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Vaccinators additional sums to those which the Guardians and Overseers
had to pay under their contracts. The intention of this clause
appears to have been to enable the Privy Council to reward the
Public Vaccinators for good and successful work, and to stimulate
their diligence and care in the performance of their duties. The
following clause increased the remuneration to be allowed to
Public Vaccinators to not less than 2s. where the vaccination was
performed at more than a mile, but less than two miles, from the
residence of the vaccinator, and to not less than 3s. where the
vaccination was performed at a distance exceeding two miles.
" By the eighth section provision for the encouragement of
re-vaccination was specifically made by Parliament. The Privy
Council was authorised to issue regulations in respect of the revaccination
of persons who might apply to be re-vaccinated ; and
in that case the Guardians were required to pay fees for successful
re-vaccinations performed in accordance with such regulations of
an amount equal to two-thirds of the primary vaccination fees.
It would appear from the language of this section that the wording
of some existing contracts had included re-vaccination. By the
eighth section, however, it was enacted that these contracts should
not apply to re-vaccination upon the Act coming into operation.
The 16th section enacted as to every child born in England
that within three months after the birth of such child, or where by
reason of the death, &c., of the parent, any other person should
have the custody of such child within three months after receiving
such custody, the parent or such person should take it or cause
it to be taken to the Public Vaccinator ... or should
within such period cause it to be vaccinated by some medical
practitioner. If the child were brought to a Public Vaccinator
in compliance with the conditions in the Act he was required to
vaccinate the child.
By section 17 it was enacted that upon the same day in the
week following, in cases in which the operation was performed by
the Public Vaccinator, the parent or person must again take the