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"Authority puts it that vaccination is no efficient
"protective when done in only two places, and still
"less if only in one, and let it be known that every
"mother if she believes in vaccination at all should
"refuse to have her child done in this way. If
"she does not believe in vaccination let her too
"have the courage of her belief, and avail herself
"of the clause that has been so inadvisedly in"serted
in the Act, and enrol herself as a con"scientious
objector; but don't let her deceive
"herself or be deceived into believing" her child is
"properly protected when vaccinated in only one
"or two spots." Again, I would advise all employers
of labour, and most certainly all householders,
to see to it that those in their employ are
vaccinated and re-vaccinated. The various Proviident
Clubs should insist that their members are
vaccinated, for now that smallpox has received an
invitation to come once more amongst us, their
funds will be woefully diminished if member after
member falls ill or dies from this disease. This
rule has been adopted already in some of the large
Benefit Societies in the North of England, where
far-seeing and prudent members have become
alarmed at the prospect that was being unfolded
before them.
With regard to the conscientious objector,
fortunately the inhabitants of this part of the
country have not been led astray to the same
extent as those in some other districts; but
evil example soon spreads, and it is necessary
that every man and woman should approach this
question seriously. It will very soon be a part of
the duty of Sanitary Authorities to consider what
steps they are prepared to take in the not unlikely
event of this disease re-appearing. Isolation
Hospitals alone will not meet the case, and there
is one point well worth remembering, viz., when
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