaccinations to ' total births, for each of the years 1862-89 the per-centage of registered vaccinations to births after deducting the dead unvaccinated and for each of the years 1853 -89 the accumulated vaccinations registered for the five years ending with the enumerated year, (16,793), 16,811-22, 16,864-8, App. 436 (Table 13); during the years 1838-89 in quinquennial periods, the average annual small-pox death-rate per million living, the average annual per-centage of registered vaccinations to total births n^nd to births after deducting the dead unvaccinated, and the accumulated vaccinations re- gistered for the whole of each period, 16,822-9, 16,864-8, App. 436 (Table 14); during the years 1849-89 in quinquennial periods, the numDer of per- sons registered as vaccinated with the balance of the population, 16,830-910, App. 437 (Table 15); during the years 1838-89 in quinquennial periods, the total and the average annual number of deaths from each of the serai principal zymotic diseases with the average annual per-centage of registered vaccinations to births, 16,933-89, App. 439 (Table 18); for each of the years 1838-89, the death-rate fi um each of the seven principal zymotic diseases per million living with, for each of the years 1849-89, the per-centage of registered vaccinations to births, 16,990-17,000, 17,013-23, 17,180-2, 17,239-43, 17,290-4, App. 440 (Table 19); during the years 1838-89 in quinquen- nial periods, the average annual death-rate from each of the seven principal zymotic diseases per million living and the per-centage of the deaths from each of those diseases to the deaths from all of them with the average annual registered vaccina- tions to ten thousand births, 16,993, 16,996, 17,000- 215, App. 441 (Table 20), App. facing page 441 (Dia- gram G.); during the years 1838-89 in quinquennial periods the average annual number of deaths and the average annual death-rate from the seven principal zymotic diseases per million living and from six of those diseases (excluding small-pox) with the average annual registered vaccinations per two hundred and fifty thousand living, and the average annual number of sanitary orders to abate nuisances, 17,21-5-94, App. 441 (Table 21), App. facing page 441 (Diagram H.); for each of the years 1838-89, the rate per thousand living of persons married, of births and of deaths with the per-centage of registered vaccinations to births, 17,295, 17,299-305, 17,419-47, App. 442 (Table 23), App. facing page 442 (Diagram J.); during the years 1838-89 in quinquennial periods, the; average ammal registerd number and the average annual i-ate per thousand living of persons married, of births and of deaths with the average annual registered vaccinations per hundred thousand living, 17,296- 300, 17,306-49, 17,419-47, App. 443 (Table 24), App.