title: The Politics of Vaccination: Practice and Policy in England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, 1800-1874 (Rochester Studies in Medical History)
author:  Deborah Brunton 
description: A major strength of this book is the inclusion of Ireland . . . in its coverage. . . .The book fills a gap in the historiography in this topic. VICTORIAN STUDIES (Jacqueline Jenkinson) Carefully researched and thoughtfully argued. MEDICAL HISTORY, January 2010 One might wonder what could be more prosaic and representative of the new science-based government, than the administration of vaccination. But if vaccination exemplifies anything, it is interpretive flexibility, as Deborah Brunton elegantly shows. Vaccination programs evolved remarkably differently in England, Scotland, and Ireland, as groups of practitioners interpreted their interests differently, and as front line vaccinators struggled with London's biomedical elite to define vaccination expertise. --Christopher Hamlin, Department of History, University of Notre Dame Not merely a classic of conciseness, indeed pithiness: three nations' vaccinal turning-points for the price of one, with jolting comparisons between all. --Logie Barrow, historian of the British Isles; Bremen, Germany Deborah Brunton's monograph is welcome for opening up the professional and political sides of the vaccination issue, and especially for extending the geographical focus of inquiry to include Ireland and Scotland. (.) The insights she provides into contemporary medical issues are very valuable. REVIEWS IN HISTORY (SPECIAL 'HEALTH IN HISTORY' ISSUE), July 2011 http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/692
zlib_text: History	Of	Vaccination
  “Without	data,	you’re	just	another	person	with	an	opinion.”	—W.	Edwards	
  Deming,	engineer,	data	scientist
  	
  Unlike	the	other	24	books	in	the	History	of	Vaccination	series,	this	one	takes	a	
  softer	and	politically	correct	tone—presenting	both	sides	of	the	argument.	
  However,	the	author	presents	data	that	clearly	demonstrates	the	smallpox	
  vaccine	did	not	prevent	smallpox.	For	example,	in	chapter	two	Mr.	Millard	
  writes,
  	
  “It	is	clear	that	the	mortality	from	both	causes	fell	very	remarkably,	and	that	in	
  the	case	of	smallpox	as	well	as	in	the	case	of	‘other	zymotics’	the	decline	had	set	
  in	before	the	end	of	the	eighteenth	century—in	other	words	before	the	beginning	
  of	the	vaccination	era.”	
  	
  Then	the	doctor	presents	the	graph	below.	
  	
  
  Mortality	from	smallpox	and	other	zymotic	(infectious,	contagious)	diseases	
  in	London,	1760	to	1910.	Official	statistics	from	the	Registrar	General,	England	
  1760-1910.	
  	
  From	this	historical	data	we	know	that	vaccines	had	no	