VACCINATION.
On every occasion that small-pox-i makes, its appearance iua the neighbourhoods of the Dominiem, a wtfe&dfc:. vis parted* in favour of *'* ■ .'... -■■**'' -"■ --■ J y'-- _ J ,-.*'* r pi <is> ties or vaccinating young children with a vims supposed to be taken from a healthy calf, but a, s often as not obtained from the arms of presumably? healthy children. Duiiiig the last twenty years, the public ha* shown a disposition to take the risk of small-pox rather than accept the responsibility of vaccinating their 'offspring. It is safe to say that not 'ifty per cent, of the young people f the Dominion have been vaccina tI. Nobody can 'assert that the it ult has been disastrous. Although isolated oases of small-pox have been reported, nothing in the. shape of a epidemic has occurred. It may, r course, be desirable in the event < .in outbreak of. small-pox to tak reasonable precautions. It has • * to be proved, however, that the fail lire to..vaccinate has been responsible for the death of a solitary individu u in Zealand,
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 9 July 1913, Page 4
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173VACCINATION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 9 July 1913, Page 4
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