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$50, however, that 3 as far as the
towns in the Island of st. Croix
are concerned shall only come in
force after compulsory school-atten-
dance has been carried cut under a
new School Ordinance"
Rectifcations made in the English Transla-
ton Of the Draft
2. the words prove to be Unvaccinated"
altered to is found not to be vac.
ciuajed"
4, the heading (@4) to be- added before
"The PoIicemaster may in case the
party .....e'
Z, the heading (S7l to be added before
"The physicians filling the offices....."
S. the words "who performs the ~vaccina-
ton" to be struck out. and full stop
to be put after physician"
8, End clause: for the vaccination of all"
to be altered to THAT every body can
be re-vaocinated.'
SUB.A
extending to the Danish IVestjndta Islands
the Lap Of It'll February 1871 concerning
Vaccination.
proposed by 2nd Member for Christian
sted's Country District RJseustand.l
/, ad Il ad s 3 Of Draft in the sentence
VINO prove their pecuniary inabiIi-
ty by certificate from two reSpecta-
BILE inhabilants' insert after the
word FROM the words 8 the
P0licemaster orr
?, ad IS, adj s of Draft; The word
"Policemaster " to be retained, and
the word orr added after it, 50
that the sentence reads "by certi-
f,ate from the Policemaster or two
respectable inhabitants'
3, ad 10, After the word "accrue" to be
added "for ST. Thomas and st.
john
The Chairman placed s l Of the Draft with
amendments thereto under discussion.
3rd Member for Christiansted (Haas0uj said
he had been led to make The amendment on the
list sub No, /, to the effect that vaccination
shall be compulsory on all children before the
completed age Of l year, instead Of 6, as in the
draft, in view of the reply given to the honora-
bic 4th Member for Chrisliansted's Country
District (Farrelly) when he at the first discus
sion had e|nquired if vaccination ought not to
take place at an earlier age than 6 years, and
was told by His ExceIlency, that it was always
optional to everybody to have children %vacciua-
ted at an earlier period. From this it appeared
to him that there would not in future, under
the provisions of the new ordinance, be good
guarantee of vaccination being performed as
regular as at present is the case, especially in
the Country districts, as it would then be OPP
tional to have children vaccinated before the
specified tIme of the law, or to leave them I'M
vaccinated until that period. Before proceed
ing further, he would now ask His Excellency
to state, whether it will under the new law
be optional to have children vaccinated before
the stipulated 6 years, or not in other words,
can the Government inforce vaccination Of chill
dren at an earlier age than 6 years.
The President: No at that age compul-
sion commences, and before that age no con-
troll can be exercised, at all events, the earlier
the age in which compulsory vaccination COM
mences, the greater will the difficulty become
to exercise control. Six years is, besides, the
term fixed in the Law for Denmark.
Ord Member for Christiansted (Hanson) was
aware that the period of 6 years is in accordance
with the Law on this subject in force in Den
mark but the circumstances are different here,
and do not admit of that period being adopted
here. For, in Denmark, they have to deal with
intelligent people who are wide awake to
the Importance of having children Vaccinated
at an early age; here, the class of
people particularly in view is not intelligent
enough to see that, and already now, though
pretty generally vaccination commences at
an earlier age. many children are lost sight
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