THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH MAY, 1890.
No. 5 OF 1890.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of
Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend the law relating to Infant Vaccination and to provide for the registration of persons vaccinated in the Colony.
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F. FLEMING,
Officer Administering the Government.
[23rd May, 1890.]
BE if enneted by the Governor of Longkong, with the
advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Vaccination Ordinance, 1890.
2. The Vaccination Ordinance 1888, is hereby repealed but such repeal shall not affect the past operation of the said Ordinance or anything done or suffered thereunder.
3. In this Ordinance and in any Rules and Regulations made thereunder the following words and expressions shall have the meanings hereinafter set against them, unless such meanings be repugnant to or inconsistent with the context:-
Parent. The father of any child, or in the event of the death, illness, or inability of the father, then the mother.
Guardian. The person who shall, for the time being,
have the care, nurture, or custody of any child. Medical Practitioner. Any surgeon, physician, or medical practitioner registered as such under Ordinance No. 6 of 1884.
Public Vaccinator.-Any person authorized and ap- pointed by the Governor under the provisions of this Ordinance for the special purpose of vacci- nating persons.
Child. Any person under fourteen years of age.
4. (1.) It shall be lawful for the Governor to appoint such duly qualified persons as he may deem fit, to be Public Vaccinators within the Colony, and to appoint such local stations or places within the City of Victoria and in the Villages of Hongkong and Kowloon as he may deem ex- pedient for the purposes of public vaccination, and such Public Vaccinators shall, subject to any rules and regulations from time to time in forec, vaccinate all persons who may come to them at such local stations or places for that pur- pose.
(2.) It shall also be lawful for the Governor, in his dis- cretion, to appoint some fit person to be called The Inspector of Vaccination for the purpose of securing the due per- formance by the Public Vaccinators of all vaccinations and of inspecting the results thereof.
5. The Governor in Council shall have power from time to time to make, alter, amend or cancel rules and regulations for the purpose of this Ordinance in respect of the matters hereinafter mentioned but such rules and regulations and any alteration, amendment or cancellation thereof shall have no force or effect until published in the Gazette, viz. : (1.) The duties and powers of all officers appointed
under this Ordinance.
(2.) The remuneration (if any) to be paid for vacci- nation by a Public Vaccinator and the time and place of vaccination.
(3.) All such other matters not hereinbefore specifi- cally named which may conduce to the better carrying out of this Ordinance.
6. The Parent or Guardian of any child resident within the Colony, if such child be six months old or more, and has not been already successfully vaccinated, (proof of which successful vaccination may be required by the Registrar General) shall cause such child to be vaccinated by a Medical Practitioner or Publie Vaccinator, and such Me- dical Practitioner or Public Vaccinator shall, upon personal inspection of the successful vaccination of such child,
Title.
Short title.
Repeal.
Interpretation of terms.
Public Vaccinators.
Inspector of Vaccination.
Rules and Regulations.
Children of 6 months and
more to ba vaccinated.
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