The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-05-04 00:00:00

COPY OF THE REPORT

TO TIM SECIITTART OP 'TATE, PROM Tnn nottonm.
TACURS MAILIEHRENT, DATED Ova APRIL, 1818.
To the Right Honourable Lord Sir'mouth, Principal Secretary
of State fur the Hoene Department, &c. &c.

National Vaccine Establishment, Perry-street,
9111 April, 1618.

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My Lond—The Board of the National Vaccine Esta-
blishment have the honour to inform your Liardahip, that
9,101 persons have been vaccinated daring the last year, at
the &Nereid Mal appointed by them in London and the
vicinity; and that 50,043 charges of vitedise lybaph have
been distributed to the public: both numbers being grsater
than in any former year.
In consequence of a deficiency in the returns, the total
teetotaler yardman,' by the Honorary Menalwrs and Curse.-
spondrate of the Board eaouul be fully ascertained ; hot the
vaccinations of those who have sent reports, uuseuut to
87,519.
It will be gratifying en learn, that the method of pre-
serving vaccine lymph in glans tubes, fur its transiniasi og to
distant countries and hut climates, losa proved yurcvssnal.
The lymph having been loot iu Jamaica, and in several of
the Wrist India Islands, Wirral of these haws new sent to
Jamaica and to Riarbadoes. Fortiniately the Vilerillr Prlittlr
etliradiins : and (runs the latter, lymph Isar been iliffiased to
Trinidad and to several oilier Islands, in whirls the practice
of vaccination his been resumed with activity and anceess.
Hie Escelleamy Sir Thomas Itatilis, Governor of Sumatra,
has lately communicated she eery a:reelable intelligence.
tranansitied by Worms Van de Capellati. Governor of Bata-
via, that the vaccine lymph, and instructions, sent by the
Board, bad arrived its a perfect @lsle; mail that vaZcination
was happily extruding thrusaah Un.t country.
Application has also hems tirade to the Board, from hi.
Eacallenry the. rutin auri,.. Amtmemohir. fir ifrig.el„, lymph,
WWI pnnpir sisrectiiiise fur its taw, to be transported in die
Howls. Thar rimiest was imitantly clutiplitJ wills; and
two English Surgeons, rending at Rio de 1:111r11-41, hate bets
appointed Cu. rs sponoliiog Members.
An as-must has been tea-rived (slim an Eighth Sergi tons
ulna f vrd WWI UM at Abea, in ar Mould I semisoft, that

Rut the Board are sensible that wore as tepoisite Ihan
simply dilfisaing the vaccine; 'Soil that it is or the highest
impuirance to eateud, at the same time, a knowlvdge of thu
best mode of practice; for they feel it their ditty frankly to
paste, that acconnts are ucCasiuilally received of failures au
vacriadtion.. Although these are few, wisest complied to
the inoleitudis who are wen itheinal4 vsecivated, yet tly y
are safficieut to remise frequent alarm ; nod se have to -
Cutreil out only in various parts of this eland, but likewise
iii Irelsoll. Its conse4itenee of which, it appears ;hat, in thy
latter kineslom, a very extensive Investigation waY under_
takes' by the Directors of the Cow Pock I is.it.sliuu,founded
under the patronage of the Lord Li, utenant.
'floe result of this investigation has Brea published, and
is highly patlifactori. It is therein mewl • il, that a, feral
aloes of supposed small pox, after vaccioation, had conic
under the notice of the Diorama in variout ;tarts of Dultho.
In lay far the greater Humber, the ri opt oats began to decline
ins the sixth or seventh day from its aline iirtluce and al-
though the eruptive fever way violtat nt inane. none st
secondary, or symptomatic fiver On the decline of the pos.
toles, as is usual in severe mind! lees : ito tivea were its dan •
gee. nu had marks or disliguratinii of the face ensued."
The Directors of slob Dublin lasi itut 114,1 aloe sought
for intelligence upon this interesting subject front its it cor-
resPoutleuis throughout that pact of the unit, if kingdom ;
and they r,ceiveil one huladrca and forty letii-es, malty of
them written wish notch ability, and by mess of yes; exten-
sive experience. The Repoli proceeds to *late, That " The tie
coin ttttt sicatimis, with a very few eaceptiohs, Confirm awl
cethicadc with the results obverved of the institutiou, anal
from the whole, euntey the iduSt &Wail cativo, ti tttt of the
tiling and utility of tameness, •11 pretreitihe small pox."
of this, one striking example it given, whole fell under
the immediate ohm reation of the Mistimes et Dublin. A
patient delivered at the Lying-in Hospital was wind wit*
conßuent small put; Inc infant was vaccinated a taw lomat
after birth, and clever separat, at front the mother unlit the
eleventh day, when she died ~r the Malady ; yet the child
was not inficted with the small pox.
The continued investigation by this Roan!, of the failure*
of vaccination which hate taken ph ce twee, loot also to
cauelusious similar to those of the Directors of the Dabble
Inatitation ; anal it has been fowled that altimst all has
aubjects of thew casts have beets irattinated lay method*
less effectual Riau those whit to have been adopted nod hied -
caled by this Establishment. The great sneer.' of ihe prio -
lice of which, since its fuundaildn 111 the year initft, it thy
strongest hither, meat fur the islet, bring generally followed.
For which reason, the Board printed a stew said currCeted
edition of their instructions, w Inch toottiss Ilw practicie of
the Establishment; and they are now dist ribu Wig the copia •
gratuitously over the whole empire, Should these he aitu-
rstely followed, end every person vaccinated be thoruuehly
infected with the regular vaccine, the Board are fully con.
vioced that failures would became so rare, as hardly to met it
the public atteution.
Some exceptions, &meter, may be looked for, as the
small pox occurs occasionally twice isi the same individual;
and slave the last Report of this Board to his Maj. sty's
Government, twelve lases of amen pox occurring after
small pisx, in this country, were tutontonsuited to the Board
by medical practitioners.
Two of these Cllslls were indiehluals who had small pax
from inoculation, and who taught the Fecund titlark trout
being iH bonnet where utiligated small pox after vaecinalinu,
had appeared.
Roth of them, am/ one in particular, had the distaste
more severely than those who bad been earcihated.
'floe Board beg leave to invite the atttntiou of his Maks.
ty'stioverument to the following farts:—
The pernicious practice of small pox inorailatinn, now
very generally relimpii• lied by the medical profession, is
slily persisted in by a very few of the least creditable chant
of praciitionera, mot is ustielly cal ri. 41 on el:teeth-01110y;
yet the Board are concerned to state, that this destructive
operation is nun petformstii for gain, by itinerant empiric.,
farriers, publicana, slums, law c • g people of both sixes,
and of various ,lesei iptiuus. And suek it Ilse infatuation of
the poor nod egouraid, that many of Mena earl y their en-
fatit• to i.e inoculated by those, who only het,w how to io -
duct, hail not hurt to assuage the violence of the small pros.
The emiterpattice has harm, that may hoe p. risked under
their management; sod the disease, in particular distracts,
has been widely dimaeutimited.
. . . . .

