Correspondence between the Dewsbury Board of Guardians and the Local Government Board, in reference to the mode of carrying out the compulsory clauses of the Vaccination Acts.

  • Dewsbury Board of Guardians.
Date:
1879
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Correspondence between the Dewsbury Board of Guardians and the Local Government Board, in reference to the mode of carrying out the compulsory clauses of the Vaccination Acts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    and I beg that you will take the steps necessary to have such certificate forwarded to me without delay. (Signed) Vaccination Officer for Dated Address of Vaccination Officer *^* The public vaccinator for your district attends at his station at for the gratuitous performance of vac- cination every at o’clock. If the child be vaccinated there, the public vaccinator is responsible for the transmission of the certificate to me, otherwise it devolves upon yourself to send me the certificate. Form B. VACCINATION ACTS, 1867 AND 1871. To Whereas you are in default under the above acts, respecting your child, , I hereby require you [to have the said child vaccinated within fourteen days from the date hereof, and do all other things the law requires touching the said vac- cination*], or [to transmit to me within seven days from the date hereof the requisite certificate concerning the vaccination of the said child*], failing which it will be my duty to take the proper steps for securing the enforcement of the law. (Signed) Vaccination Officer for Dated_ Address of Vaccination Officer *^* The public vaccinator for your district attends at his station at for the gratuitous performance of vac- cination every at o’clock. If the child be vaccinated there, the public vaccinator is responsible for the transmission of the certificate to me, otherwise it devolves upon yourself to send me the certificate.