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1836 to 1851, thirty-seven in the hundred of those unvaccinated
died, whilst only six in the hundred who had been vaccinated
(well or badly) died.
V.—In England there is a larger proportion of unvaccinated
persons than in any other country of Europe, and consequently
a greater number of deaths from Small Pox are shewn hj the
public registration, to occur.
VI.—Whilst Small Pox kills so great a proportion of the
unvaccinated whom it attacks, the inoculation of Cow Pox, i.e.,
Vaccination seldom or ever produces any consequences of an
injurious nature. The authenticated fatal eases ef Erysipelas
so produced are not more numerous than those that follow the
prick of a pin. There is no proof that those who have been
vaccinated suffer from Scrofula or any similar disease as a
consequence of Vaccination alone. According to the EegistrarGeneral's
returns these diseases have diminished in frequency
since the introduction of Vaccination. That which follows
after a thing is not necessarily caused by it. It is a matter of
necessity that persons who have been vaccinated, should have
diseases after this operation as well as before it, but these
cannot rightly be attributed to Vaccination.
VII.—The laws of our country demand that every one should
be vaccinated, because persons who arc unvaccinated are liable
to take Small Pox and die. The law does not allow the right
of a man to catch Small Pox or to expose his children to it, as
it does not allow him to kill himself or his children. It has
been recently made unlawful for a man to accumulate dirt and
filth which may become the means of spreading disease and death
among his neighbours, and similarly the law does not allow a
man to make his body, or those of his children, hotbeds for the
development of the deadly Small Pox, which may spread to his
neighbours.
VIII.—Although very rarely the eruptions of other diseases
have through the carelessness of medical practitioners, been
mistaken for Cow Pox, yet it would be as reasonable to ask for
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