As this initfnituns conduct prevails mach in London, an
epidemic small !PDX was hot year excited ■...... Muse win
were out secured by : fur it apprars hs the Bills
of Mortality, that I,OJI per,,ms died of ibis disease ' • is
number which, accorilstig too probable eateplau ..... lueluLles
only Iwo-thirds of those who at-tunny victims to the
small pox ita the capital. C plaiuts of the same ittjatiuus
practices have lieeu sent to the Mord frum varimis parts of
England, and spplicrtiusis made fur means of putting a shy
to them. _

Ist answer to these application+, the &tarot have tram.
milted a statement uf the ler,al dreuiona whirli have taken
plaee in Biotic eritnival pruaecutiona siietilitliil hy Owls. oh •
reckon, in *hi. Is the ash•mo topiooknot tor the
uf the Cuurt uf King's Bench were pronutanced ttis.ist this
auhjeet.
Is um the above facia, howevi V, it is hut two 'trident, lbw,
notwithstanding the,.,, else %mini( la.M we is,.
sufficirsot to prevent tlw prupitzating s•f a drottrioutort•
tense Ibtossotbitut Ilie land, by *Wale whu, (rum 51111110..1ed
anstaken tuulives, are thus inclined to disstanniaie a loath-
Wine and snot lal &wake.

77110 d slot lie ezptsience of neit'y tweedy years in the
eitersey of vacciusliuis as a preveutivc—wireu by the Insist .l
04,14attl of the most coduitit iu every rustury,
in desiniteil capable of wholly midis:still the vniall pox—
the Ilbssid carious but regret that the iiruirrev.or 'hi.
tura-
Ittrllle4jseovery should he retarded, nod an ntlilicimz woo.
a boo. life uccasuirsid In tliireadiglatneed empire, by the
deancniug and the ignorant.
Tire), thorfore feel it a duty stain to nestunit, whether,
with *View to correct an great an teal, it tomtit not be .1.
ptdient to *glop' SONIC (directig' legislaii•c pcoviloos calcu-
lated to pervert the sprcadiog of boron pot liy promiscuous
Inucomiion.
1. LATHAM,
(Preiiileut of flit Russ' Collect.
cHRIsTOYDER
THDtt Tt: II N EH.
JOHN AVltil'oN l'A
JoHN NOBLE .lIIHNSUN,)
GEORGE, CHAN DL ER,
31:tatur of the Rut d 1 liege
T. R E ATE, jGime.istirs
DAVID DUNDAS,E Whyte
By Outer of tit Dvird,
JAMBS ilrAliCV, M.D. Rig.f

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