The Vaccination Act 1882 (SA)

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time to time vary or revoke such Proclamation and establish other districts and placcs for the purposes aforesaid; and the Governor shall calm effectual means to be taken for giving all persons resident within such district notice of the days ancl hours at which the medical officer or practitioner, hereinafter called the public vaccinator, duly appointed fbr such purpose as hereinafter mentioned, will attend at such place to vaccinate all persons not already successfully vaccinatcd who map then appcar there, and also of the clays and hours at which thc public vaccinator will attend at such place to inspect the progress of such ~accination in thc persons so vaccinated

llegulations may be 5. The Govcrnor may from time to time make, altcr, vary, or

made and fees fired.	revoke regulations for the purpose of carrying this Act into rxeco tion, ancl may by such regulations direct what fees shall be paid to any officers appointed under this Act, or to any dcpty-registrar, for the registration of cases of sucwssful vaccination; and snch regula- tions shall, within one month of the making thereof, be published in the Governnzent Gazette.
CII breaking out of

small-pox, Govcrnor 6. On the breaking out of small-pox in the province, thc Governor

may proclaim

may, by proclamation in the Goverrzme~zt Gazette, declare the province

province infected.

infectcd by small-pox, and may thereupon make such additional

regulations as may be necessary for the safety of the public,

covernor may appoint

officers to carry out 7, The vaccination officer and public vnccinators appointed, and

this ~ c t. now acting under the Act hereby repealed, shall continue to be the vaccination officer and public vaccinators for this province under this Act, and thc Governor may appoint suck further public vaccinators for this province, ancl such other officers as may be neccssnxy for carrying thc provisions of this Act in to execution, and may from time to time rcnlovc any such vaccination officer, pnblic vaccinator, or other officer, and appoint another in his stead.

Vaccine matter t I be 8, The vaccination officer shall, as far as practicable, procure

kcpt. and preserve a sufficient supply of ttnin~al aud liuimnisect lymph, and dm11 furnish the same, witllol;t dmrgc: to thr public vaccimtors and nmlical practitioners who shall apply for the same,

I'arcntu ;~nd guardkns 9, 'l'hc ~ ~ a r c n t of every child born i11 the said lxovincc shall,

sh*ll snuse their

chiltlwn to be

within six nlonths after the birth of such child, take or cause to bc

Varcinn+~d.

tnkcn the said child to thc public vaccinntor duly appointed in and for the district or any part thereof in wlrich the said child is resident, for the purpose of being vaccinatcd, unless such child shall haw been previously vaccinated by some medical practitioner or by some othcr public vaccinator in the said province; and the said public vncoinstor so appointed shall, and he is hereby required thereupon, or as soon after as it may convcnicntly and properly bc clonc, to vaccinate the said child.

l)ro\.ih for i l v c - 10. Upon the same day in thc following ~vcolc w l ~ n the operation

tion of vaccination. shall

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shall have been performed by the public vaccinator, the parent shall again take the child, or causc i t to be taken, to him, that lie may inspect it and ascertain the result of the operation, and if he see fit, take from such child lymph for the performance of other vaccinations; and in the event of the vaccination being mlsuccessful, such parent shall, if the vaccinator so direct, causc the child to be forthwith aguin vaccinated and inspected as on the prcvious occasion.

11, If any public vaccinator appointed as aforesaid or lnedical Provision for the unfit~lcss of the child

practitioner shall be of opinion that the child is not in a fit or proper for T,cci,tion.

state to be successfully vaccinated, he shall forthwith deliver to the parent a certificate under his hand, according to the form in the Second Schedule hcrcto, or to the like effect, that the child is then seco,,a	sc.pdult..
in a state unfit for successful vaccination, which certificate shall remain in force for two months, sad shall be renewable for successive periods of two months, until a public vaccinator appointed as aforesaid or medical practitioncr s l d l deem the child to be in a fit state for successf~l vaccination, whcn the child shall with all reason-

able dispatch be vaccinated and the certificate of	successful vaccina-
tion duly given if warranted by the result,

12, At or before the end of each successive period the parent Provision for

shall take or cause the child to be taken to the public vaccinator gucccssive certificates

appointed as aforesaid or medical practitioner, who shall then

examine thc child and give the certificate, according to the said form

in the Second Schedule, so long as he deems requisite under the

circumstances of the case.

