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practice ; and numerous "is-statements ofcasea are
published, of the occurrence of Small-pox after
Vaccination.—That in some instances the Small-
pox has affected persons who have been most care
fully vaccinated, is sufficiently' established; not
ought we to be . surprised at this, when we con-
sider that the Inoculation for the Small=-Pox
sometimes fails, and that several cases may be
produced, in which persons have been affected
with they natural disease more than once in the
dotuse of life, The: number of instances of Small-.
-pf.tx after Vaccination is very small, and we may
fairly presume, that.'in, proportion as improve-
ments- are made in'tbe pradtice, such occurrences
will he still more rare.

The Board hate infinite satisfaction in stating
the two following important and decisive fact:: in
proof of the efficacy and safety of Vaccination,
viz. that in the cases which have come to their
knowledge, the Small-pox aftet Vaccination, with
a very few exceptions,. haS been a mild disease;
and that out of many huifdred thousand persons
vaccinate:l, not .a single well-authenticated in-
stance has been communicated to them, of .the
occurrence of the Small-pox after Vaccination.
They cannot conclude their Report, without ad-
verting to the mischiefs which are daily arising
from the diffusion of the fatal contagion of Small-
pox in the community, in
.consequence of Vario-
lous Inoculation, among the lower classes of the
people, which constantly beeps up the contagion,
and where it saves a single life, exposes numbers
to a most dangerous disease. It is greatly to be
wished that this evil could he checked, by such
measures as Government in its wisdom might
fudge proper to frame, in order to prevent the
spreading of the Small-pox, and thus keeping up
a continual source of infection in the heart of the
metropolis.
The constant renewal of the contagion of
Small-pox in this capital, which they so deeply.
lament, is strikingly contrasted with the.adyan-
tages enjoyed by several of the other capitals of
Europe,
,in consequence of the ,universal adop-
tion of Vaccination by medical practitioners, se-
conded by the authority of Government. The
cities. of Vienna and Milan, in which the mortality
from Small-pox was formerly more considerable
in proportion to their population than in London,
have been for some time freed altogether from
this destructive pest ; the first for five, and the
latter for, eight years, according to the statement
of Doctors Carrio and Sacco : and in the
city of Geneva, the ,Small-pox has been nearly
extirpated. In Switzerland in general, but more
particularly in Geneva, the extension of the bless-
ingS connected with Vaccination has in a great
degree depended on the. ‘varm and active co-
operation of the Clergy, who were assidUous in
recommending the praCtice to their parishioners
from the pulpit, as well as promoting it by every
other exertion- in their power. Impressed with
the strongest conviction of the great advantage
which Vaccination would derive from a .similar
co-operation in this, country, the Board formerly
considered it •as a part of their duty to address the
Bishops, for the purpose of soliciting their assist-
ance in checking the ravages of the- Small-pox,
by rendering the benefits of. Vaccine Inoculation
more extensively known.
The Board has great pleasure in stating, that
the money granted by parliament-during the last
Session, .has been sufficient to -defray the expences
of the year 1811 ; and they are of opinion, that
the same sum will be adequate-to the expenditure
of the current year.

FR. MIL:IAN, President.
By order of the Board,
JAMES HERVEY, Register.

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