Memorandum on vaccination against smallpox.

  • Great Britain. Ministry of Health
Date:
1967
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Credit: Memorandum on vaccination against smallpox. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE Since the previous (1962) edition of the Memorandum on Vaccination against Smallpox was published a Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has been appointed by the Central and Scottish Health Services Councils to advise the Health Ministers on all the medical aspects of vaccination and immunisation. The present edition of this Memorandum by the Ministry of Health has been prepared with the advice and approval of the Joint Committee. Among the principal changes are: (a) description of the new presentation of vaccine in plastic tubing, (6) inclusion of pregnancy (at any stage) and leukaemia among the contra- indications to routine vaccination, (c) recommendation to inspect the site of vaccination ‘on or about the seventh day’, irrespective of the previous vaccination history, (d) complete revision of the paragraphs on the inspection and recording of results. Particular attention is directed to the new nomenclature for recording the results of vaccination and revaccination in consequence of the adoption of recommendations made by the World Health Organisation’s Expert Committee on Smallpox. Chief Medical Officer.