13, If any public vaccinator or any medical practitioner shall find that s child whom he shall have three timcs unsuccessfully mc- :l:,9:9i~'$~,"f:i$ Provision wlwm ~ h i l d

cinated is insusceptible of successful vaccination, or that a child tion.

brought to him f& vaccinatiou has already had the small-pox, he shall deliver to thc parent a ccrtificate under his hand, according, to

the form in the Third Schedule hereunto anncxcd or to the like T h i d Schedule,

effect, and the parent shall thwceforth not he required to causc

such child to be vaccinated.

14, Within seven days after the successfiil vaccination of any child Certificates of sac- ceurh~l vaccination

the public vaccinator appointed as aforesaid who sliall have performed , be delivered,

thc operation, or ascertained tho same to have been successfully per- formed, shall deliver to the parent of the said child a certificate under his hand according to the form set forth in the Fourth Schedule F O U I - ~ ~

Schehlo.

hereto, that the said child has been successfizlly vaccinated, and shall also transmit a duplicate of the said certificate to the Registrar- General, in Adelaide; and such certificate shall, without further proof, be admissible as evidence of the successful vaccination of such child on the hearing of any information or complaint which shall be brought against the parent of such child as aforesaid for non-com- pliance with the provisions of this ,4ct.

16. No fee or remuneration shall be charged by any public Public vaccinntm

vnccinator not to charge parents,

No.

The T.2sccz'nniio)h A cf.-1882.

for vaccinationor	vaccinator to the parent for any certificate or duplicate ce~tifica~te
certificates.	given, nor for m y vaccination done under this Act.

Legally qnali fi ed

nledictll l,~;lctitiuner~ 16. n'otwithstanding anytlGng contained in this Act, any medical Inay give certiflcntee. practitioner in the said province UELY give n certificate of the opera-

tion of vaccination having bccn sdccessfullv perlorrned upon any child, or cf the incapacity of any child to recAve the vaccine discnse, or of any child being in an unfit state for vaccination; and every such certificate shall be valid for the purposes of this Act, in the same manner as any certificate to bc granted by n public vaccinatox appointed under this Act.

Tranr~r~ission of

certitlmtcs where 17. Where vaccination shall be performed by a medical practi-

vaccir\ntioni:i pcl-- tioner not being a public vaccinator, the parent causing tlie child to

for~ned by a nietlical

practitioner not R	be vaccinated sllall subinit to such incdicul practitioner a certificate
public vaccinutor.	in duplicate, according to thc form sct forth in the l!'ourth Schedule U
hel'et~, to be filled up and signctl by such m~dical practitioner, who

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shall, within seven days after thc successful performance of the operation of vaccination, transmit one copy of' such certificate so signed, by post or otllerwise, to the Kcgistrar-General.

Hegistrnr to keep a 18. The Itegistrar-General shall keep a rcgistcr of the persons of

~egister of cases of

succerfifnl vaccina- whose successfi~l vaccination a certificate sllall have hem transmitted

L ion	to him as herein proviclcd by thc said public \ nccinato~ or medical prac- titioncr, arid shall at all 1wsonctble times allow searches to be made
in any m c h rwistcr-book in his liecpiug, and shall give a copy certified under his hand of any entry in the same on payment of the ?
fee of One Shilling.

