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It becomes the duty of the Public Vaccinator of the district,
if the parents or guardian of the child so requires, to visit the
home of the child for the purpose of vaccinating it.
If the child is not vaccinated within four months after its
birth, the Public Vaccinator of the district, after at least twentyfour
hours notice to the parent, shall visit the home of the child,
and shall offer to vaccinate the child with glycerinated calflymph,
or such other lymph as may be issued by the Local
Government Board.
The Public Vaccinator shall not vaccinate a child if, in his
opinion, the condition of the house is such, or there is or has
been such a recent prevalence of infectious disease in the district,
that it cannot be safely vaccinated, and in that case shall give
a certificate under Section 18 of the Act of 1867 of postponement
of vaccination, and shall forthwith give notice of any such certificate
to the Medical Officer of Health for the district.
Nothwithstanding any regulation of any lying-in hospital or
infirmary, or other similar institution, the parent of any child
born in any institution shall not be compelled under such
regulation or otherwise to cause or permit the child to be
vaccinated at any time earlier than the expiration of six
months from its birth
Under Section 2 no parent or other person shall be liable to
any penalty under Section 29 or 31 of the Act of 1867, if within
4 months from the birth of the child he satisfies two justices, or a
stipendiary or metropolitan police magistrate, in petty sessions,
that he conscientiously believes that vaccination would be
prejudicial to the health of the child, and within seven days thereafter
delivers to the Vaccination Officer for the district a certificate
by such justices or magistrate of such conscientious objection.
This Section came into operation on the passing of the Act,
viz., on August 12, 1898, but in its application to a child born