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PUBLIC VACCINATION.
REPORT
TO THE
BOARD OF GUARDIANS
OF THE
PARISH OF PADDINGTON.
August 10th, 1869.
Gentlemen,
After having been occupied six months in endeavouring
to carry out the provisions of the Vaccination Act of 1867,
I propose presenting a Report that may in some degree
illustrate the working of this Act, now entrusted to you, in
conjunction with the Public Vaccinators and Registrars of
Births and Deaths in your Parish. I have ventured to
embody in it some remarks and suggestions which I
trust will be useful to you as well as other Guardians, who
at the present time are directing enquiries into the manner
in which local Authorities have been able to give full effect
to the intentions of the legislature, and to show what proceedings
have been taken under the provisions of this Act.
This Report applies to the Vaccination of children born
and registered in the parish, and returned as defaulters;
that is, in the Sub-Districts of Kensington, viz:—St. Mary's
and St. John's, Paddington, for the year 1868.
The number of children born in Paddington in 1868,
as shown by returns of the Registrar-General, is: 2735.