268 THE WONDERFUL CENTURY. CHAP. xvm. 



also reached by Professor Adolf Vogt, who, in the 

 elaborate statistical paper sent by him to the Royal Com- 

 mission, and printed in their Sixth Report, but not other- 

 wise noticed by them, shows, by abundant statistics from 

 various countries, that the small-pox death-rate and 

 fatality have been increased during epidemics occurring 

 in the epoch of vaccination. 



One more point deserves notice before leaving this 

 part of the enquiry, which is the specially high small- 

 pox mortality of great commercial seaports. The 

 following table, compiled from Dr. Pierce's " Vital 

 Statistics " for the Continental towns and from the 

 Reports of the Royal Commission for those of our own 

 country, is very remarkable and instructive. 



NAME OF TOWN. YEAR. SMALL pox DEATH-RATE 



PER MILLION. 



Hamburgh, .... 1871 15,440 



Rotterdam, .... 1871 14.280 



Cork 1872 9,600 



Sunderland, .... 1871 8,650 



Stockholm, .... 1874 7,916 



Trieste 1872 6,980 



Newcastle-on-Tyne, . . . 1871 5,410 



Portsmouth, . . . . 1872 4,420 



Dublin, ..... 1872 4,330 



Liverpool, . . 1871 3,890 



Plymouth, .... 1872 3,000 



The small-pox death-rate in the case of the lowest of 

 these towns is very much higher than in London during 

 the same epidemic, and it is quite clear that vaccination 

 can have had nothing to do with this difference. For if 

 it be alleged that vaccination was neglected in Ham- 

 burg and Rotterdam, of which we find no particulars, 

 this cannot be said of Cork, Sunderland, and Newcastle. 



