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(2.) The Public Vaccinator shall, if required, visit the home of the
child for the purpose of vaccinating it.
(3.) If a child is not vaccinated within four months after its birth,
the Public Vaccinator shall, after notice, visit the home of the child and
shall offer to vaccinate it with glycerinated calf lymph, or such other
lymph as may be issued by the Local Government Board.
(4.) In case of the prevalence of infectious disease in the district, or
in the house where the child resides, the Public Vaccinator shall give a
certificate of postponement of vaccination, and also notice of such to the
Medical Officer of Health for the district.
Section 2.
(1.) Is the exemption from penalties through conscientious
objection.
This Act, which will remain in force until the 1st January,
1904, will not come into operation in its entirety until
1st January, 1899; but the provisions of section 2 come
into force on the date of the passing of the Act.
2.—Measles (decennial average 24.7).
In 1898, there was an epidemic of measles over the
Metropolis, which practically commenced in November,
1897, and continued to the middle of June, 1898.
In this district there were 26 deaths, 24 being young
children under 5 years; this number was slightly above
the corrected decennial average.
The deaths from this disease in all London were 3,075.