Search Scotland, Glasgow Smallpox Vaccination Registers 1801-1854

Each record includes a transcript and original of the register entry. The amount of information varies in each register, you may be able to find a combination of the following:

• Name
• Age
• Birth year
• Name of parent or guardian
• Date of inoculation
• Address
• Inoculator
• Results of inoculation

For centuries, smallpox killed millions of people around the world.

Smallpox was caused by the variola virus, there are two types of the virus. The more deadly form of the disease is the variola major which killed about 30% of people who were infected. The variola minor is the less deadly form of the disease and this killed about 1% of those who got infected.

The smallpox vaccine, introduced by Edward Jenner in 1796, was the first successful vaccine to be developed.

The Glasgow Smallpox Vaccination Registers 1801-1854 include ten volumes of registers recording the inoculation program that was carried out in Glasgow 1801-1854.