Edit Patience is a virtue
Queues on John Street in the Merchant City had become a regular sight as mass smallpox vaccinations began in April 1950.
That spring, 21 Glasgow folk had been referred by their GP complaining of smallpox-type symptoms.
At first doctors thought they were dealing with nothing more serious than a case of chickenpox, but it wasn't long before the city had a smallpox outbreak on its hands.
A special isolation unit was opened in Robroyston Hospital where the 21 patients were quarantined, along with volunteer medical and nursing staff. It was a sad and distressing time for all concerned. Three nurses and one doctor died.
That spring, 21 Glasgow folk had been referred by their GP complaining of smallpox-type symptoms.
At first doctors thought they were dealing with nothing more serious than a case of chickenpox, but it wasn't long before the city had a smallpox outbreak on its hands.
A special isolation unit was opened in Robroyston Hospital where the 21 patients were quarantined, along with volunteer medical and nursing staff. It was a sad and distressing time for all concerned. Three nurses and one doctor died.
We used to pass the smallpox unit on the other side of the private road so as not to catch it. So what went down the drains makes you think about the houses built on that land above. Any symptoms recently from workmen or people living at Glendale near the slip-road to the stepps bypass? (should have called it the smallpox bypass.)