THE SMALLPOX SCARE
To the Editor •' N.Z. Times." Sir, —The .don. tan JYliruster of Pubiid Health aaid hia chief medical officer deplore tho fact that only 6 per cent, of the rising generation are vac cinated. What I V 5 per cent. not vaccinated, and yet not a pruved casv of small-pox 1 Can it be poas_ble to add to such a sweeping triumph for non-vaccination P "ies, it is possible, and that is tflo marked and E-gnnicam decrease in tne rate of infant mortality, this Dominion claiming for last year the lowest record of any countr} in the world. One of the greatest biologists of the age, Professor Aiireu Llusseil vValiace, tne peer of Darwin, aas completely, to my mind, exposcu che futility and the dangers of vaccination. —I am, etc., A.V.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8481, 16 July 1913, Page 2
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133THE SMALLPOX SCARE New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8481, 16 July 1913, Page 2
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