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A.—VACCINE DEPARTMENT.
STATEMENT NO. II.—Showing the cost of the department in the Hyderabad Assigned Districts during the year 1894-95.
Number.
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Circles and
Districts.
2
Amraoti ...
Ellichpur ...
Wun ...
Basim
...
Akola ...
Buldana ...
Office
establish-
ment.
Total of Province..
Establishment.
Superintendent-General.
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Superintendents of Cir-
cles.
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Deputy Superintendents.
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Native Superintendents.
6
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
7
Vaccinators.
Head Vaccina-
tors.
7
1
1
1
1
1
1
...
6
1st class Vacci-
nators
8
2
1
1
1
1
...
...
6
2nd Class Vacci-
nators.
9
3
2
1
...
3
3
...
12
3rd Class Vacci¬
nators.
10
3
2
4
4
4
3
1
21
Apprentices
11
1
1
1
1
1
1
...
6
Chaprasees and other
servants.
12
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
7
Expenditure.
Pay of establishment.
13
Rs.
3,030
2,473
2,709
2,183
3,022
2,297
1,255
16,971
a.
10
0
7
5
14
0
8
15
p.
2
2
6
11
10
5
0
0
Travelling allowance.
14
Rs. a. p.
...
...
...
...
...
...
61
61
2
2
0
0
Contingencies.
15
Rs.
90
90
90
90
90
90
a.
11
11
11
11
11
11
p.
7
7
7
7
8
7
...
544 5 7
Total cost.
16
Rs.
3,121
2,563
2,800
2,274
3,113
2,387
1,316
17,577
a.
5
11
3
1
10
12
10
6
p.
9
9
1
6
6
0
0
7
Paid from
Imperial funds.
17
Rs.
3,121
2,563
2,800
2,274
3,113
2,387
1,316
17,577
a.
5
11
3
1
10
12
10
6
p.
9
9
1
6
6
0
0
7
Provincial funds.
18
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Local funds.
19
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Municipalities.
20
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Native States.
21
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
22
Rs.
3,121
2,563
2,800
2,274
3,113
2,387
1,316
17,577
a.
5
11
3
1
10
12
10
6
p.
9
9
1
6
6
0
0
7
Number of all successful vacci-
nation and re-vaccination.
23
21,755
12,524
10,949
12,266
20,234
15,533
...
93,261
Average cost of each sucessful
case.
24
Rs.
0
0
0
0
0
0
a.
2
3
4
2
2
2
p.
3
3
1
11
6
5
...
0 3 0
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DISPENSARY VACCINATION.
STATEMENT No. III.—Showing Dispensary vaccination in the Hyderabad Assigned Districts during the year 1893-94.
Dispensary vaccination transferred to special establishment since July 1892. Hence this statement is blank.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT No. IV.—Showing the number of persons primarily vaccinated and the number of those persons who were successfully vaccinated in the
Hyderabad Assigned Districts in each of the undermentioned official years.
Establishments.
Government ... ... ... ...
Dispensaries ... ... ... ...
Total ...
Persons primarily vaccinated.
Total No.
No. suc-
cessfully
vaccinated.
1883-84.
79,088
6,984
86,072
73,535
6,258
79,793
Total No.
No. suc¬
cessfully
vaccinated.
1884-85.
93,435
7,535
100,970
89,024
6,781
95,805
Total No.
No. suc-
cessfully.
vaccinated.
1885-86.
91,056
6,483
97,539
87,105
5,922
93,027
Total No.
No. suc¬
cessfully
vaccinated.
1886-87.
86,898
7,226
94,124
83,554
6,672
90,226
Total No.
No. suc-
cessfully
vaccinated.
1887-88.
89,976
6,749
96,725
86,824
6,294
93,118
Total No.
No. suc-
cessfully
vaccinated.
1888-89.
92,498
8,727
101,225
89,173
8,339
97,512
Establishments.
Government ... ... ... ...
Dispensaries ... ... ... ...
Total ...
Persons primarily vaccinated—contd.
Total No.
No. suc-
cessfully
vaccinated.
1889-90.
88,974
7,771
96,745
84,209
7,442
91,651
Total No.
No. suc-
cessfully
vaccinated.
1890-91.
89,473
8,178
97,651
85,119
7,576
92,695
Total No.
No. suc-
cessfully
vaccinated.
1891-92.
96,597
1,806
98,403
91,894
1,737
93,631
Total No.
No. suc-
cessfully
vaccinated.
1392-93.
101,774
*...
101,774
96,306
...
96,306
Total No.
No. suc-
cessfully
vaccinated.
1893-94.
97,786
...
97,786
92,954
...
