As stated above, there was a noticeable increase in the small-pox mortality in the year 1869; this increase lasted into the beginning of the year 1870, but was confined to certain localities. Chauffard’s[253] report on epidemic diseases in France is more incomplete for the years 1869–70, on account of the war, than for previous years; it was supplemented, partially at least, by the later reports of Vernois[254] for the year 1871, and also by the comprehensive report of M. Delpech[255] for the years 1870–2. According to these, epidemics of small-pox occurred in the year 1869 in North-west France (Bretagne), in North-east France (Departments of Aisne, Pas-de-Calais), and in South-east France (Departments of Gers, Ariège, and Pyrénées-Orientales.) In the winter of 1869–70 the epidemic continued to spread, and by the end of the year 1870 it included almost the whole of France. The incomplete reports give us no idea as to which Departments were attacked before the outbreak of the war and which after. According to Vernois, the disease appeared that year in 42 Departments, including 132 arrondissements and 539 parishes. But, as stated above, the reports are all very incomplete; a later report submitted by Delpech adds 11 more Departments to the 42. The total number of deaths caused by small-pox in France in the year 1871 is unknown; Vernois reported 14,425 deaths in 39 Departments, but this does not include the figures for Paris, where 10,539 persons succumbed to the disease, or for the Department of Finistère, or for the Department of Sarthe (in regard to which it is merely observed that there were ‘beaucoup de morts’), or for several other Departments.