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*Vaccines and Vaccination in the United Kingdom 1854-1871.* 5 bills (in 7 parts) PLUS a lengthy report on the compulsory practice of vaccination in England, 1854-1871. This set includes the following 5 bills as follows: (1) "An Act further to extend and make compulsory the Practice of Vaccination" (2) "A Bill to Consolidate and to amend the Laws relating to Vaccination" dated 7 March 1856; (3) "A Bill to Consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Vaccination" plus "Amendations" (4) "A Bill to Amend the Vaccination Act, 1867" (5) "A Bill intituled An Act to explain the Vaccination Act, 1871" cited as The Vaccination Act of 1874. PLUS: the rather large and lengthy report on the Vaccination Act of 1867: "Report on the Vaccination Act of 1867… [++] The suite of papers includes 5 bills (in 7 parts) PLUS a lengthy report on the compulsory practice of vaccination in England, 1854-1871. This set includes the following 5 bills as follows: (1) "An Act fur-ther to extend and make compulsory the Practice of Vaccination" dated 27 June 1854, 4pp; (2) "A Bill to Consolidate and to amend the Laws relating to Vaccination" dated 7 March 1856, 13pp, plus 3 July 1856, 10pp. (3) "A Bill to Consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Vaccination" undated but from 1867, 13pp, plus "Amendations" section, also 13pp. (4) "A Bill to Amend the Vaccination Act, 1867" undated but from 1870, 2pp; and (5) "A Bill intituled An Act to explain the Vaccination Act, 1871" cited as The Vaccination Act of 1874, 2pp. [++] The bills are all in FINE condition and have been skill-fully and carefully disbound from a larger bound volume. [++] The rather large and lengthy report on the Vaccination Act of 1867: "Report on the Vaccination Act of 1867. Ordered by the House of Com-mons to be printed 23 May 1871." Tall (33x21cm!) and 521pp, bound in the original dark blue printed wrappers it is remarkable how nice this copy is given the weight of the book and the impermanence of the binding. [++] "The Vaccination Act 1853 (and I imagine via the earlier act of 1840) made it compulsory for all children born after 1 August 1853 to be vaccinated against smallpox during their first 3 months of life. Parents who failed to get their children vaccinated would be subject to a fine. By the 1860s, two-thirds of babies were vaccinated. "The 1853 Vaccination Act, which introduced compulsory vaccination to England and Wales, is often seen as the most important single piece of legislation in the control of smallpox in Britain. Both Anthony Wohl and Dorothy Porter stress the wider significance of the act in introducing the general population to state medicine and in heralding other compulsory health measures.¹ Historians and demographers suggest that the 1853 act produced a significant, long-term increase in infant vaccination and point to it as a milestone in the decline of smallpox mortality."--Deborah Brunton, "The Politics of Vaccination: Practice and Policy in England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, 1800-1874" in "Rochester Studies in Medical History", vol 11, 2008 (268pp). [++] The Vaccination Act of 1867, also known as the Compulsory Vaccination Act or the Vaccination Extension Act, was a legislation introduced in the United Kingdom. The act made it mandatory for parents to have their infants vaccinated against smallpox within the first three months of their birth. Failure to comply with the law could result in a fine or imprisonment. The Vaccination Act of 1867 aimed to increase vaccination rates and control the spread of smallpox, which was a prevalent and deadly disease at the time. The act established local vaccination officers who were responsible for ensuring compliance and administering vaccines. It also established a system of penalties for non-compliance.Please contact me for full description! Seller Inventory # ABE-1685025471472
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