The Australasian medical directory and handbook / edited by Ludwig Bruck.

Date:
1886
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Australasian medical directory and handbook / edited by Ludwig Bruck. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Mokogai, and Wakaya, and shall, in addition, vaccinate all immigrants imported as abourers as soon as possible after their an-ival at Levuka. He shall keep an office in the town of Levuka, and shall attend at such office on Friday in each week, from the hour of nine until eleven in the forenoon, for the purpose of vaccinating all persons residing within the said islands, who shall appear or be brought before him for that purpose, and also of inspecting the progress of such vaccination in the pereon so vaccinated. Supply of Lymph to he hvpt.—The Vaccinator-General shall maintain a continual supply of recent lymph, and shall supply the same as may be required to the District Vaccinatom. District Vaccinators.—The Governor shall appoint District Vaccinators for such districts as shall be defined by the Governor, and such District Vaccinators shall be duly registered Medical Practitioners, and shall receive such remuneration as shall be determined by the Governor in Council, and such District Vaccinators shall, for the purposes of vaccination, attend at such places within their districts and at such times as may be directed by the Vacciuator-Genei’al. Non-mcdical Vaccinators.—To facilitate the speedy vaccination of the adult native population, a District Vaccinator may employ non-medical vaccinators to vaccinate under his supervision, but the District Vaccinator shall in every case be responsible for the proper performance of the operation by such non-medical vaccin- ators. Notice of intention to Vaccinate to he given.—Before a District Vaccinator visits any native town for the purposes of vaccination, he shall intimate to the Stipendary Magistrate the time at which vaccination will be performed at such town, and such Stipendary Magistrate shall forthwith communicate such information to the Roko- Tui or other chief native Government officer of the Province, who shall take care that all unvaccinated natives aged over six months, residing in such town, shall be presented for vaccination at the time and place indicated. Vaccinated piersons to appear before the Vaccinator for Inspection.—Upon the eighth day after any adult or child shall have been vaccinated as aforesaid, such adult shall present himself, or the father, or mother, or guardian of such child shall take such child before the Vaccinator in whose district the vaccination was performed, in onler that such Vaccinator may ascertain by inspection the result of such operation. Certificate of Vaccination.—Upon and immediately after the successful vacci- nation of any adult person or any child, the Vaccinator-General or the District Vaccinator in whose district the ojicration shall have been performed, shall deliver to such adult or to the father or mother or guardian of the said child, a certificate under his hand that such adult or child has been successfully vaccinated. Vlicn unfit for Vaccination.—If the Vaccinator shall be of opinion that any adult or child presented for vaccination is not in a fit and proper state to be success- fully vaccinated, he shall thereupon immediately deliver, without fee, to such adult or to the father, or mother, or guardian of the said child, a certificate th.at the adult or child is in an unfit state for vaccination, and such certificate shall remain in force for a j)eriod marked thereon by such Vaccinator. Register of Vaccination.—The Vaccinator-Gcneral and every District Vaccinator shall keep a register, in which he shall enter the date of vaccination, the name, age, sex, and name of parent or guardian, and place of abode of every person vaccinated in his district, an<l the oj>eration, whether successful, unsuccessful, or doubtful. And every District Vaccinator shall, on or before the first day of February of each year, transmit a signal copy of such register to the Vaccinator-Gcneral, who shall file the same in his office. Vaccinator-Gmcral to Report Yearly.—The Vaccinator-Gcneral shall, on or before the first day of March of each year, make a general report to the Governor, showing the state and progress of vaccination during the year ending on the thirty- first day of December next preceding. Recore.ry of Penalties.-—NV pecuniary i)cnaltics for any offence under this Ordinance may be recovered in a summary manner on the information of the Vaccin- ator-General or of a District Vaccinator. Penalty for attempting to produce Small-pox.—Any person who shall produce, or attempt to ]>roduce, by any means whatsoever, the disease of small-iiox in any person, shall lie liable for every such offence to be imprisoned for any term not exceed- ing six months.