November (1870) 2 December 5 January (1871) 18 February 17 March 15 April 17 May 20 June 22 July 7 August 4 September 6 October 7 November 10 December 7 January (1872) 10 February 21 March 20 April 20 May 21 June 11 July-December 5 In Nuremberg[283] sixteen isolated cases of small-pox were observed up to the end of September in the year 1870, and twenty cases from October to December (five in October, four in November, and eleven in December); not a single patient succumbed to the disease in the course of that year. In January the number of people to contract the disease increased rapidly, and the climax of the epidemic was reached in April. The following table indicates the number of deaths caused by the disease in the months mentioned: January (1871) 1 February 3 March 10 April 18 May 13 June 11 July 6 August 0 September 3 October 1 November 2 December 5 January (1872) 7 February 13 March 6 April 9 May 2 June 2 In the second half of the year 1872 there were two more deaths due to small-pox. The total number of deaths caused by the disease was 73 (8·8 per 10,000 inhabitants) in the year 1871, and 40 (4·8 per 10,000) in the year 1872.