Location:
England
Coordinates:
52.6369, -1.1398
Events at Leicester (9)
1870
ID: 974
J.T. Biggs becomes Secretary of Leicester Anti-Vaccination League
ID: 974
1881
ID: 1030
Anti-vaccination riot in Leicester - 400 protesters disrupt auction of goods seized from refusing parents
ID: 1030
1884
ID: 1060
Leicester Mercury: All recent smallpox outbreaks appear among populations with rigorous vaccination
ID: 1060
1884
ID: 1061
Arthur Ward case: Wife dies from stress of vaccination enforcement while pregnant
ID: 1061
1885
ID: 1065
Leicester Demonstration Resolution: Compulsory vaccination subversive of personal liberty, tyrannical and unjust
ID: 1065
1885
ID: 1068
Councillor Butcher: Best way to get rid of smallpox is water, good food, light and airy houses
ID: 1068
1885
ID: 1064
March 23, 1885
Great Leicester Demonstration: 80,000-100,000 anti-vaccinators march with coffin and Jenner effigy
ID: 1064
1890
ID: 1096
Leicester vaccination rate drops to 5%
ID: 1096
1893
ID: 1113
Mold (vaccinated): 3,614 deaths per million vs Leicester (unvaccinated): 144 deaths per million
ID: 1113