Britain’s Vaccination Act of 1867, which consolidates…

Britain’s Vaccination Act of 1867, which consolidates and updates the existing laws relating to vaccination, passes on the assurance of medical officials that smallpox vaccinations are safe.

The poor-law guardians are to control vaccination districts formed out of the parishes, and pay vaccinators from one shilling to three shillings per child vaccinated in the district (the amount paid varies with how far they have to travel).

Within seven days of the birth of a child being registered, the registrar is to deliver a notice of vaccination; if the child is not presented to be vaccinated within three months, or brought for inspection afterwards, the parents or guardians are liable to a summary conviction and fine of twenty shillings.

The Act also provides that any person who produced or attempted to inoculate another with smallpox could be imprisoned for a month.

The Act begins to elicit protest from the population and sparks an increase in the number of anti-vaccination groups.

The Reform Act of 1867, Benjamin Disraeli’s Second Reform Act, is a piece of British legislation that enfranchises the urban male working class in England and Wales.

Before the Act, only one million of the five million adult males in England and Wales could vote; the act doubles that number.

In its final form, the Reform Act of 1867 enfranchises all male householders and compounding is also subsequently abolished in the process.

However, there is little redistribution of seats; and what there is had been intended to help the Conservative Party.