Politics of Vaccination - Practice and Policy in England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, 1800-1874

A detailed examination of the political forces and events that shaped smallpox vaccination policy in England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland during the nineteenth century.

List of contents

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
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography

About the author

Deborah Brunton

Product details

• Authors: Deborah Brunton, Deborah Brunton
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2013
• EAN: 9781580464574
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-457-4
• No. of pages: 268
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 225 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 386 g
• Series: Rochester Studies in Medical H
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine