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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH MARCH, 1889.
Title.
Short title.
Repeal,
Interpretation of terms. (Ord, 1 of 88 8, 2.)
Public Vaccinators. (Ibid 3.)
Rules and Regulations.
Children of 6 months and
more to be vaccinated.
(Ibid 4.)
Certificate of uufitness for successful vaccination. (Ibid 5.)
DRAFT BILL
ENTITLED
An Ordinance for making compulsory the practice of Infant Vaccination in the Colony of Hong- kong and to provide for the registration of all persons vaccinated by a
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Public Vaccinator.
HEREAS it is expedient to make compulsory the practice of infant vaccination within this Colony, be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, 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, 1889.
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 The Vaccination Ordinance 1888, is hereby repealed but such repeal shall not affect the past operation of the said Ordinance or anything done or suffered or any appoint-
ment made 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 1886.
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. The Governor shall appoint such duly qualified per- sons as he may deem fit, to be Public Vaccinators within the Colony, and shall appoint such local stations or places within the City of Victoria and in the Villages of Hong- kong and Kowloon as he may deem expedient for the pur- poses of public vaccination, and such Public Vaccinators shall vaccinate gratis all persons who may come to them at such local stations or places for that purpose, and at such times and subject to such Rules and Regulations as may, under the provisions of this Ordinance, be issued by the Governor in Council in that behalf.
5. The Governor in Council shall have power from time to time to make rules and regulations for the purpose of this Ordinance and when made to alter, amend or cancel the same, but such rules and regulations and any alteration, amendment or cancellation thereof shall have no force or effect until published in the Gazette.
6. Every Parent or Guardian of a child resident within the Colony, after the passing of this Ordinance, if such child be six months or more than six mouths old, and has not been already successfully vaccinated, shall cause such child to be vaccinated by a Medical Practitioner or Public Vaccinator, and such Medical Practitioner or Public Vaccinator shall, upon personal inspection of the successful vaccination of such child, furnish the Parent or Guardian with a certificate of the successful vaccination of such child in the form of Schedule A hereto, and such Parent or Guardian shall, within three days after the date thereof, lodge such Certificate with the Registrar General. For the purpose of this section, a parent or guardian of a child shall be deemed to be at any time resident within the Colony, if he has had his habitual place of abode in the Colony for 6 months then next preceding.
7. If any Medical Practitioner or Chinese Doctor pre- viously approved by the Governor shall be of opinion that any child is not a fit and proper subject to be successfully vaccinated, he shall thereupon deliver to the Parent or Guardian of such child, a Certificate under his hand in thə form of Schedule B, that such child is unfit for successful vaccination and such Certificate shall remain in force for two months from its delivery as aforesaid, and if such child be not vaccinated at the termination of such period of two months, then the Certificate on the application of such person or such Parent or Guardian shall be renewed by such