Talk:Vaccination Act
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John, can you help on the 1873 Act? This is a nice-looking page, but the progression of the Acts isn't quite clear. Midgley 18:58, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] not wholly consistent? Or a bit unclear ...
"The Vaccination Act of 1898 purported to give liberty of non-vaccination, but this liberty was not really obtained. Parents applying for a certificate of exemption had to satisfy two magistrates, or one stipendiary, of their conscientious objections. Some stipendiaries, and many of the magistrates, refused to be satisfied, and imposed delays. Unless the exemption was obtained before the child was four months old, it was too late. The consequence was that in the year 1906, only about 40,000 exemptions were obtained in England and Wales. In the year 1907 the Government recognised that the magistrates had practically declined to carry out the law of 1898" Midgley 18:21, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
