Sub-series PLU/8/1/1 - Vaccination registers: City District

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PLU/8/1/1

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Vaccination registers: City District

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  • 1872-1907 (Creation)

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17 volumes

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(?mid-19thc-1906; 1914-1930)

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Registers of smallpox vaccinations kept by the Vaccination Officers (District Medical Officers) of the York Poor Law Union.

Details for each registered child include: date of birth; place of birth; child's name; parents' names; address; and father's occupation. Further columns record the date of vaccination or whether vaccination was not carried.

Volumes PLU/8/1/1/18 -PLU/8/1/1/27 include inserted correspondence relating to individual vaccination cases. This correspondence primarily concerns notices of vaccination and/or notes from parents detailing reasons why vaccination should be delayed or is not necessary.

NOTE: volumes 8-18 are MISSING as at Nov 2016

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Images are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

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  • English

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