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See MH 82/12
Catalogue reference: MH 82/49
Date: 1954 Sept 16-1956 Nov 15
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Folios 263-273. [Continued from MH 12/5969/] Second copy of Jane Chives' deposition,...
Catalogue reference: MH 12/5969/142
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- Folios 263-273. [Continued from MH 12/5969/] Second copy of Jane Chives' deposition, relating to weeks ending 6 December 1851 and 20 December 1851. Charges relating to Emett. Cases: 31 John Chives. 41 Joseph Chives. 42 Mary E Hearn]. Second copy of deposition of Martin Gavan, relating to week ending 20 December 1851. Charges relating to Emett. Case: Mary Lavell. Deposition of Emett, taken before Farnall, 24 May 1852. He was appointed as a medical officer by the Liverpool Select Vestry in 1845. He has named an assistant and has received a copy of the charges. He employed Campine to vaccinate for him for two or three years, as well as doing so regularly himself. He has not employed Campine since about 8 December 1851, when the problems with vaccinations was first raised by the select vestry. He never employed Graham. He verified some of the cases vaccinated by Campine and as they were in order he took his word, and that of Cornet, that all were correct and signed. Campine has been employed by a number of medical men in Liverpool and was considered to be a successful vaccinator. He gave lists of those vaccinated to Emett and he took his word that the lists were accurate. Emett signed the weekly lists before they had been signed by Cornet, although he did not inspect all the cases personally. He now checks all the cases, although he has a large district. Letter from Emett to Farnall, 31 May 1852. He sends his comments relating to matters in Liverpool, especially in relation to vaccinations. In the case of [Mich Mike], 3 Court Addison Street, alleged to have been a false charge, he has investigated and found the child in good health, still living at that address. The mother is willing to confirm that he vaccinated the child in December 1851. She also said that a man, similar in description to Ollis visited her ten or twelve days ago, and it appeared that Ollis knew this when he was requested to investigate. Relating to the non-verification of vaccination cases he states that (with the exception of Donlevy, who works solely in his two districts with a salary of £200 a year), he has the largest district in Liverpool, containing a pauper population of 50,000, 'most sordid, filthy and unhealthy'. It comprises the area south from Addison Street, the bottom of Vauxhall Road and northwards to Maguire Street. Mr Gibson, Apothecary of the Northern Dispensary, can provide details of the number of prescriptions sent by each medical officer in the last 6 or 12 months, which will give an indication of the amount of work undertaken by each. During this period he has done nearly all the work himself, where practicable. Cases of children vaccinated personally, 75 out of 299 cases, one of which has yet been disproved. He is sorry that a stigma has been cast on the medical officers, but feels that the problem has no been due to any criminal intent, but is a fault of the system under which the vaccinations have been carried out. He is sure that with the assistance of the Poor Law Board a more satisfactory system, for both the medical officers and the rate payers of Liverpool can be put in place. Deposition of Elizabeth Nuttall, taken before Farnall, 24 May 1852. She lived at 17 Pembroke Street for 12 years and had known Steel for some years. A person, identified by her as Hollis, who was present, called two or three months previously, making enquiries about the vaccination of Mrs Bullock's baby. She told him that Bullock did not live there, but in Ironbridge Street. He then told her that Steel and the other parish doctors had been charging their private patients to the parish, effectively 'robbing the parish' and he had been employed by 'the authorities'. Deposition of Hollis, taken before Farnall, 24 May 1852. He has been employed by the Liverpool Select Vestry since 8 January 1852 to investigate the accuracy of the verifications made by the medical officers and Cornet. In November 1849 he was employed to investigate Graham's bill. He is paid £3, but has had no written instructions from the vestry. He sometimes has to pay children to show him where people live. He is not a personal friend of any of accused. He now has fresh cases against Gill, which he is instructed to write out and send copies to Gill for his defence, but no more against Steel. Deposition of John Molyneux, taken before Farnall, 24 May 1852. He knows Hollis and has often seen him at the parish offices. He has never heard him make detrimental comments about any of the medical officers. He was authorised to provide Hollis with copies of the weekly vaccination returns for November 1851 and December 1851, although he is sure that Hollis obtained copies of other dates without his knowledge. He remonstrated with Hollis as he thought he had gone beyond his instructions, but when he mentioned it to Hart, he was told to be cautious and 'keep clear of him'. [Continued at MH 12/5969/]
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