. The wonderful century [microform] : its successes and its failures. Science; Nineteenth century; Vaccination; Civilization, Modern; Sciences; Dix-neuvième siècle; Vaccination; Civilisation moderne. 268 HE WONDERFUL CENTURY. CHAP. coiitimial growth of urban as oi)p<)s('(l to rural popula- tions has noutrali/A'(l the effects of such improved con- ditions as we liave been able to introduce. But tlie most important fact for our present purpose is that small-])ox is subject to this law just as are the other zymotics, while it pays no attention whatever to vaccination. The statistician
. The wonderful century [microform] : its successes and its failures. Science; Nineteenth century; Vaccination; Civilization, Modern; Sciences; Dix-neuvième siècle; Vaccination; Civilisation moderne. 268 HE WONDERFUL CENTURY. CHAP. coiitimial growth of urban as oi)p<)s('(l to rural popula- tions has noutrali/A'(l the effects of such improved con- ditions as we liave been able to introduce. But tlie most important fact for our present purpose is that small-])ox is subject to this law just as are the other zymotics, while it pays no attention whatever to vaccination. The statistician to the Kegistrar-General for Scotland gave evidence that ever since 1864 more than !)() per cent, of the children bom had bee . vacci- nated or had had previous small-])ox, and he i lakes no suggestion of any deficiency that can be remedied. But in the case of Ireland the medical commissioner for the Local Government J^oard for Ireland, Dr. MacCabe, told the Gommissionei*s that vaccination there was verv im- perfect, and that a large proportion of the ])o])iilation was " unprotected by vaccination/' this state of things being due to various causes, which he explained (2d Report, QQ. 'U).VJ-307r)). But neither Dr. .MacCabo nor the Commissioners notice the suggestive, and from their point of view alarming, fact that im])erfcctly vaccinated Ireland had had far less small-pox mortality than thor- oughly well-vaccinated Scotland, enoi'mously less than well-vaccinated England, and overwhelmingly less than equally well-vaccinated London. Ireland—Scotland— England—London—a graduated series in density of pojnilation, and in zymotic death-rate; the small-pox death-rate increasing in the same order and to an enor- mous extent, (juite regardless of the fact that the last three have had practically I'omplete vaccination during the whole ])eriod of the comparisou ; while Frehind alone, with the lowest small |»o\ di'atli-rate by far, has, on offi- cial testimony, the least amo
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