92,954
Total No.
No. suc-
cessfully
vaccinated.
1895-96.
93,296
...
93,296
88,322
...
88,322
* Dispensary vaccination was transferred to the special vaccination establishment in 1892.
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STATEMENT No. V.—Showing particulars of vaccination * by Inspecting Officers for the year 1894-95.
Districts.
Amraoti ... ... ...
Ellichpur ... ... ...
Wun ... ... ...
Basim ... ... ...
Akola ... ... ...
Buldana ... ... ...
Total ...
Total number of persons
vccinated.
21,396
11,625
11,045
12,414
20,716
16,100
93,296
Total number inspected
By Sanitary
Commis-
sioner.
...
120
...
157
238
851
1,866
By native
Superinten-
dents.
12,138
7,004
2,694
7,004
6,407
7,153
42,400
Percentage of inspection
to total number vaccinated
By Sanitary
Commis-
sioner.
...
1.03
...
1.3
1.2
5.3
1.5
By native
Superinten-
dents.
56.7
60.2
24.4
56.4
30.9
44.4
45.4
Precentage of cases found
successful of total number
inspected
By Sanitary
Commis¬
sioner.
...
92.5
...
93.6
94.1
88.8
90.7
By native
Superinten-
dents.
94.6
94.9
85.1
94.1
92.7
93.8
93.5
Percentage of success
reported by vaccinators.
88.3
87.4
95.5
92.3
94.1
93.1
91.8
Remarks.
* Primary.
144—b
Extract from the Proceedings of the Resident at Hyderabad, No. 2568,
dated Hyderabad Residency, the 12th July 1895.
READ—
Notes on the Annual Return of Vaccination in the Hyderabad Assigned Districts for the year 1894-95.
ORDER.
The vaccination returns for 1894-95, with the Sanitary Commissioner's notes
on them, were received in the Resident's office in proper time. The Commis-
sioner's review was received on the 19th June, and deals generally with the par-
ticulars of vaccination during the year. The quinquennial average of deaths
per thousand has fallen from 0.20 to 0.16 ; the average cost of each successful
case has risen from 2 annas 3 pies to 3 annas. The rate of inspection was
highest in the Ellichpur district, and it is there that the efficiency of vaccina-
tion is best demonstrated: inspection in Wun and Akola will, it is hoped, be given
attention. The restriction of revaccination is commendable. Bearing in mind
the diminished birth-rate, the result of the year's work generally is satisfactory.
The results of the working of Act III of 1880 (the Vaccination Act), extended
during the year to all municipal areas, will be awaited with interest. The dia-
gram at page 3 is interesting, and carefully considered is instructive : for im-
munity from deaths from small-pox is not in all cases in inverse ratio to assumed
protection. For example, Amraoti, seemingly so much better protected than
Wun, has a considerably higher small-pox death-rate : what is the explanation ?
Either it is really not better protected, or some special causes are at work raising
the death-rate.
2. The Resident is pleased to sanction the grant of the rewards recom-
mended in paragraph 7 of Surgeon. Lieutenant-Colonel Little's notes.
(By order)
A. L. P. TUCKER,
Secretary for Berar.
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REPORT
ON
VACCINATION
IN THE
HYDERABAD ASSIGNED DISTRICTS
FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR
1895-96.
BY
SURGEON-LIEUTENANT-COLONEL CHARLES COLHOUN LITTLE, M.D.,
SUPERINTENDENT OF VACCINATION, HYDERABAD ASSIGNED DISTRICTS.
HYDERABAD:
PRINTED AT THE RESIDENCY GOVERNMENT PRESS.
1896.
Price 8 annas per copy.
REPORT
ON
VACCINATION
IN THE
HYDERABAD ASSIGNED DISTRICTS
FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR
1895-96.
BY
SURGEON-LIEUTENANT-COLONEL CHARLES COLHOUN LITTLE, M.D.,
SUPERINTENDENT OF VACCINATION, HYDERABAD ASSIGNED DISTRICTS.
HYDERABAD:
PRINTED AT THE RESIDENCY GOVERNMENT PRESS.
1896.
CAMP No. 88 OF 1896.
FROM
F. S. BULLOCK, ESQ., I.C.S.,
COMMISSIONER,
Hyderabad Assigned Districts,
To
THE SECRETARY FOR BERAR TO THE RESIDENT,
Hyderabad.
Dated Chikalda, the 12th June 1896.
SIR,
I have the honor to submit for the Resident's information the Annual Re-
port on Vaccination for the year 1895-96 in the Hyderabad Assigned Districts
by Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel C. Little, Sanitary Commissioner, with the fol-
lowing remarks.
