[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Maidstone U.D.C. / Borough.
- Maidstone (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1959
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Maidstone U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![SMALLPOX VACCINATION,, Year of Birth Primary Revaccination 1959 157 - 8958 230 - 1957 14 - 1956 1 1955 3 1 1954 2 I 1953 1 - 1952 1 - 8 95 8 5 - 1950 - 1 1949 2 - 1948 - - 1947 1 - 1946 1 - 1945 - - Before 1945 9 11 Total 427 14 Sma]]pox vaccination, apart from its obvious vital health implication, is almost one of the social necessities of these days of modern travel. The risk of primary vaccination in infancy is negligible, but for an adult who is vaccinated for the first time inconvenience may be quite considerable. Since Internationa] Certificates of Vaccination are required for travel to almost any part of the world, the advantages of the primary vaccination attended by little or no inconvenience, with a revaccination done in adult life, should outweigh any arguments against smallpox protection. There are also large areas of the world where smallpox is still an endemic disease, and the risk of bringing in the illness through air travel is still a very real one.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29780883_0018.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
