Deputation to the Minister of Health
1929 1920s 12 pages THE VACCINATION INQUIRER - (Supplement) August. xi be no contact with infection during those five years, but, of course, it would be absurd to vaccinate except in the expectation of contact with infection ; therefore, we come to this conclusion, that the British doctors conside...
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THE VACCINATION INQUIRER - (Supplement) August. xi be no contact with infection during those five years, but, of course, it would be absurd to vaccinate except in the expectation of contact with infection ; therefore, we come to this conclusion, that the British doctors consider the protection of vaccination only lasts for six months, so that the vaccination of babies under the present law is the most absurd thing that it is possible for human beings to do. It is more silly than it is possible for language to express. On that ground alone the law of vaccination should be repealed. I ask the Government to stop this detestable absurdity. The people of this country hate vaccination with good reason. It is useless and dangerous. Beautiful young women and fine young men are being killed by it every day merely for the purpose of providing money for those who manufacture vaccines, and stick them into the human blood. The medical profession is not entirely to blame for this. It is the law which Parliament passed in 1853. When that is repealed, and the Government no longer interferes, the tax-payers' money is no longer spent on the process, the medical profession will have a fair chance of acting wisely in the advice they give to their clients. BLOOD POISONING. In all parts of the world where vaccination has been practised, enormous injury has been done. In tropical and sub-tropical countries leprosy has been given to millions of people, and in India, where the country is thoroughly vaccinated, it is officially admitted that vaccination has no effect in stopping smallpox and from 35,000 up to 135,000 people have died of smallpox annually during the last 14 years. In temperate countries the stature, strength and health of the people, moral and mental condition has been seriously damaged. The late Dr. Abrams, who lived in the United States of America, said that the majority of the people in the United States had a syphilitic taint due to vaccination. No doubt, that is also the case in this country. This blood poisoning is the greatest curse in the world. The Labour Government can now repeal this Law. It will cost no money, so without expense they will confer upon this country and the world a benefit of great and immeasurable importance, because there is no doubt that the rest of the world, which followed our example in beginning vaccination, will follow it in putting an end to this horrible fraud. CANCER. One of the most horrible diseases common in this country is cancer, and that disease has increased by leaps and bounds since 1853, when vaccination was made compulsory. In that year the death rate from cancer was about 312 per million living. In 1927 the rate was more than threefold, 996 per million living. In that year the population of England and Wales was about 39,000,000, and the deaths from cancer about 38,000. In face of these figures it is difficult to understand how a Minister of Health can tolerate the injection of blood poisoning vaccines to reduce the number of smallpox deaths, which are less than 20 per annum. This consideration alone should be sufficient for stopping vaccination. WHY THE CONSCIENCE CLAUSE IS NO SETTLEMENT OF OUR DEMANDS. The Conscience Clause was never accepted by anti-vaccinists as any settlement of their demands. The period of four months from the birth of the child is an arbitrary one. Parents who from one cause or another neglect to get exemption are criminals in the eye of the law, although their only offence is that they have not declared their objection. Many magistrates refuse to take these declarations. In London and other large towns and in the country numbers of people have to take a day from work to get the form signed at a police court, as they know no magistrate or commissioner who will take the declaration for them. The loss of wages and expenses may amount to from 8s. to 18s. The retention of the compulsory clauses encourages indirect compulsion of all kinds. Vaccination is made a condition of employment, of the occupation of artisans' houses, of admission into convalescent homes, of participation in the benefits of country holiday funds, of admission into certain schools, and of special treatment at certain hospitals. I have in my hand a letter from a senior London magistrate declaring that he never has witnessed and never will witness such a declaration. If the Vaccination Acts were swept away, objectors (who are in the majority) would have the right to defy those employers and others who dare to try to force vaccination on them. As it is, the continued existence of the Vaccination Acts lends a certain amount of support to those who try to force the operation on the helpless and the poor. It is the working class that suffers these hardships, the middle and upper classes are not troubled. To state the case against vaccination in full, and to prove every point, would take a week. I must, therefore, ask you to accept my statement as proved. It is the result of a lifetime of careful and disinterested study ; and, in conclusion, I will bet any supporter of Vaccination £1,000 (one thousand pounds)
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| spellingShingle | National Anti-Vaccination League (Great Britain) Iron and Steel Trades Confederation Health, 1907-1955 Health care Medical care--Great Britain--History--20th century ; Vaccination Deputation to the Minister of Health |
| title | Deputation to the Minister of Health |
| topic | Iron and Steel Trades Confederation Health, 1907-1955 Health care Medical care--Great Britain--History--20th century ; Vaccination |
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