Copy of the report to the Secretary of State, from the National Vaccine Establishment ; dated 9th April 1818. To the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Sidmouth, Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department.

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1818
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Credit: Copy of the report to the Secretary of State, from the National Vaccine Establishment ; dated 9th April 1818. To the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Sidmouth, Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COPY OF THE REPORT to the Secretary of State, from the National Vaccine Establishment; dated 9th April 1818. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE w LORD VISCOUNT SIDMOUTH, PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT, &c. &c. &c. NATIONAL VACCINE ESTABLISHMENT, Percy-street, 9th April 1S18. My Lord, THE Board of the National Vaccine Establishment have the honour to inform Your Lordship, that 9,193 persons have been vaccinated during the last year, at the different Stations appointed by them in London and the vicinity; and that 50,043 charges of Vaccine Lymph have been distributed to the public : both numbers being greater than in any former year. In consequence of a deficiency in the returns, the total number vaccinated by the Honorary Members and Correspondents of the Board cannot be fully ascer- tained ; but the Vaccinations of those who have sent Reports, amount to 87,529. It will be gratifying to learn, that the method of preserving Vaccine Lymph in glass tubes, for its transmission to distant countries and hot climates, has proved successful. The Lymph having been lost in Jamaica, and in several of the West India Islands, several of these tubes were sent to Jamaica and to Barbadoes. Fortunately the Vaccine proved efficacious : and from the latter, Lymph has been diffused to Trinidad and to several other Islands, in which the practice of Vaccina- tion has been resumed w ith activity and success. His Excellency Sir Thomas Raffles, Governor of Sumatra, has lately commu- nicated the very agreeable intelligence, transmitted by Baron Van de Capellan, Governor of Batavia, that the Vaccine Lymph, and Instructions, sent by the Board, had arrived in a perfect state; and that Vaccination was happily extending through that country. Application has also been made to the Board, from His Excellency the Portu- guese Ambassador, for Vaccine Lymph, with proper directions for its use, to be transported to the Brazils. T his request was instantly complied with ; and two English Surgeons residing at Rio de Janeiro, have been appointed Corresponding Members. An account has been received from an English Surgeon, who lived some time at Abra, near Mount Lebanon, that the Vaccine has extended to that country from Constantinople; and that Vaccination is approved of and practised through the Levant. As the Board neglect no means in their power for diffusing this salutary practice, encouragement has been given to numerous applications from respectable Surgeons, who were desirous of belonging to this Establishment. Many appointments have therefore been made, and Diplomas granted to the following Members: Honorary Vaccinators Stationary D° Extraordinary D° Corresponding D° 8 11 29 120