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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Lambeth 1888

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]

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Table: Mortality from Small Pox upon the Continent before and after the introduction of Vaccination.

Mortality from Small Pox upon the Continent before and after the introduction of Vaccination.

*Terms of years respecting which particulars are given.Territory.Approximate average annual death rate by Small Pox per million of living population.
Before Introduction of Vaccination.After introduction of Vaccination.
1777—18061807—1850Austria Lower2484340
do.do.„ Upper and Salzburg142 I501
do.do.Styria1052446
do.do.Illyria518244
do.1838—1850Trieste14046182
1777—18031807—1850Tyrol &Voralberg9II170
1777—1806do.Bohemia2174215
do.do.Moravia5402255
do.do.Silesia5812198
do.do.Galicia1194676
1787—1806do.Bukovinia3527516
1776-17801810-1850Prussia Provinces (East)332156
do.do.Brandenburg2181181
do.1816— 1850Westphalia2643114
do.do.Rhenish Provs.90890
1781—18051810—1850Berlin3422176
1776—17801816—1850Saxony719170
1774—18011810—1850Sweden2050158
1751 —18001801—1850Copenhagen3128286

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• From u table formulated by Mr. John Simon, F.R.S., Medical Officer to
the Privy Council, and reduced by McVail.