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===Overview=== | ===Overview=== | ||
Smallpox has historically been one of the worst killers of humanity. In the 18th century, smallpox was a leading cause of death in Europe and killed an estimated 400,000 Europeans each year. Although there were some earlier procedures done to help prevent smallpox, the real breakthrough was discovered by an English doctor named Edward Jenner in 1796. Jenner proved that milkmaids who had been exposed to cowpox did not contract smallpox and on 14 May 1796 successfully vaccinated an 8 year-old boy named James Phipps. The vaccination reached Denmark in 1801 when Frederick Christian Winsløw received the vaccine directly | Smallpox has historically been one of the worst killers of humanity. In the 18th century, smallpox was a leading cause of death in Europe and killed an estimated 400,000 Europeans each year. Although there were some earlier procedures done to help prevent smallpox, the real breakthrough was discovered by an English doctor named Edward Jenner in 1796. Jenner proved that milkmaids who had been exposed to cowpox did not contract smallpox and on 14 May 1796 successfully vaccinated an 8 year-old boy named James Phipps. The vaccination reached Denmark in 1801 when Frederick Christian Winsløw received the vaccine directly. Around the same time, Denmark was hit by a severe smallpox epidemic and on 4 March 1810 a law was passed that required all persons to become vaccinated unless they had had smallpox naturally. A subject's vaccination information would be recorded in both the parish records created by the priest as well as in the medical records by the district doctor. Both are of value to the genealogist. | ||
===Vaccination Information Recorded by the Parish=== | ===Vaccination Information Recorded by the Parish=== | ||
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===Accessing the Medical District's Records=== | ===Accessing the Medical District's Records=== | ||
Except for Jutland, the vaccination lists are viewable online. | Except for Jutland, the vaccination lists are viewable online. | ||
Vaccination protocols for Fyn have been cataloged with the title ''vaccinationsprotokoller''. The medical districts in Odense county have been cataloged as one collection, and the districts in Svendborg county have been cataloged as another collection. To find the lists, do the following subject searches in the FamilySearch Catalog: | |||
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3Avaccinationsprotokoller | *FamilySearch Catalog Subject search: [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3Avaccinationsprotokol vaccinationsprotokol] | ||
*FamilySearch Catalog Subject search: [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3Avaccinationsprotokoller vaccinationsprotokoller] | |||
Alternatively, see the following Danish National Archives collection of medical records, including civil death records (''Dødsattester''), vaccination records (''Vaccinationsprotokol''), and birth records recorded by midwives (''Jordemoderprotokoller'' and ''Fødselsprotokoller''), recorded under their various medical districts: | |||
*'''1787-1979 (depending on the medical district)''' [https://arkivalieronline.rigsarkivet.dk/da/other/other-collection/140 Lægedistrikter m.m.] at Arkivalieronline — images | |||
The FamilySearch Library does not have these records for Jutland, but they can be located in the Danish State Archives using their catalog, [https://www.sa.dk/daisy/daisy_forside Daisy]. | |||
[[Category:Denmark]] | [[Category:Denmark]] | ||