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From the above table it appears that a much larger number of
children have been vaccinated by the Public Vaccinators during this
quarter than in the preceding one. The number vaccinated in relation
to the births, being 72.7 per cent., whereas in the preceding quarter it was
only 46 per cent., or 26.7 per cent. less than in the present quarter.
It is estimated that of the number of children born in this district, 7.5
per cent. die before they are three months old, and probably 3 per cent. are
ill and not in a condition to be vaccinated, and perhaps 1 or 2 per cent.
remove from the district. "We cannot expect to find that more than
86 or 87 per cent. of those born will be vaccinated within the district. If,
therefore, the Public Vaccinators vaccinate 70 per cent. of the children
born in the district, it will show that good attention has been given to the
subject by the Vaccination Officer; for a considerable number of children
are always vaccinated by private practitioners.
In a former report I alluded to the desirability of vaccination being
performed only by the Public Vaccinators; but if private practitioners will
continue to vaccinate, then it should be made imperative upon them to
state in the certificate of successful vaccination the number of cicatrices;
and no case should be considered as successful unless there are at least
three good marks or cicatrices. To the above remarks I will only add
that no person, unless duly registered as a medical practitioner, should be
allowed to vaccinate. If it were made, which it ought to be, a statutory
offence for a person not qualified by law to practice, to perform the