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Of the 227 cases occurring, 25 cases died, or 11 per cent An
analysis of the fatal cases showed that there had been 10 deaths
in vaccinated persons, 13 deaths in unvaccinated persons and
two cases were returned as doubtful.
So the percentage of deaths in vaccinated and unvaccinated
persons would read as follows:—
Vaccinated 6.7 per cent of deaths.
Unvaccinated 46.4 „ „
The value of vaccination in lessening the fatality of this disease
is plainly shown by these figures. In the same ratio in every
100 persons attacked who had been vaccinated, only seven persons
would die; in an equal number who had not been vaccinated,
46 people would die.
The public are now much more alive to the value of perfect
isolation, and consequently are more ready to avail themselves
of the advantages offered to their infectious sick by the Asylums
Board.
Of the 227 cases of Small Pox, 207 were removed to Hospital,
leaving only 20 to be treated at home; in all these cases isolation
was efficiently carried out.
Only three paupers were reported to have been removed to the
Hospital, the remaining 204 cases belonging to the middle and
working classes.
The following table shows the number of Small Pox cases
removed to the Hospitals of the Asylums Board during the last
eight years, and the proportion of paupers to the whole number
admitted:—
1877
26 Paupers
577 Non-Paupers
1878
20 „
277 „
1879
1 „
277 „
1880
1 „
77 „
1881
14 „
80 „
1882
24 „
440 „
1883
0 „
109 „
1884
3 „
207 „
Making a total during the eight years of 1,895, of which 89 were
paupers, or,
Non-paupers
95.3 percent.
Paupers
47 „