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THE VESTRY OF ST. LEONARD, SHOREDITCH.
PUBLIC NOTICE
concerning
SMALL-POX AND VACCINATION.
Sanitary Department,
37, Hoxton Square, 24th June, 1859.
1. The Vestry having had its attention directed to the great prevalence
of Small-Pox in the Parish, has deemed it advisable to make known to
the inhabitants, the provisions now in force relative to Small-Pox and
Vaccination. As these provisions have been enacted for the common
safety against a highly contagious and dangerous disease, it concerns
every one to aid in carrying them out.
Penalty against
Inoculation or
exposure of persons
affected
with Small-Pox
II. By clause VIII of the 3rd and 4th Vict., cap. 29, Any Person who shall
wilfully by any means whatsoever produce the disease of Small-Pox shall
be liable to be proceeded against summarily, and shall upon conviction
be imprisoned in the common Gaol or House of Correction, for any term
not exceeding One Month.
Vaccination.
III. By Clauses II, III, IV, of the 16th & 17th Vict., cap. 100., parents and
guardians of children are required to have them Vaccinated within three
months of birth; and to take the children on the eighth day following
the day on which Vaccination has been performed to the Surgeon, in
order that he may be able to certify that the Vaccination has properly
taken or otherwise.
Penalty for neglecting
Vaccination
IV. By Clause IX, of the same Act, the Registrar is directed to give to the
parents or guardians of children, within seven days after the registration
of birth, a notice enjoining them to take the children to be Vaccinated;
and if this notice be neglected the parents or guardians shall forfeit a
sum not exceeding twenty shillings.
V. The illness of a child is not held sufficient ground for neglecting or
deferring Vaccination, unless it be certified by a medical practitioner
that the child is in an unfit state to be Vaccinated; and the certificate
to that effect is to be renewed every two months until the medical practitioner
shall be of opinion that Vaccination may safely and properly be
performed.
Re—Vaccination
VI. It being proved that in most cases where Small-Pox has occurred after
Vaccination, the Cow-Pox had, from various causes, not taken fully, it
is desirable to submit the marks of Vaccination to a medical practitioner
with a view to Re-Vaccination where the protection may be considered
insufficient.