2 The report was received in print in my office on June 10th, 1896.
3. The vaccination staff was the same as shown last year.
4. The system in force in Berar is vaccination with animal lymph taken
direct from the calf, and is said to be preferred to arm-to-arm vaccination.
5. There was a decrease of vaccination in the past year of 602 primary
and 7,432 re-vaccinations, which is said to be due to unhealthiness of the past
two seasons, causing increased mortality among children.
6. The protection afforded amounted to 82.1 per cent. of registered births;
and the falling off in re-vaccination is attributed to the unpopularity of the
second operation. Two districts show an increase, while the remaining four show
a falling off. The decrease in Akola is considerable, and is accounted for by
delay in the receipt of lymph and mortality and sickness among the
children ; but apparently the Superintendent in charge of the Akola district
showed a want of activity and energy which has called down censure upon him.
The results of vaccination, both primary and secondary, have been better, and
95.9 per cent. for the former is quite satisfactory.
7. In Tables VII and VIII the proportionate protection of the population
is compared and the efficacy in diminishing mortality from small-pox. In
Ellichpur the proportion is highest, viz., 43.1, but the mean rate of the year is
below the average. The results of vaccination in diminishing mortality are de-
cidedly satisfactory, but the comparison between protection and mortality shown
in the diagram is scarcely conclusive.
8. As regards supervision, there is a slight improvement shown this year,
but it cannot be said that it is altogether satisfactory. In Amraoti there is a
distinct falling off attributed to the Superintendent's ill-health. In Wun the
inspections were more than double those of last year, and there was an improve-
ment in Akola and Buldana.
The percentage has risen from 45.4 to 52.0 in primary vaccination, but the
two most important districts—Amraoti and Akola—have been neglected. The
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Akola district evidently needs a great deal more personal attention from the
Sanitary Commissioner than it has received.
9. The cost of the department appears to increase slowly, and the average
cost of each successful vaccination has risen by one pie this year and by four
pie in the last two years. This is a tendency which should be avoided.
10. The Vaccination Act has been extended to every municipal town
except Karinja, and the results appear to be successful. There have been no
prosecutions found necessary, and the ratio of primary vaccination per mille is
higher than the birth-rate. More attention is required in Ellichpur and Akola
and Khamgaon to this work, and I intend to address Municipal Committees
with a view to interesting them in the subject. A return of children vaccinated
should be sent weekly to the Municipal Secretary for check, and this would
necessitate greater interest being taken.
11. Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel Little has mentioned three vaccinators
as entitled to rewards and commended others, officials, &c., for their good work
to the Resident's notice.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
F. S. BULLOCK,
Commissioner, Hyderabad Assigned Districts.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Full report ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Establishment ... ... ... ... ... ...
Lymph supply ... ... ... ... ... ...
Season's work ... ... ... ... ... ...
Districts ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Results in primary vaccination ... ... ... ... ...
Results in re-vaccination
...
...
...
...
...
Proportion of the population successfully protected
...
...
...
Sex
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Age ... ... ... ... ... ...
Inspection work by Native Superintendents
...
..
... ...
Cost of the Department...
...
...
...
...
...
Municipalities ... ... ... ... ... ...
Vaccination work in several provinces compared ... ... ...
Rewards to Vaccinators...
...
...
...
...
...
Offcers and village officials who have assisted in vaccination
...
...
Paras.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
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No. 26 of 1896.
FROM
SURGEON-LIEUTENANT-COLONEL C. C. LITTLE, M.D.,
Sanitary Commissioner, &c., Hyderabad Assigned Districts,
To
F. S. BULLOCK, ESQ., I.C.S.,
Commissioner, Hyderabad Assigned Districts.
Dated Amraoti, the 18th May 1896.
SIR,
I have the honor to forward, for the information of the Resident, the
Report on Vaccination for the year 1895-96.
Full report.
1. In accordance with Government of India, Home Department, Resolu-
tion No. 28/1579-95 of July 1887, a full report on
the working of the department is submitted.
Establishment.
2. The establishment worked up to its sanc-
tioned strength as shown below :—
Native Superintendents of vaccination ... ...
Vaccinators
...
...
...
...
Apprentices ... ... ... ...
Peons ... ... ... ...
7
45
6
7
The conduct of the staff was on the whole good, but one vaccinator had to
be dismissed for oppressing the people of the Melghat, in which tract he was
working, and for submitting false returns of work.
Lymph supply.
3. Since 1890 vaccination in Berar has been carried on with animal lymph
direct from the cow or buffalo to the exclusion
of all other methods, with the exception that the.
season's work is started with lanoline paste manufactured at head-quarters
under the direct supervision of the Sanitary Commissioner.
