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whereof 844 died, t. e. near one in feven. At this 
time, in and about Bofl.011, 286 were inoculated, 
whereof 6 died, /. e. about i iii 48. This was 
the beginning of inoculation in New England, Toon 
after it was hrfl: pradliied in London A. D. 1730, 
the difcumbents were eflimated at 4000, whereof 
al^out 500 died j of not 400 inoculated, 12 died, /. e, 
1 of 33. 
A. D. 1752, there was an exad account taken, by 
order of the magiftrates of the town of Bofton, and 
rendered upon oath (in order to remove the prejudices 
and objections made again ft inoculation) of all who 
had the fmall pox, either in the natural way or by 
inoculation, and of the precife number of thofe who 
died of the fmall pox in either way j by^hich account 
it appears that the number of thofe who had the di- 
ftemper in the natural way, including blacks, amount- 
ed to 5,544, of which number died, including 
blacks, 514 j the whole number inoculated, including 
blacks, was 2,113, of which died, including 
blacks, 30. At this time, all prefent had the fmall 
pox, except about I74i the total of refidenters (in- 
cluding 1 544 negroes) being 15,734; thofe who 
fled from the fmall pox eftimated at 1,800. Hi- 
therto mercury had not been made ufe of in inocu- 
lation in Bofton. 
A. D. 1764, at this prefent writing, the fmall pox 
is prevalent in the town of Bofton ; by the laft ac- 
counts, 3000 had recoved from inoculation, in the 
new method, by the ufe of mercury, and 5 only 
had died, viz. children under 5 years; fo that it ap- 
pears, that death without inoculation is i in 7 or 8 ; 
* Dr. Douglas’s Summary Hift. Vol. II. p. 395. 
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