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unemployed, the Medical Officer of Health will
generally regard the case as one for which the Council
should pay; but where the family is in better circumstances the Medical Officer of Health will, unless there
are exceptional conditions, regard the family as one
able to pay a fee to the doctor.)
4. Before immunising a child, the medical practitioner must obtain the written consent of the parent or
guardian.
5. The child must be given three immunising injections at not less than fortnightly intervals.
6. The immunising agent selected by the medical
practitioner must be approved by the Medical Officer
of Health and obtained from a firm licensed under the
Therapeutic Substances Acts.
7. Each dose of the immunising agent must be
contained in a separate sealed glass ampoule. In no
circumstances will the Council pay a fee in respect of
the immunisation of a child by a preparation from a
container holding more than one dose.
8. The medical practitioner will enter the particulars
of each immunising dose on a record card provided by
the Council. When this record is completed and
returned to the Public Health Department the Medical
Officer of Health will, in appropriate cases, forward
particulars of the cases to the Borough Treasurer, in
order that the fees due may be paid each quarter.
9. In every case the medical practitioner must place
before the parent or guardian the significance of the
Schick test and advise that this should be applied to
children over five years of age. If the parent or
guardian decides to forego the Schick test before
immunisation, it may be omitted. The medical prac-