The Sun.
London, England, 1811-10-05 00:00:00

0.,r- ir.dCt."lll7lE DR COIL-PDX..

When Dr. Jenner first 'biriached his discovery, Ire
asserted, " that it Vaccinatien was*enerally: adopt-
"ed, it would exterminate the Small Pox.". It is
'ab;WO'lii years since thiS declaration ; 'there-
fore, unless some advance is made towards this con-
elusion; we 'Must suspect that the expedatiOn is
quite grouedletts. ti
To Ascvrtain this, we need not look into medical:
writers; it may be accurately 'known by examining
public' records;: and apply ie g to them the Nieto(
arithmetic, -
•There•.are now Sixteen stations and dispensatbries
in this (4,11- w htre-Va'airifti ion -Pei fanned gratis;
and the numbers which are now annually vaccinated
at iltesi, institutions, amount. to bet wee,' eight and.
ten tho saed,persons.; Besides which, this era;:nee
is advert in the workhouses, 'hospitals, and Chia-
rity-schools ; and altapst every surgeon vaccinates •
at many private patients as he can. The whole can
hardly, less than five Or six thousand . more.
\Vhoet'er will-take the frouble to na ike the'calcura-
tion; will find, nett about' three-fourths of the chit,.
then born it( London are now ,Viicelnated..-. Bat .
should deal' be' considered an exaggeration, it will
strengthen the ergeinent ; enough4re undonniedly
Vaccinated to produce/ a sensible effect. Let us
no* see "what -hots been that
By an inspethton of the bills of mortality, pre-
vious to.-Vaccination, it Arm found, that, on aft,
average, fzoon ',persons died annually of the StriAll-
Pott. Bur; On Run:ming up the number of deaths
for tire l'a'st' htilf."-yeari beginum,-; at the Ist of Ja-
nuaiy, it appear'S, that instead of these being 1000
deatlis, as formerly, there are only 277 ; :Indio the
subsequent. mu.oths they continuo in the ba m e prd.
portion : so that there is tiow a decrease of nearly
three-fourths 'id -the- deaths by 'Pox. It is
most teinask,ible, that the uecreasc of deaths should
so nearly cunteide with the ratio of the increase dl
Vaccinath-n. -
Oir looping over the .Parliainentary Reports of
I ist yea, it is stated, sthat the Royal-Colleges of
*Edinburgh, Giasgow, and Dublin, All positively de-
clare, that the mortality troth Small Pox has
great,y, declined ; this' tact,' therefore, cannot be
contrever ted. , • ' •
'Meteis another public document which ought
not to be overlooked, namely, the Census at lire
population of the c• u- By this record, it is
found, that the iohabnants of -the Capital now
ao3o'illt to %.090,104. ; and, that during the ten
years in which Vac, nation has been pristised, the
augmentation is t 33,13- Hers ins, This increase is
far greater than cat, be expain.td by-the saving of
lives from Vaccination ; other causes, theretorei
must coniriume, but no one can deny, !mat the di;
minution of the deaths from &nail Pox-has coetri-
bated to this increase of the .pop. lation.
When we l.,ve these great leading laas, shall we
take any irotice'ol the else of Lord 'Grosvenor's
son, Or at y,other acci.;ental exception ? or shall we
compare these with the eases of Small Pox
rin‘J,twie, ? that would ,pa q !ire tr4ling.
man tduct must •be governed by general truths,
ithout our: being deter red- by an occasional ex-

Ceptiell.
•
It i 4 ailoitiiely proved by public documents, that
Dr .nrotnise is in the.progre•s of
toni,ment froni',wii.ch•we deduce, that it the re-
,portiun ut, chii‘iren.vere Viso vacciumed,
it uuld oe completely accomplished.'
now innsi we think of thy e inedical.prac-

it:linnets Who labour to preient this deniable event,
and who continue to' disseminate a m'uital infection
it r tughthis 'crowded city.' This barbarity has at
length excited the attention 'of sotne Members of
POrilamett disting tisbed tor fitimani y, who have
exi, eased a drterniii.ation to bring the subjet be-
fore lite 'House Commons.
'Wat fig Ute *Utile Sm.til Pox rinocubors make,
if 'summoned to the Bar of that Houso Are.depre-
dators on the: public revenue the only dattiquents
't-ttohicri are' to tie -branded by Parliament ?, Surely
those who ployag Ile a fatal malady tot gain are far
more criminal. Arid no one can visit Charity
tor`educating ,he blind, without being shocked with
ntiniertius tn4tatiee, where the Small Pox has re-
&leek! human 'creatures to a' condition worse 'ban

death.
Is is •thiught by many, that the .existing laws
cannot 'reach Small Pox inoculators, and that they
still noy wi,ll 1 gal impttnity propagate the Small
Pox. Cinit be requisite to restrdin this-by law
What a saiire,on medicine ! Tiiis proVes that iliere
are individuals 'practising this art, who merit all the
baler sarcatus which have been heaped upon theta
by, Le Sage and Moliere.