An act to extend and make compulsory the practice of vaccination in Scotland-[28th July 1863].

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[1863]
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Credit: An act to extend and make compulsory the practice of vaccination in Scotland-[28th July 1863]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANNO VICESIMO SEXTO & VICESIMO SEPTIMO VICTORIA R E GIN M. CAP. CVIII. An Act to extend and make compulsory the Practice of Vaccination in Scotland— [28th July 1863.] WHEREAS it is expedient to extend, and in certain Cases to make compulsory, the Practice of Vaccination in Scotland, and to make further Provision for the Vaccination of the Poor: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows: L Within Two Months after the passing of this Act the Parochial Parochial Board of every Parish or Combination of Parishes in Boards to Scotland shall appoint a registered Medical Practitioner or y^-^. Practitioners to be the Vaccinator or Vaccinators within such tors. Parish or Combination. IT. The Remuneration to each such Vaccinator shall depend As to on and be regulated by the Number of Persons not previously Kemun era- vaccinated who have been successfully vaccinated by such Vac- vaccinn- cinator; and the Allowance for every Person so vaccinated tors, shall not be less than One Shilling and Sixpence when the Vaccination is performed within Two Miles of the Residence of the Vaccinator by the nearest public Road, and Two Shil- lings and Sixpence when beyond that Distance. III. For