Weston Longville: In furtherance of the cause of vaccination now so loudly and universally called for by the threatened visitation of smallpox, on Monday night, April 14th there was a somewhat novel entertainment at the Rectory, viz. “A Vaccination Tea”.

Those who wished to be “done” had been invited to meet Mr Williams of Mattishall, the Government Medical Officer for that purpose.

Twenty-six candidates presented themselves, and with the help of Miss Thompson from Guys Hospital, London, the whole operation was successfully accomplished in about an hour and a half, after which they all had tea on the lawn.

Published in the Sparham Deanery & District Magazine, 1902. (From typed notes made in the 1980s by Tony Ivins.)