Notice to lie given of 19. The re~istrar in every district s ld l, on tlie vcgistration of the

the leqni~.cntent of

vaccination and	birth of' any chlld not already vacciilated within the said district, cause
parent or guardian to
penal l y oil failure of	notice in writing, accord.ng to the form set forth in tllc First Schedulc
comply tllerewith.	hereto, to be given to the person registering the said child or sent
First Schedule.	by post or otherwise to the parent of snch child, that it is the duty of
such parent to take care that thc $aid child shall be vaccinated and talien for inspection in the manner directed by this Act; and such
iloticc shall contain thc name and adclress of the public wccinator who resides nearest to the child's place of abode, and shall have attached thereto, or scnt therewith, f'o~nrs according to those given in the
second, Third, and	Second, Third, and Tl'o~rth k;chd~les, respectively, of this Act, of
Follrts ScLvdL1les	which fbrms that given in thc Third and Fonrth Sclledulcs shall be delivered in duplicate. And if, aftcr such notice given, or sent, or placed in any post office adtlressed. to the parent of the said child, he or she shall not accmdingly cause such child to bc vaccinated, or shall not upon the same day in the ~ollowiiig weck as the day when the ~accination shall 11n~e been performed, take, or cause to be taken, such child for iilspection by the public vaccinator, or shall refuse to permit thc public: I itccinator to remove and retain the vaccine matter from thc arm of thc said child, or to again vaccinate such cl~ild if the previous vaccination shall have proved nnsnccessful, then such parent so offending shall be liable to a penalty of not less

than

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than Ten Shillings, and not exceecting Forty Shillings, upon convic- tion of the first off'ence, and shall, in the case of any subsequent con- viction for a like offence in respect of the same child, forfeit a s u n which shall be twice the amount of the penalty inflicted on such person for thc offcnce immediately preceding such subsequent con- viction: Yrovided that the total amount of the penalties imposed in any conviction in respcct of the same child shall not exceed Five Pounds.

20, I t shall be lawful for the superintendent or other officers of poww m k o

police, or other person appointed b~ the Govcnlment for that purpose, pliance with *d.

inquiries as to com-

to make or cause inquiries to be made as to whcthcr the provisions of this Act have, from time to time, been complied with: and for that purpose to call upon every honseholder to cieclare, in writing, the number, age, and sex of any children in his or llcr house, and when and where each of the said children werc vaccinated; and in the event of am such householder refusing to make such decktration, or making such declaration false1 y or incorrectly, such householder, for every such offence, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Twenty Pounds.

21. The Registrar-Geneml shall, from time to time in each year, ~egistrar-~enerat to

forward to the Conlnlissioner of Policc a list of :dl cases of childrcn vaccination is report to police where

who shall then be living, in which certificates of vaccination shall neglected.

not have been duly received by him during the last preceding six

months, and the s$d Commissioner of Police shall forthwith make

inquiry into the circumstances of the cases contained in such list,

and if hc shall find that the provisions of this Act have been

neglected, he shall cause proceedings to be taken against the persons

in defa,ult, if such person residcs within fifty miles of a public

vaccinator.

22, Any public vczccinator who shall refuse or neglect to Penaltyfor refusalto

deliver any certificate required of

bringing a child for \ accination: or any public vaccinator who shall him under this Act to the parent ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ t ~ ~ t m n s -

neglcct to transmit to the Registrar-Genera'l the duplicate of any certificate required by the provisions of this Act to be by him so transmitted conlpletely filled up and legibly written within the time hereinbefore specifikd, or any medical pmctitioxler who shall refuse or neglcct to fill np and sign in duplicate and deliver to the person submitting the sknc thc certificate given in the Fourth Fourth

Schedule of this Act, or who shall neglect or rcfusc to deliver to such person any other of the certificste~mcntionecl in sections elevcn, twelve, and thirteen of this Act when any of such certificates shall be required in consequence of a child's unfitness for or insusceptibility of vaccination, as the case may be, shall be liable to pay upon n summary conviction a penalty not exceeding Forty Shillings nor less than Ten Shillings.

23. Ally person d 1 0 shall wilfully sign a false return or Persons aigning false

ccrtificatc, or duplicate thereof, under this Act, or under any regulations ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ l t J '

imde

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made under section five of this Act, shall be guilty of rc rnisden~eanor,

and shall on conviction thereof be imprisoned for a period not

exceeding twelve nor less than three months.

Payment for re-vac- 24.

