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Show 5 - 5. Methods of vaccination, 1, scarification, disadvantages; 2, parallel scratches, disadvantages; 3, tangential multiple punctures, detailed exposition. 6. Advantages of Vaccination. 7. Cautions, contraindications. Social and Economic Considerations, Vital statistics, economic loss from death, disease and disfigurement. General Directions for Field Workers. TABLE 1. Presence and Nature of Immunity by Ages Age, Chinese reckonings Lsss than 12 months 1 -5 inclusive 6 - 10 inclusive 11 - 20 inclusive 21 and over Total Nonimmune li58 3267 512 135 23 5095 of those Vaccinated Had been Inoculated 2 69 753 1672 889 2885 Had been Vaccinated 0 11 61 121 20 213 Had had Smallpox 1 8 0 27 11 47 Total 1161 3355 1326 1955 443 8240 Comments on Table 1. 1. Though this table should not be considered as an accurate representation of the state of immunity to smallpox in the population at large, because most immune persons did not submit to vaccination, and were thus excluded from the figures, some conclusions may be drawn concerning the nonimmune. 2. Of those vaccinated of all ages, 38.2% were already immune; of those less than 6, only 2.1% ; of those over 6, 82%- indicating that inoculation, as practised, has not conferred adequate protection upon the smallest children, the class in which the disease is the oftenest fatal. 3. Emphasis on vaccinating the smallest children will result in the greatest addition of individuals to the immune class, |