Third (-Fourth-Fifth) Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the subject of vaccination; with minutes of evidence and appendices.
- Great Britain. Royal Commission on Vaccination.
- Date:
- 1890-1893
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Credit: Third (-Fourth-Fifth) Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the subject of vaccination; with minutes of evidence and appendices. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![LEESON, Mr. JOSEPH (analysis of his evidence): [Joint evidence with Messrs. John Thomas Biggs and Lionel Percy Chamberlain, laying before the Com- mission a resolution passed by the Guurdians of the Leicester Union, witli a statement as to their admi- nistration of the Vaccination Acts in the Union, and returns as to s accinations performed since 181-9, and the Guardians' opinion that the law of compulsory vaccination could not be enforced in Leicester, 13,290-361, App. 113-1 (Tables A.. B., and C.); and as to the numbers given in the Guardians' returns as the successful vaccinations, public and private, for the years dealt with, 13,362-81.] Is a shoo mauufactui'er at Leicester, and a member of the Board of Guardians, of which Board he has been chairman, 13,385-7, 13,412. Particulars of the illness and subsequent death of one of witness's children, in his 0]nnion due to vaccination, 13,390-404, 13,413-7 ; since the time of this illness witness has taken an active part in opposition to vaccination, 13,388-90, 13,405-9. The feeling in Leicester as rega^rds v:iceination. and its compulsory enforcement, 13,407-12, 13,421-2; the absenco there, during the period when defaulters under the Vaccination Acts were Ijoing prosecuted, of any repeated prosecutions in respect of the same children, 13,418-21. LEICESTER: Resolution of the Town Council of the Borough of Leicester with reference to compulsory vaccination, 12,924-4a; resolution on the same subject of the Leicester School Board, 13,130-1. Resolution of the Guardians of the Leicester Union with a statement as to their administration of the Vaccination Acts in the Union, and returns as to vaccinations performed since 1849, and their opinion that the law of com- pulsory vaccination could not be enforced in Leicester, 13,290-361, App. 413-4 (Tables A., B., and C.); as to the numbers given in the Guardians' returns as the Baccessfnl vaccinations, public and ]irivate, for the years dealt with, 13,362-84, 13,620-1, (15,578-699, 15,700-3, 15,706-7, 15,726-8, 15,993-16,082, 16,107-8, 16,179-83, 16,200-2, 16,689-759, 17,007-9, 17,029-38. 17,230-3, 17,255-6, 17.364-418, 17,149-53, 17,620-9. 17,836-7. 17,839-40; 15,754-878; 15.879-973)_. The discontinuance of prosecutions under the Vaccination Acts in the Leicester Union, 13.291, 13,295. 13,320-2, 13,335, 13,342, 13,345-51; 13,603-5, 13,613, 13,616, 13.628, 13.631 ; evidence of the Chief Constable of the Borough as to proceedings under the Acts during the years 1881-6, 15,084-106, and particulars given by other witnesses as to the number of prosecutions in the Union prior to their discontinuance, 13,291-4, 13.303-51; 13,613, 13,628-9. 13,6-39-66; App. 414 (Table C.) ; App. 415 (Table 1). The absence at Leicester during the period when defaulters under the Vaccination Acts were being prosecuted, of any repeated prosecutions in respect of the same children, 12,957; 13,418-21; 13,447: 1.3,541, 13.547; 14,006; 14,058 ; 13,613, 13,629, 13,642, 13,656-8. Statements by witnesses, magistrates for the Borough of Leicester, who have adjudicated upon cases under the Vaccina- tion Acts, as to the course taken by them with regard to the provisions of the Acts allowing exemption where there is a reasonable excuse, 12,941-4,12,950-6. 12,958-66,12,987-91; 13,024-8 ; 13.433. The opinion of various witnesses living at Leicester that vac- cination ought not to be compulsorily enforced. 12,939-40, 12,946. 12,968-71 ; 13,016-6'; 13,043-8, 13,063-5,13,081-2; 13,205-6, 13,208, 13,256,13,261, 13,265-81; 13,434-5 ; 13.455-7,13,467-71; 13,499-500, 13.607-8, 13,519-21, 13,538-40, 13.548-51, 13,555; 13;572-3,13.577-9,13,-585 ; 13,997-9,14,011-4: 14,034; 14,693; 14,929-30, 14,943, 14,947, 14,953-4; 13,597. Mr. J. T. Biggs as to the administration of the Vacci- nation Acts in the Leicester Union, 13,603-5,13.611-8, 13,622-77, 13,717-53, 14,426,15,602, 15,5-38-51, 16.748, 16,022, 16,082-3, 16,379-83, App. 416 (Table 1) ; and as to the returns made to the House of Commons of persons imprisoned under the Acts, so far as relatino- to Leicester. 15,540-61, 16,082-3. The feeling in Leicester as regards vaccination and its compulsory enforcement, 13,291-5; 12,932-8 12.945. 12,947-8, 12,971-86, 12,992-13,000; 13,012-4,13.017- 20,13,022-3,13,029-39 ; 13,045-51.13,054-7.13,065-7. 13,075-7, 13,109-11. 