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Hackney 1898

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1898

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Sec. 3. Provides that an order directing a child to be
vaccinated shall not be made on any person who has previously
been convicted of non.compliance with a similar order relating
to the same child.
Sec. 4. Provides that no proceeding under Sec. 31 of the
Vaccination Act, 1867, shall be taken against any person who has
been convicted under Sec. 27 of the Vaccination Act of 1867 on
account of the same child, until it has reached the age of four
years.
Sec. 5. Persons committed to prison under the Vaccination
Acts to be treated as first.class misdemeanants.
Sec. 6. Provides that the Local Government Board may
make rules and regulations with respect to the duties and
remuneration of public vaccinators.
Sec. 7. Gives the Local Government Board power to
order Guardians under exceptional circumstances to provide
vaccination stations for the Vaccination of children, and modify
the provisions of this Act requiring the public vaccinator to visit
the home of the child otherwise than on request of the parent.
This Act came into operation on January 1st, 1899.
INFECTIOUS FEVERS AND DRAIN EFFLUVIA.

Table

showing condition of Drains of Houses in which primary cases of Infectious Disease occurred during the year 1897 and 7898.

disease.Houses in which drains were defective.Houses in which drains were not defective.Total No. of Houses in which primary cases occurred.Per centage of Houses with defective drains.
1. Enteric Fever7122729823.8
2. Diphtheria315929124425.3
3. Scarlatina2991363166217.9
4. Erysipelas6141247312.9