Memorandum on vaccination against smallpox.

  • Great Britain. Ministry of Health.
Date:
1967
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Memorandum on vaccination against smallpox. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    4/12 (page 4)
    AGAINST SMALLPOX 1. Vaccination may be done either as a routine immunising procedure, preferably in early childhood, or as an emergency measure in the presence of smallpox. 2. The present freedom of this country from endemic smallpox does not diminish the importance of routine primary vaccination in the first two years of life. (See para. 11). Not only should this provide protection at least until the age of school entry but it also makes it likely that subsequent re-vaccination. will result in a rapid revival of immunity with a diminished risk of severe local reaction. 3. In this memorandum the practical aspects of vaccination techniques have first been set out and then their application to various vaccination pro- cedures i.e. (a) routine primary vaccination in early childhood, (b) routine primary vaccination at later ages, (c) routine re-vaccination, (d) vaccination in the presence of smallpox, (e) vaccination in relation to other immunising procedures. Notes are also included on inspection and recording of results. — : FIG. L