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out being Inoculated; then what Numbers more might never have had the Small-Pox, had they never undergone that Operation; and lastly, how many of those, who have been Inoculated, may notwithstanding several Years after, fall into that Distemper: And till this be done, it will be difficult to settle the Balance on either side; and therefore it would be a desireable Thing to learn how many fall sick and dye of the Small-Pox, in each Parish of this City in a Week, and then to compare them with the Number of those who escape, though this in one Respect would not be strictly just, for a great many in poor and needy Families might have died for want of proper Remedies, due Care, and the Conveniencies and Necessaries of Life. If this be considered, and the Deductions granted, it is probable it might appear that the Proportion of those that escaped by Inoculation, especially if Allowance be made for those that may have them afterwards, as observed before, it will be uncertain whether the Persons recovered by Inoculation, exceed the Number of those that escape otherwise, or that might have escaped, had they not wanted the necessary Means of Food and Physick: For by this Computation, the Number of the last may amount to fourscore or a hundred, to one that dies, according to Dr. Wagstaffe's Conjecture; for a certain Calculation cannot be made: And if a Discount be allowed for those of the inoculated