No public vaccinator shall be entitled to any fw or reward under this Act for successf~~lly

cination in certain	vaccinating m y person who shall have
oases.

been previously saccessfully vaccinateL], unless such re-vaccination shall be performed in pursuance of or in compliance with m y directions or instructions issued under the authority of the Governor, in which case such public vaccinator shall be entitled to receive for each case of such successful re-vaccination the fee appointed for snccessf~il

vaccination by the regulations made under section fil-e of this Act.

~ a s c s of smau-pox to

be reported to Board

25. If at any time the disease of small-pox shall, by a notice in the Govwament Ga~ettr?, be declwed to bc present in the said province, any person who shall neglect to report to the Central Board of Health, or to the Local Hoard of Health, or to the officer of police for the district in which such person resides, any case of small-pox or disease resemblhg small-pox, immediately on the existence of any case of such disease coming to such person's know- ledge, shall, on conviction of such neglect, forfeit n sum not exceeding Fifty Pounds nor less than Twenty Pounds.

of Health.

l'ersons arriving in

vessels in which 26. Should any vessel arrive in the said province on boml of

small-poxexiatsorhaa which any CMS" of small-pox shall exist at the time of the arrival of

e ~ s t e a during

voyugc to be re-	such vessel, or 011 board of which any case of snlall-pox shall have
vaccinated.	occurred within forty days previous to the arrival of such vessel in the said province, it shall be lawfi~l for the health officer or acting h td th officer, or any public vaccinator, or duly qualified medical practitioner
t o vaccinate or re-vaccinate every person who shall be on board
such vessel, or who may be landed from such vessel in the said province; and any person arriving in the said provincc in such vessel who shall refuse to sub~nit to be vaccinated or re-vaccinated, ur who shall refuse to permit any child in his custody to be vaccinated or
re-vaccinated by such health officer or acting health officer, or public vaccinator, or duly qualified medical practitioner, shall be liable to a
pemlty of not more than Ten Sldlings ilor lcss tlmn Five Shillings for every day after such rcfusal during which such person shall I.emam without being vaccinated or re-vmcinated as :~forcsaid, and for every day after such refusal during which any child in the custody of such person remains without being vaccinated or re-vaccinated as afore- said.
Yoocination officer to
provide books and	27, The vaccination officer shnll, and he is hereby cmyowercd for carrying into full effect the provisioiis of this Act, and shall transmit the same to the registrars of each district, together with copies of such regulations as may be made under section five of this Act, and shall deliver to the public vaccinators appointed as aforesaid such of the said books, forms, and regulations as they may require for the perform-

tormsfor carr+a out to frame and provide such books and fornls as he may deem requisite

the provisions of this

A C ~.

ance of the duties imposed upon them by this Act.

28. The:

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28. The vaccination officer, and every registrar and every public Corre~pondcnco of

registrars and others

mccinator appointed under this Act;, inay transmit and receive by the r,,lating to Part

General Post Office to and from places in the said nrovincc all to be free of poshge, I L

letters and packets relating exclnsivcly to thc execution of this Act free of postagc: And such letters and packets shall be in covers open a t the sides, and he rlirccted to or bear thc signature of the vaccillation officer, registrar, or public vaccinator as aforesaid.

29, Any person who slinll after this Act comcs into operation Punishment of per- $on% inoaa1;lting or

p ~ l n c e, or attenlpt to prodocr, in any person by inoculation with ,tberrirepducing

variolons matter, or by wilful exposure to variolous mattcr, or to small-pox.

any matter, article, or thing impregnated with variolous matter, or

wilfully by any other mcans whatsoever produce the disease of small-

pox in any person in the said province, shall, on conviction, be

liablc to a. pcnadty not exceeding One Ilnnrlrcd Pounds, or to bc

imprisoned for any tern not exceeding twclvc months.

30. I n any prosecution for neglcct to comply with the provisions "utnccussary for

proser~itor to p1 orc

of this ,4ct it shall not bc iwxxssry in support thereof' to prove of notice.

that the registrar or any nther officer has given al. srnt, by l~ost or

otherwise, notice of thekquirements of this Act; but if the defend- sufficient defence. be

ant produce any such certificate as hcreinbefore described, or the regiskr of vacci&tions kept by thc registrar as llereinbefbre pro- vided, in which register the certificate of successful vaccination of such child sliall be dulv entcred, the same sllall be ct sufficient defence for him, except in regard to thc certificate set forth in the Second Schedule of this Act when the timc spccifieci therein for the second Schedule.

postponement of the vaccination shall have cxpircd before the time

whcn thc information shall have been laid.

