Vaccination Act 1853 (SA)

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No. 16.

An Act to extend and make compulsory thepractice of Vaccination. &&.+&-&--A A

[Assented to, December 9, 1853.1 A P /K- - -

W HEREAS it is expedient, with a view to the public health Prermblc and safety, to provide means for the Vaccination of all

persons in this Province, and to render the practice of Vaccination compulsory-Be it Enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governor of the Province df South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:

hide, consisting of not less than three legally qualified medical Board. 1. There shall be a Central Vaccine Board, in the City of Ade- Central W m a

practitioners (of whom the Colonial Surgeon, for the time being, shall be one) the members whereof shall be winated and removable by the Governor.

2. The said Board shall from time to time, and at d times as far Vaccine matter to

as practicable, procure and preserve a due and oufficieut supply of "P"

Vaccine Matter, and shall furnish the same without charge to the

District Vaccinatona, hereinafter mentioned.

3. The said Board shall appoint one or more ddy qualified Central Board to

medical practitioners to be District ~~~~~~~~s, and shall define Q nccinators, a point District

the limits within which each such District Vaccinafor Qr District who ehall vficcinate	Vaccinators shall act; and every such District Vaccinator shall all children.
duly vaccinate every cldd brought to him for that purpose, and shall repeat the Vaccinatian from time to time until it is successful; and Regtiater to bs kept, shall keep a re@ster of every child so vaccinated, and of the result of the Vaccination; and ehall, once at least, in eve three months,
on such day as may be prescribed by the Central % oard of Vacci-
mtion, transmit to such ~ & r d a copy of such regbter, and shall
fiffix tq auch copy a ce&& of its correotneas.

xa 4. Every

P0.d~ On M c t 4. Every ~ i s t k c t Vawinator who shall neglect in manner afore-

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neglect of cutp.	said, to Vaccinate any child brought to him for that purpose, unless prevented by the want of Vaccine Matter, or the unfit state of health
of such child, or who shall neglect to keep or transmit, or who shall
wilfully make any false entry in such register as aforesaid, shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding Five Pounds.

for each successful 5. I t shall be lawful for the Colonial Treasurer, from time to	3% 6d. to be paid
caeeof~accination, time, to pay to any such District Vaccinator the sum of Three Shillings and 8ixpeke for every succesvful case of Vaccinatiou so returned to the said Board.
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general register. 6. The said Board shall, from the said copies of registers, make out and keep a,n alphabetical register of all cases of successful and unsuccessful Vaccination; and all persons shall be at liberty to peruse the satne and make extracts therefrom, upon paynmit of' the fee of Oue Shilling.
Children born afier
first January, 1854, 7. All children born on and after the first day of January next

h o t " vaccinated shall, unless there shall be no District Vaccinator residin,g witlh

- five &les of's11ch cliild. and in such last-mentioned case, wZhitl the

within arid six month.

period of six months, be vaccinated within four months after hirtll;

Penalty.	h d evcry parent ~ r ' ~ e r s o n having the lawful charge of any such child not vaccinated according to the provisions hereof, s l d l forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding Five Pounds.
Pendty. when not
recoverable.	8. If the District Vaccinator, or any leplly qunlified medical practitioner, shall certify that any child is not in a fit state to be vaccinated; or that there is a deficiency of the vaccine matter; the said sum shall not be recoverable for and during the period, not k i n g more than two calendar months, mentioned in any such certificate; and such sum shall not in any case be
recoverable, unless there shall be a District TTaccinator residing within twenty miles of such child,
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nut being District 9. Every medical practitioner, not being a District Vaccinator,

y 8, , who shall vaccinate any child after the first day of Januarv next,

keep reg1ary of

of Vnccinntion by	shall, once in every three months, transmit to the Central vaccine
them performed,	Board a register of every child so vaccinated, and of the result of such vaccination; and any person so vaccinating, and not keeping or not transmitting such repstcr, or making any wilfully false entry therein, s l d for every such offence forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding Five Pounds.

penalties for inocu- 10. Every legally qualified medical practitioner, who s h d

lating "' pox. inoculate any pcmon vith the s n d pox xmter or virus, shall

forfeit and pay the sum of Twenty Pounds; and every persoR not bdug a legally qualified medical. practitioner, who @hall SO inoculate any person, shall be imprisoned for any term not exceediog

six calendar months.

11. All

11. All proceedings under this Act may be instituted by or in ~ ~; l ~; ~, " a r y

b e name of any member of the said Board; and all sums made way.

payfible and punishments imposed may be recovered and enforced

in a summary way, before any two or more Justices of the Peace

for the said Province,

12. All books, forms, and other documents required shall be pro- ~ ~ o k s. forms, &C., and

expenses to be

vided for the said Board at the public cost, aud all expenses ne- urnished anddefrayed

cessarily incurred in the execution of this Act, shall be paid out of by Gowerumeat.

the General Colonial Revenue, by warrants under the hand of the

Governor, addressed to the Colouial Treasurer

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