( 4 )
It will be seen from the table that there is an increase in the mortality
from small-pox compared with the previous year. This was mostly in the
Wun and Basim districts, where large numbers of unprotected people came in
from the Hyderabad State.
The diagram demonstrates very clearly the protection afforded by vacci-
nation, and bears evidence of the efficiency of the work done.
Vaccination work in Berar com-
pared with other provinces.
13. The result obtained in Berar compared
with other provinces is given in the following
table :—
TABLE No. 4.— Vaccination work in Berar compared with other provinces.
Provinces.
Bengal, 1899-1900 ...
North-Western Provinces and
Oudh, 1899-1900 ...
Punjab, 1899-1900 ...
Central Provinces, 1899-1900...
Madras, 1899-1900 ...
Bombay, 1899-1900 ...
Berar, 1899-1900...
Berar, 1900-01 ...
Average
number of
vaccination
performed
by each
vaccinator.
598
1,683
3,112
1,767
1,375
1,763
3,997
2,449
Percentage
of success
in primary
vaccination.
9781
97.00
94.68
96.50
91.8
92.68
95.8
96.5
Proportion
per mille of
the population
protected.
29.32
29.97
39.96
36.18
28.3
29.35
43.2
27.3
Mean death¬
rate from
small-pox
for five years.
.18
.59
.77
.39
.4
.15
02
.19
Average
cost of each
successful.
case.
Rs.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
a.
1
1
1
1
3
6
2
3
p.
4
6
11
8¾
11
3
3
9
It will be seen from the table that Berar does not come out at all badly
when compared with other provinces considering the difficulties that had to be
contended with. Other provinces, with the exception of Bombay and the
Central Provinces, had no famine to speak of in 1899, and I have no doubt
that in the two afflicted provinces vaccination in 1900-01 will be shown to
have been affected (this year by the famine of 1900) as has been the case in
Berar.
Inspections.
14. The following table gives particulars of the inspection work done by
Superintendents, and shows that 50.7 per cent.
of the total primary vaccination were verified as
compared with 50.3 in the previous year. The percentage ranged from 41.5
in the Akola district to 59.1 in the Wun district. Inspection of re-vaccination
was low owing to the fluctuating population on relief works, where most of the
re-vaccination was done ;—
TABLE No. 5.—Inspection work of District Superintendents of Vaccination during 1900-01.
Districts.
Amraoti ...
Ellichpur ...
Wun ... ...
Basim
...
...
Akola
...
...
Buldana ...
Total ...
Total number vaccinated.
Pri-
mary.
16,022
8,021
11,834
11,414
16,823
10,573
74,707
Re-.
vacci-
nation.
8,673
4,930
5,302
5,100
5,001
4,066
33,081
Total.
24,695
12,960
17,156
16,514
21,824
14,639
107,788
Total number verified.
Pri-
mary.
8,417
4,324
7,007
5,520
6,989
5,648
37,905
Re-
vacci-
nation.
471
378
1,703
649
191
218
3,610
Total
8,888
4,702
8,710
6.169
7,130
5,866
41,515
Percentage of verifica-
tion to total vaccinated.
Pri-
mary.
52.5
53.9
59.1
48.3
41.5
53.4
50.7
Re-
vacci-
nation.
5.4
7.6
32.1
12.7
9.8
5.3
10.9
Total.
35.9
36.2
50.7
37. 3
32.9
40.0
38.5
Number of
villages
visited by
Superin¬
tendents.
671
417
741
496
478
434
3,240
Percentage
of villages
visited to
total num-
ber of vil-
lages in
which vac-
cination was
porformed.
74.6
61.4
748
68.3
55.9
59.7
66.8
Number of
miles tra-
velled by
each Super¬
intendent.
1,879
1,544
2,293
1,400
2,105
1,550
1,795
Vaccination work in municipalities.
15. The following table shows the work done within the limits of munici-
palities during the year under report, and it will
be seen that, except in the case of three munici¬