Birmingham smallpox outbreak

Title

Birmingham smallpox outbreak

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Sep 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:02:34

Description

Unidentified hospital spokesman (poss. Jim Clayton?) on the Birmingham smallpox outbreak. 40 year-old Janet Parker died early this morning (11/09/78), but 260 others have been cleared by the Catherine-de-Barnes Hospital and although three more women have been admitted for tests, they have not fallen ill; the outbreak has been contained. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Deaths; Infectious diseases; Smallpox; Birmingham; Janet Parker; Catherine-de-Barnes Hospital

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