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(2) Requires the public vaccinator to visit the home of a
child for the purpose of Vaccination, if the person having the
custody of the child so requires it.
(3) Requires the public vaccinator after 24 hours' notice to
visit the home of any child which has not been vaccinated
within four months of its birth and offer to vaccinate the child
with glycerinated lymph, or such other lymph as may be issued
by the L. G. Board.
(4) Provides that the public vaccinator shall not vaccinate
a child if there is or has been a recent prevalence of infectious
disease in the district, or the condition of the house is such that
the child cannot be safely vaccinated and in this case the public
vaccinator shall give a certificate of postponement of Vaccination,
and give notice of such certificate to the M.O.H. of the district.
(5) Provides that no regulation of any lying-in hospital or
infirmary or other similar institution shall compel any child to
be vaccinated at any time earlier than the expiration of six
months from its birth.
Sec. 2 (1) Provides that "no parent or other persons shall
be liable to any penalty under Sec. 29 or Sec 31 of the Vaccination
Act of 1867 if within four 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 magistrates
of such conscientious objection."
(2) Provides that Sec. 2 shall come into operation on the
passing of the Act, but in applying it to a child born before the
passing of the Act, there shall be substituted for the period of
four months from the birth of the child, the period of four months
from the passing of the Act.