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who are classed as not vaccinated, should be included in
the list of vaccinated. If this were the case with so
many as half of them, (which it is absurd to suppose) the
death rate in the vaccinated would be 100 per million,
against 594 per million in the unvaccinated. Thus it
will be seen that if all the non-stated cases, and half of
those certified to be not vaccinated are included (for the
sake of argument) in the vaccinated class; the mortality
is only one sixth of what it is in the non-vaccinated class.
The following table shews the number of deaths
at various ages:—
Ages.
Vaccinated.
Not Vaccinated.
No Statement.
0 - 1 years
1
28
29
1 - 5 „
9
51
20
5 - 20 „
20
87
34
20 - 40 „
58
45
34
40 - 60 „
16
17
20
60 - 80 „
0
1
5
Total
104
229
142
Considering that the vaccinated are nineteen times
as numerous as the unvaccinated, and that nearly every
case of smallpox must have been almost necessarily in
contact with several vaccinated persons, the above
figures clearly shew what a large amount of protection