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Tottenham 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]
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the cases suffered from Hemorrhagic Small Pox)—were protected from
the disease, not by sanitation, not by isolation, not by any of the
various remedies which have been suggested, but solely by efficient
Vaccination and Re-vaccination, such as is open to everyone to obtain.
Before leaving this branch of the subject, I should like to call your
attention to 4 tables which show the relative liability to contract Small
Pox, to suffer severely, and to die from it, amongst the Vaccinated
and Unvaccinated respectively.
N.B.—In all the following tables, under "vaccinated" are included all cases
vaccinated in infancy, although after the. age of from 7 to 10 years
they ought rather to be classed as "unvaccinated," because the
protective influence of vaccination very rapidly diminishes.
| Vaccinated. | Unvaccinated. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exposed. | Attacked. | Died. | Exposed | Attacked. | Died. | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |
* This child had not been efficiently vaccinated, possessing only one
small scar, and was moreover very delicate before admission.