Author: SMALL POX AND VACCINATION HOSPITAL
Title: [Report] The Small Pox and Vaccination Hospital, at Battle Bridge, St. Pancras, Middlesex. Instituted September 23, 1746.
Description: Printed by E. Colyer, 1836. 8vo. pp. 41. Sewn with no wrappers as issued. Originally opened as a small pox hospital for those suffering in the last stages of the disease, from 1799 it also became a centre for the study of inoculation and vaccination under Dr. Woodville, physician to the Hospital, who elaborated on the work of Dr. Edward Jenner to prove the efficacy of the use of cow pox to inoculate against small pox. A brief history of the institution is included "Vaccination is performed every morning from ten to one o'clock, to all persons gratuitously." The earliest records show that in 1808 just over 1500 vaccinations were performed, growing to 4140 by 1835. The University of Essex holds the only copy traced.

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