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Sec. 371. Smallpox vaccination.

Every teacher and pupil shall, within ten days after entering
the City Schools, furnish a certificate from a reputable physician
certifying that such teacher or pupil has been successfully vaccinated,
or a certificate from the Health Officer that such teacher
or pupil is entitled to exemption from vaccination by reason of
a peculiar physical condition; but nothing in this section shall
preclude a School Board from requiring immediate vaccination
in the case of an epidemic of smallpox, or the annual revaccination


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of those who have not furnished certificates of proper vaccination.