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VACCINATION.
The following tables, furnished by Mr. Croft, the Vaccination
Officer, gives the Vaccination returns for 1892 and for the first six
months of 1893, those for the last six months not being yet complete.
The returns show that 93 per cent, of the infantile population have
been vaccinated.
SUPPLEMENTAL RETURN FOR 1892, FOR THE PARISH
OF FULHAM.
No. of Births
Registered
from 1st Jan.,
1892, to 31st
Dec., 1892.
Successfully
Vaccinated.
Insusceptible
of Vaccination
Had Small
Pox.
Dead.
Postponed by
Medical
Certificate.
Removed.
Outstanding.
3,518 2,930 14 — 341 21 203 9
RETURN OF VACCINATION FOR THE PERIOD FROM
JANUARY TO JUNE, 1893. PARISH OF FULHAM.
No. of Births
Registered
from 1st Jan.
to30th June.
1893.
Successfully
Vaccinated.
Insusceptible
of Vaccination
Had Small
Pox.
Dead.
Postponed by
Medical
Certificate.
Removed.
Outstanding.
1,862 1,404 14 — 243 46 147 8
A Bill was introduced into Parliament during the year to give
effect to the opinion expressed in the interim report of the Royal
Commission on Vaccination, to the effect that repeated prosecutions for
the same child under the Vaccination Acts should cease, and that
persons convicted under those Acts should not be liable to be treated
as criminals. It proposed that " a person shall not be liable under
Section 29 or Section 31 of the Vaccination Act, 1867, to any penalty
for a second or subsequent offence. When a person is committed to
prison for non-payment under either of those Sections he shall be dealt
with in like manner as if he had been committed to prison for nonpayment
of a civil debt." The Bill was however withdrawn by the
Government,
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