Pockenschutzimpfung#

Smallpox vaccination, active immunisation against smallpox by means of a smallpox vaccine. Was introduced in the reign of Empress Maria Theresia and remained compulsory for a long time; the compulsory vaccination was repealed on December 30th , 1980 after the eradication of smallpox (Federal Law Gazette, Bundesgesetzblatt BGBl 583/1980.