| Description | A later Act of 1853 put pressure on Unions to improve vaccination, and to divide themselves into more manageable sections. After considering their current arrangements, Aston Union continued to use their present system. However, a later development was the establishment of a permanent Vaccination Committee, in 1869. Initially consisting of 12 members, the committee's aim was to 'report to the Board any alteration they may think it desirable to make in each Medical Officer's District for the purpose of affording due facilities for Public Vaccination in the Union.' (see GP AS/2/1/13) The committee's reports were regularly delivered to the Guardians, and are included in the Board minutes, but the only surviving volume for the Vaccination Committee itself is for the period 1888-1911.
The volume contains the regular reports of the Vaccination Officer to the Committee, and information on those refusing to have their children vaccinated. Regular returns on the number of those given vaccinations are included, along with copies of letters from the Local Government Board addressed to the Committee. The minutes are indexed. |