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The Vaccination Officer now being an officer of the City Council and
a member of the Public Health Department, has submitted a report,
which is incorporated in the report of the Medical Officer of Health :—
Vaccination Officer's Report.
Under the provisions of the Local Government Act, 1929, the functions
of the Board of Guardians of the City of Westminster Union in respect
of Vaccination were transferred to the Westminster City Council on the
1st April, 1930.
Under the Vaccination Order, 1929, and embodied in the Vaccination
Order, 1930, instructions have been issued to the Public Vaccinators
as follow:—
(1) In place of the officially advocated four insertions, trial be made
of vaccination and re-vaccination in one insertion with a
minimum of trauma, and that multiple scarification and (or)
cross-hatching be deprecated.
(2) Primary vaccination be performed in infancy, between the ages
of two and six months as at present, and re-vaccination be
offered at the time when a child enters school (5 to 7 years),
and again on leaving (14 to 16 years).
(3) Vaccination in multiple insertions be available for such persons
as desire to obtain the maximum protection against smallpox
obtainable at one operation.
(4) In public vaccination, parents be informed that if, in consequence
of vaccination, a child requires medical attention, it is the duty
of the public vaccinator concerned to provide such attention
without cost to the parents.
From personal enquiries in the course of my visitations, it is interesting
to note that parents are more disposed to have their children
vaccinated since the new regulations have been in force.
It having been reported that three smallpox cases occurred in Westminster
and the Strand Districts, the Medical Officer authorised the
vaccination or re-vaccination of non-resident smallpox contact cases,
although the persons concerned are at their place of business but not
residents in the Public Vaccinator's District, and in such cases the
Minister of Health has expressed his willingness to sanction the payment
of fees under the Local Authorities (Expenses) Act, 1887.