Smallpox
Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by one of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor. The last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the global eradication of the disease in 1980. The risk of death after contracting the disease was about 30%, with higher rates among babies. Often those who survived had extensive scarring of their skin, and some were left blind.The initial symptoms of the disease included fever and vomiting. This was followed by formation of ulcers in the mouth and a skin rash. Over a number of …
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Natal Society Foundation · 1 December 2021 English
national and international exposure Tony Hooper 27 Smallpox and vaccination in colonial Natal, 1850-1894 Duncan …
Natal Society Foundation · 1 January 2020 English
The journalist Mary Elizabeth Martens (1870–1939), who had grown up in the Colony of Natal under Responsible Government, published two novels in 1911 and 1915: A Woman of Small Account …
younger sons (both James) died at a young age from smallpox in 1876 and 1878, and the family returned to … (Durban). This move was precipitated by both the smallpox deaths and the fact that some of her mother’s …
Laws.Africa · 19 July 2019 English
ailments. (3) Details of immunization against smallpox, poliomyelitis, tetanus, measles, whooping cough …
Laws.Africa · 15 December 2017 English
pathogen ** 19. Rift valley fever (human) 20. Smallpox 21. Viral haemorrhagic fever diseases * ** 22 …
Laws.Africa · 30 June 2017 English
pathogen ** 14. Rift valley fever (human) 15. Smallpox 16. Viral haemorrhagic fever diseases* 17. Waterborne …
The Journal of Sierra Leone Studies · 23 April 2016 English
While the majority of the slaves from this region were captured on the mainland, the islands off the coast were where the barracoons (holding pens) were primarily located and where …
malarial, or of yellow, fever and many more of smallpox. If you walk through the burial ground you can …
Laws.Africa · 20 October 2015 English
“(xxiv) providing for the vaccination against smallpox and the inocula- tion against yellow fever and …
Natal Society Foundation · 1 January 2015 English
of a chief librarian: part two ‒ Tony Hooper Smallpox and vaccination in colonial Natal, 1850‒1894 ‒ …
Laws.Africa · 11 April 2014 English
Public Health Act, Cap. 281 for example, include smallpox, plague, Asiatic cholera, yellow fever, cerebrospinal …
Laws.Africa · 25 November 2013 English
had them; (b) Details of immunisation against smallpox, poliomyelitis, tetanus, measles, whooping cough …
