Metropolitan Information Service notice regarding smallpox vaccination
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- Metropolitan Information Service notice regarding smallpox vaccination
- Publication year listed
- 1925
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- Public domain eBook
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Metropolitan Information Service notice regarding smallpox vaccination
Author: Metropolitan Information Service
Year: 1925
This informational notice from the Metropolitan Information Service argues the benefits of vaccination. It notes the decreased deaths from smallpox among American soldiers during the war and also cites numbers from American troops stationed in the Philippines during the smallpox epidemic in 1918-1919. The notice also compares cases in states with different laws regarding compulsory vaccination and addresses fears about the dangers of vaccination by explaining that careful administration reduces the risk of infection. Metropolitan Information Service was likely a division of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company responsible for disseminating information about health and safety to members. Digitization of this item was supported by a Federal Save America's Treasures grant administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.