276 THE WONDERFUL CENTURY. CHAP. xvm. 



occasions during the recent epidemic, yet the following 

 is the result : 



1891-94. LEICESTER. BIRMINGHAM. 



Small-pox cases per 10,000 population, . 19 63 



deaths " " " 1.1 5 



Here we see, that Leicester had less than one-third 

 the cases of small-pox, and less than one-fourth the 

 deaths in proportion to population than well-vaccinated 

 Birmingham; so that both the alleged protection from 

 attacks of the disease, and mitigation of its severity 

 when it does attack, are shown, not only to be absolutely 

 untrue, but to apply, in this case, to the absence of 

 vaccination ! 



But we have yet another example of an extremely 

 well-vaccinated town in this epidemic Warrington, an 

 official report on which has just been issued. It is 

 stated that 99.2 per cent, of the population had been vac- 

 cinated, yet the comparison with unvaccinated Leicester 

 stands as follows: 



EPIDEMIC OP 1892-93. LEICESTER. WARRINGTON. 



Small-pox cases per 10. 000 population, . 19.3 123.3 



deaths " " " 1.4 11.4 



Here, then, we see that in the thoroughly vaccinated 

 town the cases are more than six times, and the deaths 

 more than eight times, that of the almost unvaccinated 

 town, again proving that the most efficient vaccination 

 does not diminish the number of attacks, and does not 

 mitigate the severity of the disease, but that both these 

 results follow from sanitation and isolation. 



Now let us see how the Commissioners, in their 

 " Final Report " deal with the above facts, which are 

 surely most vital to the very essence of the enquiry, and 



