London Vaccine Institutio...
The Times, 1824-02-13T00:00:00

Yesterday the (Crovernor and Alembers of this institution met at the City of London Tavern, for the purpose of feceiving the annual report. A- The Lord Wayor was to have tsk-en the diair, but in consez quence of his being obliged to presideat the Coartof Common Coun- cil, the chrt'r was taken by AV. D. CORDELL, Esq. The Chairman said, in addressing the meeting, that the report would give great satistfaction to the friends of humanity, although prejudice still Xontinued to be the mcans,unfortunately,ofsacrificing the lives of thiousands. Dr. WALKER read the report. It stated that the benedfts of vac- cination were diffased to tke inhabitaunt of eVzeTy land, but in this metropolis thefomiytes of the sniall-pox still lurked amnongst the ig- norant and prejudiced part of the poptation-774 persons fell vic- tims to the (readful disease in the course of the last year within the bills of mortality, and the deaths of many are not included in those annual registers of departure from life. The managers con- tinued to watch the departure of vessels to forcign nations as weeU as to aU the British colonies, and eoi,tinued to afFord supplies of the vaccine ichor for tho protecting the colonies from the small PoX. Duiring the last year there had been vaccinated by Dr. WVahler 3,216 persons; by the appointed inoculators in the metropolis and itsenvirons, 18,987; by the appointed inoculators in_thecountry,| . , --j - Jg u 1y LiT. VI 'lEer, oa,tio * rrorn tne beginning, by the town inoctilators, 185,235; from the beginning by the country inoculators, 484,693. Dr. Walkerhad supplied from the beginning 98,8o0 applicants. The receipts of the institution since the last year's report amounted to 8671. 16s. the dis- bursements to 1,067L 19s. ad. * balance against the Institution, 2001, 3s. 3d. The receipts of the institution since its formation in 1806 amounted to 11,8:iO., the disbursetfent to 11,9171. 5s. 3d. Dr. W1'alker stated, that the Prussian Alinistet of State, Count Hertsberg, had observed, that in times when, from causes without example,the numbers of the human race were diminished the consi- deration of greatest importance was, that the more general the adop- ion of vaccine inoculation became, the more practicable would it be to keep up the complement of the necessary armies. Dr. Huhn laid before the Plinister of the Interior of Russia, Count Kotschiuby, a plan whereby, through a more general extension of vaccination, the ravages of the small-pox in Russia might finally be extcrminated, and be the means of preserving half a million of men to combat the eremy. A fifteeinh ofthepopulation of Russia,amountingto2,200,000, were susceptible of the small-pox: the mor ihgy of one-fiftn of those from the small-pox amounted to 440,000. If the loss of a child in Russia be estimated as it was at 25 roubles, the State lost by the disease l1,000,000 of roubles; vaccination assured this sum to the state, or 440,000 effective men. Doctor WValker read extracts from several metical men in other countries, descriptive of thenever- failing efficacy ot vaccination, who stated that for many years they were in itc habit of testing the efficacy of the vaccuie vtrus by ex- posing their patients to the variolons matter, and in no case was the smnall-pox communicated to the constitution. The report was then unanimously approved, and adorpted. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the thanks to Dr. WValker con- plimented the venerable Doctor upon his perseverance, 2eal, and skill, and observed that the system had immenselv benefitted by his exertions. Thanks were then voted to the President, Vice-Presidents, and alanagers of the Institution; and the meeting separated. LONDON VACCINE INSTITUTION.