Municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to public health : adopted from July 1, 1911 to December 31, 1911, by cities of the United States having a population of over 10,000 in 1910 / compiled by direction of the Surgeon General by John W. Trask.
- Date:
- [1913]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to public health : adopted from July 1, 1911 to December 31, 1911, by cities of the United States having a population of over 10,000 in 1910 / compiled by direction of the Surgeon General by John W. Trask. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![VACCINATION TO PREVENT SMALLPOX. EAST PROVIDENCE (TOWN), R. I. VACCINATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. / Section 1. For each case of vaccination at public expense of a child of school age, as required by State law, there shall be paid by the town the sum of 75 cents, which shall include a certificate to the child so vaccinated, this sum, in each instance to be paid only on proper attestation by the health officer that a record of such case has been certified to him by the officiating physician. . Sec. 2. Any practicing physician may, at public expense, vaccinate a child or children of school age, subject to, the following rules: First. Only such pure bovine virus as is approved by the State board of health shall be used in any case. . . Second. In no instance shall a scab from a person vaccinated be used and transmitted to a child in vaccination. ..nit. Third. A certificate of vaccination shall be issued to the child vaccinated by the officiating physician, who shall also certify each case to the health officer of the town. Sec. 3! The health officer of the town shall keep a record of all cases certified to him of the vaccinated children provided for herein. . Sec. 4. A family physician, so called, or physician vaccinating a child or children of school age, at private expense, shall comply with the provisions of this ordinance relative to certifying each case of such vaccinated child to the health officer of the town. . . .. , „ Sec. 5. Any physician who shall violate any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of not more than $20, or be imprisoned not more than 10 days for each offense. And further, a physician so offending and convicted of the same shall be denied the privilege of vaccinating school children at public expense. [Chap. 29 of an ordinance adopted Aug. 2, 1911.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28717569_0030.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
