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Events, which this Diftemper has been, and ever will 
be very fruitful of, while ic is left Co rage in its full 
force and violence. 
Sir, I doubt not buf when you have colleded a 
fufficienc Number of Obfervations for it, you will 
be able to demonftrace, That the Hazard in this Me- 
thod is very inconfiderable, in proportion Co that in the 
ordinary way by accidental Contagion, fo fmalb that 
' it ought not to deter any Body from making ufe of ic. 
In order to fatisfy my felf, what Proportion the Num- / 
ber of thofc that die of the Small Pox, might bear to- 
I the whole Number that is feized with the Diflem-- 
per, in the natural way, I have made fome enquiry 
hereabouts, and I ihall take the freedom to tranfinic 
the Accouirts to yotr, because t bdferc you may (te-- 
I pend upon their being taken with fuflicient care and. 
impartiality. In Hallifax, fincc the beginning of laft: 
Winter, 276 have had the Small Pox, and out of that. 
Number 43 have died. In Rochdale^ a fmall Neigh- 
bouring Market Town, 177 have had the Diftemper, 
and 38 have died. In Leeds 792. have had the Small' 
Pox, and 189 have died,' It is to be noted, that in 
I this Town, Small Pox have been more favourable 
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I this Seafon t-han- utuaiy and in Leeds they have been 1 
I more than ufually mortal; but upon a Medium in thcfe: 
ithree Towns, there have died nearly 12 out of eve- 
iry hundred, which, is above a fifth Part^ of all thac^ 
have been infeded in the natural way. I have in thefc ' 
^Accounts confined. my felf to the Limits of the Towns. 
;The Numbers that have had the Small Pox in the Coun- 
itry round about, is vaftly greater; but the Propor-- 
ition of thofe that die is much the fame. I have made . 
:the enquiry in feveral Country Villages hereabouts,. 
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