Report of the National Vaccine Estullishment. G3 



a,a:ainst my plan, and the merits of the upcast pit set in oppo- 

 sition to the powers of the steam-engine and air-pump, I hope it 

 will be accompanied with satisfactory data to determine the ques- 

 tion. At any rate it may excite discussion, and lead to experi- 

 ments on the best mode of rendering perfectly safe to humanity 

 and to the proprietors at large a highly important branch of 

 our national wealth and comfort. C. 



XVIIL Report of the National Vaccine Establishment, for the 

 Year 1814. 



To the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Sidmouih, principal Secre- 

 tary of State for the Home Department^ <^c. c#c. 



National Vaccine Establishment, Leicester Square, 

 f-ry June 19, 1815. 



My Lord, — JL he Board of the National Vaccine Establish- 

 ment has the honour to report to your lordship, that a greater 

 immber of individuals has been vaccinated in the course of last 

 year than the preceding ; that several thousand more charges 

 of vaccine lymph* have been distributed to the public, whence 

 the destructive ravages of small-pox have been diminished. 



It appears from the bills of mortality of London, that the 

 deaths occasioned by small-pox have decreased in a larger pro- 

 portion than one- fourth, six hundred and thirty-eight having 

 fallen victims to that malady during the last year, eight himdred 

 and ninety-eight during the former. Large indeed is this me- 

 lanclioly cataFogue, which is attributable to the dissemination of 

 variolous matter by a few interested individuals, who, from sordid 

 motives, continue the practice of inoculating witli small-pox virus, 

 and diffusing this fatal disease through the metro}>olis. 



With the view of augmenting the benefits of this establish- 

 ment, the Board has lately appointed a class of extraordinary 

 vaccinators, in atklitiou to the stationary surgeons of respecta- 

 tiility, who have voluntarily stepped forward to contribute their 

 assistance gratuitously, compose this class, from which it is in- 

 tended hereafter to elect the stationary vaccinators. 



Another class, denominated corresponding vaccinators, ha« 

 also been established, from which a very material extension of 

 the benefits to be derjved from the Vaccine Institution is con- 

 fidently expected. Each person will in his own neighbourhood 

 be a point, from which the practice will continually diverge, and 

 through whom any communication of importance may at onc« 

 be made to this Board. 



• At the different «tations 4,6*85 persons have been vaC(;iDat«d, and 32,199 

 ebaige* uf lymph, have be«iU dietributed, 



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