On Vaccination. 



325 



In the beginning of the year 1804, the cow-pox institu- 

 tion was established under the patronage of the earl of Hard- 

 wicke, and it is from this period that we may date the ge- 

 neral introduction of vaccination into this city, and through- 

 out all parts of Ireland. « 



The success of the institution in forwarding tbe new prac- 

 tice is to be attributed, in a great measure, to the respecta- 

 bility of the gentlemen who superintend it, and to the dili- 

 gence, zeal, and attention of Dr. Labatt, their secretary and 

 inoculalor. In order to show the progress which has been 

 made in extending vaccination, your committee refer to the 

 reports of the Cow-pox Institution for the last two years, 

 and to extracts from their register for the present year. 



In the above statement the numbers are averaged to the 

 end of the present year, on the supposition of patients re- 

 sorting to the institution as usual. The correspondence of 

 the institution appears to be very general throughout every 

 part of Ireland, and by the accounts received, as well from 

 medical practitioners as others, the success of vaccinraion 

 seems to be uniform and effectual. At the present period, 

 in the opinion of your committee, there arc few individuals 

 in any branch of the profession who oppose the practice of 

 vaccination in this part of his majesty's dominions. 



It is the opinion of your committee that the practice of 

 cow-pox inoculation is safe, and that it fully answers all 

 the purposes that have been intended bv its introduction. 

 At the same time, your committee is willing to allow that 

 doubtful cases have been reported to them as having oc- 

 curred of persons suffering from small-pox who had been 

 previously vaccinated. Upon minute invcitigation, how- 

 X 3 ever, 



