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having its vaccination performed. In no house in which there is small-pox
ought any child to remain unvaccinated, unless on medical examination it is
pronounced unfit to be vaccinated.
5. All representations made as above should be accompanied with information
as to the existing arrangements for vaccination, including any special
temporary provisions which may have been made under section 7 of the
Vaccination Act, 1898, for Public Vaccination in the district.
6. The Vaccination Officer should make it well known that the Public
Vaccinator is at liberty to re-vaccinate all persons who shall not be less than
ten years old and shall not have been previously re-vaccinated within a period
of ten years, who apply to him for that purpose; and that persons not
vaccinated since childhood, who are likely to be exposed to contagion, ought
to be re-vaccinated without delay. Above all, this is necessary for persons
whose original marks of vaccination are imperfect.
7. In the event of many artizans requiring re-vaccination, and being
unwilling to lose part of their working day for the purpose of securing the
desired protection, it may be expedient that the Vaccination Officer should
confer with the Guardians as to attendances being given by the Public
Vaccinator at some specified hour in the evening.
8. Generally, the Vaccination Officer should take every means to ensure
that the vaccination of his whole district is as complete as possible. He should
make frequent examination of his birth lists; and deal, as soon as practicable,
with every case of default as it arises; and he should be prompt and diligent
in his inquiries respecting the other children to whom his duties extend under
Section 7 of his " Instructions," as issued by the Local Government Board.
9. The Vaccination Officer should give immediate information to the local
Sanitary Authority of any house in which small-pox has appeared, and of
which no information has reached him from the Medical Officer of Health, in
order that needful means of isolation and disinfection may be taken.
II.—BY SANITARY AUTHORITIES (LONDON).
The Sanitary Authority of any district into which a case of small-pox may be
brought, or in which it may occur, should immediately, on obtaining
information of the occurrence, instruct their Medical Officer of Health to
give notice to the Vaccination Officer of the Board of Guardians (the Local
Authority for Vaccination purposes), in order that all practicable measures
in regard to vaccination may be taken. The Sanitary Authority should
also instruct their officers to assist in the administration of the Vaccination
Acts by spreading a knowledge of the advantages of vaccination and
re-vaccination, and by giving to the Vaccination Officer any information
they may obtain as to children and others unprotected by vaccination.