ID#: 7592
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This 1975 photograph depicted a community Smallpox Eradication Team volunteer, as he was questioning members of a market crowd, about the possible presence of smallpox cases in their community. If, indeed, a case was reported, from no matter the source, it was investigated fully, and if confirmed as a smallpox case, a reward was paid to the informant, no matter the age, and it was subsequently entered into what was known as the Containment Book. The Containment Book was a ledger, which recorded all of the names of anyone living in, or within one-half of a mile from a smallpox case, and subsequently all those listed were vaccinated against smallpox. Those vaccinated were then followed until a successful vaccination was observed.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ World Health Organization; Stanley O. Foster M.D., M.P.H.
Creation Date: 1975
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