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VACCINATION IN NEW ZEALAND

Soaie facts regarding. vaccination, which appear in the advance sheets of the Official Year Book, have a certain amount of interest at the ! present juncture. It is " shown that , during a period «f years the ? ■dilldrien;. .under Tpldce 'in 1904,. the. iiumbW' Ihen* be» ing number or euccesful vaccinations of children'registered in 1912 was 543, or only one m every eighty children born during the year. An increase was shown for thefyebi* 1902, 1903 and-1904, nd doubfc'&ie W a slight visitation of smalljxjjt from abroad, which paused one'deaiih in 1903, The figures for, •1913, : Consequent on the .outbreak of eraijftllpoxy are expected to' be largely' eKoo«r of- tljow" »f_any precscHiig yearn. It .i" W orth while to point out th»+- according to law, yaw»*tion is compulsory, if exemption is not secured within four months frotn tihe date" of birth. Everything is subject, however, to the exemption clause. Any parent or. custodian who'has conscioptious objections—'believing that vaccination would ; -bo injurious to the child's health —can apply for a certificate of exemption. From.October 13th, 1900, to the end of 1912, no fewer than 48,017 exemption certificates were issued. Of these 7270 belong to the year 1912. The - figures as td vacttiiiatioii® do not ' incliide" those' y of adult .persons or of MaibH Mildreih

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 7 October 1913, Page 4

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VACCINATION IN NEW ZEALAND Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 7 October 1913, Page 4

VACCINATION IN NEW ZEALAND Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 7 October 1913, Page 4

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