A British Bacteriologist named Almroth Edward Wright developed the typhoid vaccine at the Army Medical School in 1896. Many of his peers in the army were wary of his discovery, and refused to let their troops get immunized during the South African war, resulting in over 8,000 British troops dying from typhoid. Because of this, vaccinations were allowed and encouraged when the British entered the first World War. This resulted in the first war where the death from combat outnumbered deaths from typhoid. These events highlight the importance of vaccination during wars and national health emergencies. However, even after the massive improvement in soldiers' health during World War I there were still those who were anti-vaccination, and vaccinations never became compulsory for any nation's citizens. Even now we can see that this attitude towards vaccinations lives on in some groups today.