Central vaccination institute
The Zentralimpfanstalt (since 1917: Landesimpfanstalt ) is one that has existed since 1817 at the latest, authority for the production of vaccine against smallpox . Zentralimpfanstalt is also the name of the facility built in 1903 east of Mariahilfplatz in Munich , where the authority was based.
Authority history
The discovery of the possibility of smallpox vaccination by Edward Jenner was in the Electorate of Bavaria taken early. In 1804, Elector Maximilian I. Joseph appointed a state vaccine doctor at the district administration for Bavaria, who was responsible for procuring the smallpox vaccine and passing it on to the state's doctors. This should win the serum with the vaccine virus against the high-fever, purulent "leaves", the course of which often ended fatally. On August 26, 1807, Bavaria became the first country in the world to introduce compulsory vaccinations . A vaccination doctor was employed in each province with the same duties.
However, this solution was too expensive, so the task of producing the vaccine was centralized again. A general vaccination doctor based in Munich was employed. Its work area, which was subordinate to the Munich Police Department , was designated as the Central Vaccination Institute by 1817 at the latest.
With the Reich vaccination law of 1874, the tasks of the authority expanded. In addition to the production and distribution of vaccines, the observation of vaccine damage and the scientific investigation of epidemics were part of the area of responsibility.
With the regulation to repeal the Bayerische Landesimpfanstalt , the Bayerische Landesimpfanstalt was repealed on January 1st, 1983.
building
With the medicine obtained at the foot of the Lilienberg in the Au , the vaccination requirement in the Kingdom of Bavaria since 1874 had to be carried out. As a precautionary measure, children from the Munich district were immunized against the disease with tissue lymph from cattle. With the remedy obtained here, people at risk of infection could be treated throughout the country.
With a portal made of shell limestone , turrets, oriels and a gable in the neo-renaissance style, the administration building at Neudeck 1 showed the pride of the city's health care system and medical progress at the turn of the century. The design came from the state construction intern Hermann Buchert . The construction management was held by the royal building authority assessor Bäuml.
To the left of the entrance there was a storage room for strollers, opposite the office for recording arrivals. This was followed by a waiting room, the library, the head of the authority's room, and finally the doctor's room and vaccination room. A covered corridor led to the clinker-paved, electrically lit cattle stables, a room for students connected to the steam heating opposite the calf barn and on to the laboratory for the extraction of the lymph. Separated by a long wall, there was a quarantine stall for observing newly purchased young bulls.
The building is under the number D-1-62-000-311 under monument protection and now houses the police station Munich - 21 - Au .
Researcher at the central vaccination institute or state vaccination institute
literature
- Bavarian Architects and Engineers Association (Hrsg.): Munich and its buildings. Bruckmann, Munich 1912, p. 476.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Richard Bauer: Handbook of Bavarian Offices, Communities and Courts 1799-1980, 1983, ISBN 9783406096693 , pp. 75-76, online
Coordinates: 48 ° 7 '26 " N , 11 ° 35' 3.5" E