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I sincerely regret the death of Mr. W. Gobey, who had
worked very hard throughout the Small Pox epidemic, as
Disinfector. He was a very trustworthy man and nis death
is a loss to the Corporation.
I would suggest that before permanently tilling his
vacancy, you should consider the advisability of appointing
a man qualified as a Sanitary Inspector. Such an appointment
need entail no additional cost on the rates, and the
man who is now doing the work could return to his former
occupation under the Surveyor.

VACCINATION.
During the year a great deal of vaccination has been
done, more especially re-vaccination during the Small Pox
scare. Table D shows the position of the town as regards
vaccination.
Re-vaccination should be made compulsory for
vagrants, etc. These persons have not conscientious objections,
they are idle and careless. Through their carelessness
this town, like many others, has had to pay big sums
for stopping Small Pox outbreaks introduced by vagrants.
The success of re-vaccination has been most marked
during the epidemic. In the Glasgow outbreak 400,000
persons were re-vaccinated, and not one of them contracted
Small Pox, whilst amongst those who refused protection,
2,255 cases occurred. In Prussia, from 1866-74, before re-