History of the Fight Against Smallpox in the Late Xix Century - Early Xx Centuries

Abstract

This article considers the causes and consequences of the spread of smallpox, one of the main problems of medicine in Turkestan in the late 19th - early 20th centuries. In Fergana province in particular, the measures taken to combat smallpox, the main difficulties and problems in implementing smallpox vaccination in the region. The stages of introduction of compulsory vaccination against smallpox and the dynamics of vaccination from year to year using archive materials and historical works are analyzed.