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VACCINATION.

[No. 2.

671

Short title.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Vaccination Ordinance, 1890. 2. In this Ordinance and in any rules and regulations made there- Interpreta- under, unless the context otherwise requires,-

"Parent" means the father of any child, or, in the event of the death, illness, or inability of the father, then the mother: “Guardian” means the person who for the time being has the care, nurture, or custody of any child:

“Medical Practitioner" means any surgeon, physician, or medical

tion of terms.

practitioner registered as such under any Ordinance for the time Sre Ordinance being in force relating to the registration of medical practitioners: No. 1 of 1884. "Public Vaccinator" means any person authorized and appointed

by the Governor under the provisions of this Ordinance for the special purpose of vaccinating persons:

"Child” means any person under fourteen years

of age.

and duties of

3. It shall be lawful for the Governor to appoint such duly qualified Appointment persons as he may deem fit to be Public Vaccinators within the Colony, public vacci- and to appoint such local stations or places within the City of Victoria intors, ete. and in the Villages of Hongkong and Kowloon as he may deem exped- ient for the purposes of public vaccination; and such Public Vaccinators shall, subject to any rules and regulations from time to time in force, vaccinate all persons who may come to them at such local stations or places for that purpose.

4. It shall also be lawful for the Governor in his discretion to appoint some fit person, to be called the Inspector of Vaccination, for the pur- pose of securing the due performance by the Public Vaccinators of all vaccinations and of inspecting the results thereof,

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Appointment Inspector of Vaccination.

and duties of

Making of

rules and regulations.

3.10.91

5. The Governor-in-Council shall have power from time to time to make, alter, amend, or cancel rules and regulations for the purposes this Ordinance in respect of the matters hereinafter mentioned, but such × GG 3.10. rules and regulations and any alteration, amendment, or cancellation thereof shall have no force or effect until published in The Gazette; namely,--

(1.) the duties and powers of all officers appointed under this Ordi-

nance;

(2.) the remuneration, if any, to be paid for vaccination by a Public

Vaccinator and the time and place of vaccination; and (3.) all such other matters not hereinbefore specifically mentioned

which may conduce to the better carrying out of this Ordinance. 6.—(1.) The parent or guardian of any child resident within the Col- if the child is six months old or more, and has not been already successfully vaccinated, (proof of which successful vaccination may be

ony,

Duty of

parent or guardian to have child of