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the area of foveatioii, and the amoiint of depression and " puckering." The fact 

 is also clearly broiight out that adults are considorably uiore liable to the severe 

 forms of the disease than the young. 



(3) The next part of niy intjuiry preseuts some features which, I think, 

 are novel, and is based on figures relating to the Glasgow epidemic of 1900-1, 

 supplied by Dr Brownloe. He grouped the male patients according to their 

 occnpations, adopting the grouping of the Registrar-Geiieral's Reports with ihree 

 modifications : (1) Pi'ofessions, Clerks, etc. are all grouped together, as the number 

 of patients other than clerks was very small ; e.g. only four professional inen were 

 adniitted to Belvidere : (2) Railway nien are shown separately from Transport 

 Service : (3) Shopkeepers include all kinds, instead of the limited number adopted 

 in the Registrar-Geueral's Reports. Cases of doubtful vaccination (25) are again 

 excluded. 



The following table is prepared from Dr Brownlfo's figures : 



TABLE IX. 

 Smallpox Cases admitted into Belvidere Hospital 1900-1. (Males.) 



Froni the statistics of Table IX. I wanted to svscertain the correlation between 

 the social status of the patients and (1) the presence er absence of the scar, 

 and (2) in the case of the vaccinated their power to resist the disease. For this 

 purpose it was necessary to divide my material into two chisses having a higher 

 and a lower Status. No donbt considerable diversity of opinion may exist as to 

 the eoniponcnts which should fall into these two classes. I consultcd from this 

 Standpoint the death-rates of various classes as given by the Registrar-General. 



