... ON THIS DAY 1796: British physician Edward Jenner carried out the first successful vaccination against smallpox. 1801: Pasha Yusuf Karamanli of Tripoli declared war on the US. 1804: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out from St Louis to find an overland ...

... from the Danube to claim the throne in Rome. During his three years in Britain, his health much impaired by an attack of smallpox, Severus with his elder son went first to York and from there led an expeditionary force through Catterick, Piercebridge ...

... men. lmmediateli' after the return match with Manchester United at Bramall Lane on Tuesday United players will have th~~ smallpox vaccinations. They then hope there 1 not be any unfavour reaction to this anti-small measure before the final Lea analch ...

... it doesn’t seem so much. “Then there is the question of immunisation or vaccination against the following diseases . . . . smallpox, typhoid, paratyphoid fever, yellow fever, poliomyelitis, infective hepatitis. “Sir Alf obviously has a good idea of the ...

... Infirmary, Mytholmroyd Nursing Association, Todmorden and District Joint Fever Hospital, Bacup and Todmorden and District Smallpox Hospital, Poor Law Hospital, Poor Law Children's Home, and the Central Committee of the Royal Albert Mental Institution, ...

... house, Commercial Street. He took Dr Bindley to the place, who gave it as his opinion that the persons were suffering from smallpox. A telegram was at once dispatched to Dr Britton, of Harrogate (the Board's medical officer) apprising him of the outbreak ...

... we should remember the remarkable success of UNICEF and the World Health Organisation (WHOO’s joint capaigns against TB, smallpox and other diesases. During the meeting the chairman was saddened to report the deaths during the year of Miss Florence Shaw ...

... Hospital Committee, on Wednesday, with reference to the heating apparatus at the new pavilion in connection with Sourfiall Smallpox Hospital. The hospital master (Mr Gibbs) stated in his report that the heating arransements were unsatisfactory, and, in ...

... were well patronised. The Burnley Glee Club were visitors and opened the programme with “Old Towler.” SMALLPOX.—We are informed that a case of smallpox has been reported in the Todmorden Local Board's area — in the Cornholme district. The disease is very ...

... average rainfall for November is 2! inches. SMALLPOX OUTBREAK.—There have been no further cases of infectious éiscuse at the Todmorden Union Institution during the week. and the five patients at the Sourhall Smallpox Hospital are progressing satisfactorily ...

... its MY the road near Sawiey Hall agencies. The World Health {he | w?xmlm;’bbfl Organisation, for example, on has wiped out smallpox, and could eradicate common diseases of today (including YAWS and malaria) for the cost of one aircraft carrier. The High ...

... AN 99/ 2OVEARS THIS week 25 years ago Ripon was hit by a smallpox scare as hundreds of people, alarmed by its outbreak in the West Riding rushed to be vaccinated. The local Public Health Office was bombarded with kinquiries and doctors’ surgeries were ...