The politics of vaccination : practice and policy in England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, 1800-1874 / Deborah Brunton.

Rochester, N.Y. : University of Rochester Press, 2008.

[xii], 255 pages ; 24 cm.

Vaccination in early nineteenth-century England and Wales -- The creation of a public vaccination service -- Compulsory vaccination and divisions among practitioners -- Central control over public vaccination -- The failure of central supervision -- Challenges to vaccination policy -- Ireland: the failure of poor law vaccination, 1840-50 -- Failure and success: Irish public vaccination, 1850-80 -- Vaccination in Scotland: victory for practitioners.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-247) and index.