Report of the Medical Officers of the Small-Pox and Vaccination Hospital, London, for the year 1869, presented to the President, Vice-Presidents, and Governors of the Institution, at the Annual General Court held February 4th, 1870 / [William Munk, J.F. Marson].

  • Munk, William.
Date:
1870
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officers of the Small-Pox and Vaccination Hospital, London, for the year 1869, presented to the President, Vice-Presidents, and Governors of the Institution, at the Annual General Court held February 4th, 1870 / [William Munk, J.F. Marson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4 Of the 493 Patients thus admitted, 460 were suffering from Small-Pox, and 33 from various forms of eruptive or febrile disease, not Small-Pox. This latter class comprised,— Chicken Pock Measles Scarlatina Lichen Febricula Syphilis Pustular Eruption of doubtful charac- ter, hut not Small-Pox 10 9 1 3 5 2 3 33 Of the 460 cases of Small-Pox, 101 were Unvaccinated, and 357 had been Vaccinated; one was said to have had Small-Pox previously, and one to have been Vaccinated, and also to ha\e had Small-Pox. There were 53 deaths, giving a general mortality of 10*7 per cent. Of the 101 Unvaccinated cases, 28 died, giving a mortality for this class of 27*7 per cent.; whilst of the 357 Vaccinated cases, 25 died, or 7 per cent, only : and even from this low mortality a reduction has to he made, 5 out ol the ^5 deaths in this the Vaccinated class, having been caused not by Small- Pox, hut by previously existing, coincident or superadded diseases. The cause of death in the five cases thus excluded fiom the calculation, was as follows :— Disease of the Liver and Dropsy • • • 1 Hooping Cough and Convulsions . • ^ Gangrene of Arm . Erysipelas . Parturition, followed by Peritonitis. • ^ 5