W. I\. Macdonki.1, 



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My chicf tlitticiilty amsu iVoin thc group of nicliil workers who form by f'ar Lhc 

 largcst siiiglc occupation group after fche labourers, and yet exhibit not a singlo 

 unvaccinated person. It is clcar that such a class according as it i.s included 

 in t.hc higher or lower Status group niay coinplctely changc the correlation botwoen 

 Status and vaccination. If tho metal workei's inchided filecutters and Icad- 

 workers, thcy wnuld have a high dcath-rate and wc (»Light tu put theni in the 

 group of lower status. On the other hand in sonie districts the metal workers 

 bclong to the most trained and the best paid elass of craftsnien, men who are 

 likely to bc well iii)urish(Ml and with fairly heaithy luinies. I accordiugly wrote to 

 Dr Brownlee iii(|uiring as to the status of the Ulasgow metal workers and as to thc 

 abseuce of unvaccinated eases among theni. His reply is as foUows : 



" No fileeutters or leadwurkers were included in the metal workers. The lalter 

 "were in great majority made up of shipbuilding and forge employees, these 

 " being the main metal Industries in Glasgow. A very few brassworkers were 

 " included. The status of these metal workers as we received them was not so high 

 " as that of either the men who work on the Railways or in the Building Trades, 

 " and I think that they should be included in your second class. The abseuce of 

 " unvaccinated cases is to a certain extent explainable. Most of these workers were 

 " from the neighbouring forges where on account of thc contiguity of the hospital 

 " the employers have for a long time exercised a certain amount of supervision of 

 " the vaccination of those employed in the works. Smallpox has several times 

 " invaded these works since 189Ü, so that I think unvaccinated persous must 

 " be very few indeed." 



It must be at once confessed that this rnore or less enforced vaccination of the 

 large group of metal workers is a very disturbing factor in the consideration 

 of the relatiou between status and vaccination. Adopting Dr Brownlee's view 

 I first put the metal workers in the class of lower status. 



As a tirst grouping I took for those of higher status : Professions, Clerks, etc., 

 and Shopkeepers. I obtaiued : 



TABLE X. 



First Grouping. 



•1862 + -0737. 



I now included in the class of higher status, Miuers, Railway men and Building 

 Trades as well as Professious, Clerks and Shopkeepers. 



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