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There is no doubt, that working as amicably as they possibly
can, there must needs occur more delay in obtaining vaccination
of contacts under the present system, according to which the
Medical Officer of Health when he desires any persons vaccinated,
and has even obtained the consent to such a course, has to send
to the Vaccination Officer, who in his turn sends on to the Public
Vaccinator, who then calls and carries out the operation, than
by having the work carried out by an Officer of the Sanitary
Authority, who would receive any instructions from the Medical
Officer of Health direct, and in turn report back again as to the
result of the operation.
Any delay of this character is indeed very dangerous in the
face of a Small-pox outbreak, for to thoroughly protect contacts,
vaccination should be performed immediately.
I am pleased to say that the Vaccination Officer and Public
Vaccinators in this Borough, always co-operated with us in every
way possible in carrying out their various duties, and with no
greater delay than was really inevitable under the circumstances.
In fact, the Vaccination Officer carried out much voluntary work,
for which he receives no remuneration whatever, in visiting from
house to house, in infected neighbourhoods, and urging vaccination
or revaccination, as the case may be, and in this way he
materially assisted to check the spread of the disease in threatened
neighbourhoods, and for this work so satisfactorily carried out, I
hereby tender my most sincere thanks, and trust that in any future
legislation on this subject the question of adequate remuneration
for such very necessary work will not be overlooked.