Smallpox near cessation in Ireland linked to vaccination act
The Belfast Board of Guardians reports smallpox nearly eradicated in the country, crediting the Compulsory Vaccination Act of 1863. Deaths fell from 1000 annually before 1863 to 19 in 1868 and a few in early 1869, with England and Wales vaccinating over half a million in 1868.
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Belfast
Ireland
England
Wales
Lancashire
House of Commons
Manchester Examiner
Lane
John Stuart Mill
Hsq
P. A. Taylor
M.P
Bain
James Beal
Edmond Beales
Professor Beesly
John Bowring
F.R.S
Jacob Bright
John T. Clark
Mr. W. Cremer
C. W. Dilke
Bart
George Dixon
Henry Fawcett
Sir George Grey
Thos. Hare
Frederick Harrison
Auberon Herbert
Alfred Hill
Sir Henry A. Hoare
W. B. Hodgson
Isaac Holden
John Helms
George Howell
Thomas Hughes
Alfred Illingworth
J. Boyd Kinnear
J. Marsden Latham
Duncan M'Laren
Mr. Lucraft
Edward Miall
Walter Morrison
John Morley
A. J. Mundella
P. H. Muntz
Charles Neate
George Odger
George Potter
Thomas B. Potter
James H. Thorold Rogers
Peter Rylands
Humphrey Sandwith
C.B
W. Shaen
Stallard
Fred. Cowell Stepney
Henry Vincent
Town Hall
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Avery
Henry Wiggin
Ireland declares smallpox extinct at Cork guardians meeting
An extraordinary report at the Cork guardians meeting states smallpox has ceased to exist in Ireland. The piece also notes a sensational image of the “Girl of the Period” in Arkansas and Bradford plans for a 40000% mechanics’ institute foundation and a town hall costing about 1000000.
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Birmingham
Dickenson
Avery
Dixon
M.P
Dickens
Hartlepool
Clarke
Selby
Yorkshire
Drake
Brighton
Inglis
Leeds Mercury
Peabody
Story
Royal Exchange
Prince of Wales
England
United States
London
Baltimore
Aug
George Peabody
Harmonygrove Cemetery
Salem
Massachusetts
Juincy
Cork
Ireland
Arkansas
Bradford
Mechanics’ Institute
Inventions and Oddities From Broad World News
A lecture device by Professor Faber impresses at Hamburg’s horticultural expo. Headlines note Liverpool criminals avoid night activity after a new Habitual Criminals Act. A French journal cites a method to illuminate street letters for better night visibility. A Scottish clergyman’s witty exchange ends with a retort about a rod and a bridle. An Indian apparition tale misattributes Vishnu to a man riding a velocipede at night.
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Faber
Hamburg
Liverpool
Officiel
Indria
Bombay
Vishnu
Mr. Kemp
Births Marriages and Deaths in September Notices
Numerous September birth notices report new sons and daughters across UK towns including Satfield Heath Holloway Hampstead and Wakefield. Multiple marriages list pairing couples such as Howard Pennal Smith Bury Fulton Atherton Richmond Bruce Cottam Wainwright Cochran Osborn Cooke Willis Outhwaite Starling Harris Pothecary Jones Meekin Bowen Foster and others. Deaths record John Dawson Parry Davies Hannah Brewin William Edgar Henry Powell and Charlie Hayle among others with brief locations and ages.
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Salisbury
C. Clemance
John B. Howard
King Edward
Road
Hackney
M. A. Pennal
Henry Pennal
Queenborough
Smith
Bury
E. U. Congregational Church
Queen’s Park
R. Mitchell
I’. G. Lee
Salford
Robert
John Douglas Smith
Manchester
Alice
James Bury
Lower Broughton
Fulton
Atherton
Congregational Church
St. George’s Road
Bolton
W. H. Davison
William Fulton
Eliza Atherton
Richmond—Bruce
Duffryn
Aberdare
D. C. Richmond
Wemyss Bay
Firth of Clyde
George Jeffrey
Henry Woller
Salem
South India
Ella A. Cochrane
Hugh Cochrane
Montreal
Canada
Osborn—Cooke
Hallfield Chapel
Bradford
J. 2. Chown
Samuel
George Osborn
Emily
John Cooke
Willis
Outhwailth
Lee Chapel
Kent
R. H. Marten
Francis Tucker
Johnson Thomas
William Willis
Luton
Emlizabeth
John Outhwaite
Msq
Upper East Smithfield
Lee Road
Blackheath
Starling—Harris
Ringwood
J. Dunlop
James Starling
Saffron Walden
Annie
William Harris
Highbury College
Pothecary—Jones
New College Chapel
Avenue-road
St. John’s Wood
John Isaac
Isaac Pothecary
Hsq
Goodworth-Clatford
Andover
Hants
Annie Helena
Thomas Jones
Boundary-Road
Meekin—Craston
Chapel Street Congregational Chapel
Southport
J. Bl. Millson
William. Meekin
That Town
Dawson
Mount Pleasant
Bacup
Lancashire
John Dawson
J.P
County of Lancaster
West Riding
County of York
Smethwick
Parry Davies
Thomas William
Emuly Maya
Brewin
Belmont Villas
Hannah
Kobure Brewin
Birstall
Thomas Pacet
Ibstock
Edgar
Lis
Fagle House
Clapham Common
William Edgar
Piccadilly
London
Powell
Lis Mela
Lower
Uastings Street
Leicwater
Woodford
Youtzer Pon
Dou Kaye
Prusperd Hall
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