VACCINATION . [5 OF 1890.) 1169
No. 5 OF 1890.
An Ordinance to amend the law relating to Infant Title.
Vaccination and to provide for the registration of
persons vaccinated in the Colony.
[ 23rd May, 1890. ]
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1. This ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Vac- Short title.
cination Ordinance, 1890.
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3. In this ordinance and in any rules and regulations made Interpreta
thereunder the following words and expressions shall have the tion of terms.
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
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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 appointed
by the Governor under the provisions of this ordinance
for the special purpose of vaccinating persons .
Child .-- Any person under fourteen years of age.
4. ( 1. ) It shall be lawful for the Governor to appoint such Public vacci
duly qualified persons as he may deem fit, to the public vacci- nators.
Dators within the Colony, and to 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 purposes
of public vaccination , and such public vaccinators shall, subject
to any rules and regulations froin time to time in force, vacci
nate all persons who may come to them at such local stations
or places for that purpose .
( 2. ) It shall also be lawful for the Governor, in his discretion , Inspector of
to appoint some fit person to be called The Inspector of Vaccina- vaccination.
tion for the purpose of securing the due performance by the
public vaccinators of all vaccinations and of inspecting the
results thereof.
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