31. Every proceeding ~znrlel. this Act for acts nnrl off ellcc s to Proceedin#s to be before a Special

which peonlties attach, shall br hmrd and dcterlninrd by any Special or two

Magistrate or two Justices of the l'catc fur thc saitl p~ovincc. Justices of the Peace.

In the name ancl on helinlf of Her Majesty, 1 hcrcby assent

to this Dill.

TVRrI. F. DKUMMOND JERVOLS, Governor.

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The	Traccinntion A c t. 1 8 8 2.
FIRST SCXf12DULF.

I, the undersigned, herchy give you noticc that you arc icquired to have the child Li~zsert name of child], whose hirth is now registered, vaccinated within six months from the date of its birth, pursuant t ) the provisions and direc- tions of " The Compulsory Vaccination Act ;" and that on the same day in the folluwing week on which such child shall be vaccinated, you are to takc such child to the public. vnccinator or medical practitioner by whom the vaccination shall have been performed, in order that such vaccinator or practitioner may inspect the result of such ~accination, and rernovc the vaccine matter from such child; and that in default of your doing 80, you will be liable to thc penalties imposcd in this Act for neglect of those provisions.

of is the public vaccinator

residing nearest your placz of abode.

You are required to produce to the public vaccinator or medical practitioncr to whom you apply the forms herewith supplied to you, for him to fill up and sign.

Dated this day of 18 .

(Signed) C.U.,

Registrar of Births and Ileaths for the

district of

I, the unde~sigued, llcrcLy certify th:it I aui of opinion hat aged

the c!:ilcl of of the U f is llot

now in afit and proper state to be succo~sfnlly vaccinated, :in11 I do hereby postpone the

vacciriation or ~ u c h child until t l ~ c dity of L T h i s mmt not

e z c c d two cri~e?crkir 7?2071 t h h f r OI?L the date 01 thGS cf 7. l l ~ c ~ l f e. 1

Dated this clay of 18 .

(Signed) AB.,

Public T'accinntor for thc district of

or A. H.

Mcdical I'ractitioner [i.c. M.D., o r 31.11.C.S., o~ otherwise,

as the cnsc 7 ~ n y I c ].

I, the undersigned, hertby certify that I hdve t i m m unsuccessfully

~accinated aged the child of

of in .the

of (or that thc child has already lind smallpox, m Ilre crcse

alny

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The Vaccination Act.--1 88 2.

may be], and I am of opinion that such child is insusceptible of aucceafiful vac.

cination.

Dated this day of 18 .

A.B,

(Signed) Public Vaccinator for the Llistrict of

or A.R., of

Medical Practitioner i.e. M.D., or M.R.C.S., or otherwise

as the caaa rnny t l.

MEMO.-This is to be kept by the parent or other person to whom it ia given.

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

Name and Surname

Name (in full) and Surname of Father (or if Residence of

Age. Where Born'

of Child. child is illegitimate, Parents.

of Mother).

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I--

John Thomas Brown.	.	, 3 months	Hidey-street,	Thomas Brown	Hindley-
t tree et

Adelaide	1
l - - -. - - +

. .-. .. --

- .- ---

I, the undersigned, hereby ccrtify that the above-named child has been success- fully ~accinated by me.

(Signed)

X'OTB. -This certificate is to Go given to the parent or other person procuring the vaccination, and a duplicate thereof is to be transmitttd within seven days from the tiuccessful performance of the operation by the public vacchator or medical practitioner to the Regiutrw-General of Births.

In ertch case of default "The Vaccination Act" imposes a penalty of from Ten to Forty

Shillings.

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Adelaide: By authority, E. SPILLEX, Government Printer, Xorth-terrace,

B ,248.