[West Ender]

They may say the 30s but there was an incidence of smallpox in the Asian community in Bradford in 1961. I used to stay with my future in-laws, in Bradford, at the time and because of that my GP vaccinated me. I remember it well because some days later, when the scab came up, I felt quite poorly. I went back to see him (Dr. Stewart on Thwaites Rd., a Scotsman) and he said, puffing away on a fag, "Imagine having those all over your body, lassie, you'd probably snuff it."

I seem to remember he had to send away for the vaccine but it was only a few days so, presumably, there are always stocks on hand somewhere.