13.11.3-5, 13,11% 13,119 ; 13,241- 8; 13,407-12, 13,421-2; 13,432-3, 13, t41-6; 13,456- O 65090. 82; 13,495-8,13,500,13,621-43, 13,552-8; 13,-669-72. Index. 13,574-86; 13.963-70, 13,973-5, 13,987-9; 13,997- 14,014; 14,034; 14,058-61; 14,693-701, 14,704-9; 14.930-46, 14.961-4; 14.995-9, 15.026; 15,095-10(); 15,142-54, 16.161-74; .-13,611-3, 13.618, 13,628-9, 13,t)32-3, 13,639-65, 13,671-89, 14,426, 15,400, 15,405, 16.421-6, 15,430-1. 15,441-9, 16,462-3, 15,49.5-8, 15,638, 16,379-83,17,866-74; 17,980 : as to the origin of the opposition now existing there to compulsory vaccination, 13.291-5, 13,318; 12,932-7, 12,967, 12,992, 12,999-13,002; 13,11.5, 13,120-3; 13.421; 13,436-40; 13,458-66,13.469-82; 13,-521-2,13,526-33, 13,-552-4; 13,-584-6; 13,965-7, 13,973-5, 13,987; 13,997-14,000, 14,007-14; 14.0-68-61; 14,377-85; 14,694-6; 14,998-9; 13,611-3, 13,639, 14,426. State- ments by witnesses living or having lived i.n Leicester or Leicestershire, as to their having refused to have their children, or some of them, vaccinated, or as to their having otherwise taken an active part in opposi- tion to vaccination, owing to their belief that mem- bers of their families, or other persons known to them, have suffered ill effects in consequence of vacci- nation, 13,388-409, 13,413-7 ; 13,888-921; 13,923-47; 13,949-62, 13,971-2, 13,976-86, 13,990-2; 14,046- 85; 14,087-121; 14,123-36; 14,139-48; 14,217-63; 14,265-303; 14,304-40; 14,342-85; 14,386-420; 14,645-8; 14,654-67; 14,713-58; 14.959-88; 14,999- 1-6,054; 16,0-56-83; (1-5.108-38); 15,140-1; 15,1.6-5- 60; 17,973-80. Mr. J. T. Biggs as to cases where parents, on being proceeded against m Leicester under the Vaccination Acts, have stated in defence their belief that the illness or death of members of their families or other persons has been caused by vaccination, 13,717-44, 13,749-53, 13,765-89, 13,824- 31, 13,841-4, 15,229-38, 17,276-7; and as to other cases of the like nature where the parents' belief was held to be a reasonable excuse for the non-vaccination of their children in regard to whom the proceedings were taken, 13,743-8, 13,752, 13,765, 16,392, 17,276-7. Mr. J. T. Eiggs's table, with his observations thereon, of cases brought to the knowledge of the Leicester and County Anti-Vaccination Society of injin-ies and deaths alleged by parents living in Leicester or Leicestershire to have been cawsed by vaccination, and of cases of small-pox occurring in vaccinated persons. 15.386-198, 16.613-21, 16,084-107, 16,886, 16,924, 17,276-7, App. 417 (Table 4). _ The system ado])ted in Leicester in dealing with eases of small-pox, 13,145-204, 13,206-30, 13.249-64, 13,283-9; 12,949; 13.021; 13,051-63. 13,078-82, 13,116-8, 13,124-8; 13,600-18, 13,-520, 13,-544-6, 13,-560-1; 14,693, 14,702-3; 14,894-920; 15,728-45, 16,129-33, 16,203-688, 16,789, 16,796-809. Mr. T Windley as to sanitary improvements effected in Leicester since 1872,13,231,13,234. Mr. J. T. Biggs's diagram showing the number of small-pox cases in and near Leicester which have come to the know- ledge of the Medical Officers of Health for the Borough since the subsidence of the epidemic of 1871-3. 16,205-391, 16,-522-6, 16,531. 16,617-43, 16.669-71, 16,789, 16,796-808, 17,3-61-63., App. facing page 436 (Diagram D.); and his tables showing for the years 1886, 1887. and 1888, the number of per- sons vaccinated or re-vaocinated after voluntarily entering the quarantine wards at the fever hospital after possible exposure to small-nox infection, (16,210, 16,376), 16,394-446, 16,644, 16,655-68, App. 435 (Table 9), and. for each of the years 1874-89, the number of persons who voluntarily entered the q'.iara.ntine wards at the fever hospital after possible exposure to small-pox infection, with the estimated cost of such cases, and also the number of small-pox cases for each of the same years, (16,436-7. 16,481). 16,-532-52, 16,572, 16,583-4, 16,594-7, App. 435 (Table 10). Mr. J. T. Biggs as to erysi^jelas in Leicester, 13,796- 806. 13,817-23, 13,861-2, 14,427-52, 14,760-96, App. 416 (Table 2), and the question of its connexion with the practice of vaccination, 13.861-2, 14,438-51, 14,760-96. 15,347-54; and as to the practice of in- surance companies doing liusiness in Leicester with regard to the granting of policies on the lives of nnvaccinated persons, 13,690-716, 13,768-64, 14,426. Mr. J. T. Biggs's diagram show'ing for the Boreugh of Leicester, for each of the years 1838-89 the estimated population and the number of marriages, of births and of deaths from all causes, from small-pox and from all zymotic diseases, with for each of the years 1849-89 the number of registered vaccinations, pub- lic and private, 15,553-720, 16,726-8. 16,742, 15,747. 3 X](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21361344_0823.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