During the period of recess lymph is allowed to die out, and in Septem-
ber, at the close of the monsoon, a supply of animal virus is obtained from
Bombay, with which calf vaccination is carried on at Amraoti, and a supply
of lymph paste manufactured sufficient to start work in each district. This
lanoline paste is used on children, and when a successful result has been
obtained, a calf is vaccinated from a child's arm, and then vaccination is kept
up from calf to calf, or renewed by retro-vaccination as required.
The vaccinator itinerates from village to village with his calf, and no
difficulty is experienced either in obtaining calves or in the use of the lymph,
the people having no scruples in connection with it. Indeed, vaccination from
the calf is generally preferred to vaccination from arm to arm, as the people
have not been slow to recognize that children suffer less from erysipelatous,
inflammations, and accidents due to careless vaccination when calf lymph is used.
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Districts.
5. There was an increase in primary operations in the districts of Amraoti
and Ellichpur of 263 and 1,956 respectively. The
increase in the Ellichpur returns is due chiefly
to the inclusion of the figures for Melghat, which are no longer shown separately,
but included in the return for Ellichpur, in which district the Melghat is
situated.
In the following districts there was a falling off:—
Wun
... ...
Basim ... ...
341
85
Akola... ...
Buldana ...
2,113
282
In Akola the decrease is said to be owing to delay in receipt of lymph; to
many marriages which took away families from their homes; to attack of
children with measles and chicken-pox, and to the large number of deaths
amongst infants.
Results in primary vaccination.
6. The following table shows the results
obtained in primary vaccination contrasted with
those for the previous two years:—
TABLE No. 3.—Results of primary vaccination for three years compared.
Years.
1893-94 ...
1894,-95 ...
1895-96 ...
Results.
Successful.
92,954
88,322
88,917
Unsuccessful.
2,889
2,675
2,016
Unknown.
1,943
2,299
1,761
Percentage to total vaccinated.
Successful.
95.1
94.7
95.9
Unsuccessful.
2.9
2.9
2.1
Unknown.
2.0
2.4
2.0
Out of 92,694 persons primarily vaccinated, 88,917, or 95.9 per cent., were
successful as compared with 94.7 in the previous year and 95.1 in 1893-94.
The number of unsuccessful cases was 2,016, or 2.1 per cent.; and the
number of unverified cases 1,761, or 2. per cent.
The percentage of success, including unknown cases, was 97.9.
The percentage of success varied from 96.8 in the Amraoti district to 94.1
in Wun, where the rate was reduced by two newly appointed vaccinators work-
ing with inferior lymph until inspection disclosed the fact, when the lymph
was renewed.
Results in re-vaccination.
7. In re-vaccination the percentage of success was 23.4 as compared with
23.1 and 21.2 respectively in the two preceding
years. There is no fixed standard by which to gauge
the results of re-vaccination, as susceptibility varies according to the degree of
protection afforded by the primary operation and the prophylactic power of the
original lymph; or, in other words, the duration of immunity is variable according
to the individual and according to the age.
The following table shows the results of re-vaccination for the past three
years:—
TABLE No. 4.—Results of re-vaccination for three years compared.
Years.
1893-94 ...
1894-95 ...
1895-96 ...
Results.
Successful.
8,344
4,939
3,260
Unsuccessful.
16,381
8,355
5,048
Unknown.
14,641
8,049
5,603
Percentage to total re-vaccination.
Successful.
21.2
23.1
23.4
Unsuccessful.
41.6
39.2
36.3
Unknown.
37.2
37.7
40.3
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The percentage of success obtained varied from 33.3 in the Basim district
to 19.2 in Amraoti.
For the sake of comparison the results of vaccination in the Army Medi-
cal Department and in the Hyderabad Contingent are shown below:—
TABLE No. 5.—Results of vaccination in Army Medical Department and in the Hyderabad
Contingent compared.
Corps.
Army Medical Department,
1893.
Hyderabad Contingent,average
1889-95.
Results.
Successful ...
Modified ...
Unsuccessful ...
Successful ...
Modified ...
Unsuccessful ...
Vaccinated during the
year.
Primary
vaccina-
tion.
151
20
14
1,875
219
430
Re-vaccina-
tion.
24,102
7,541
3,723
1,726
232
621
Proportion per cent.
Primary
vaccina-
tion.
81.6
10.8
7.5
65.3
11.6
22.9
Re-vacci¬
nation.
68.1
21.3
10.5
50.0
13.4
35.9
The percentage of success in re-vaccination as shown above is higher than
is ordinarily met with- in civil practice in this province.
The results obtained in other provinces extracted from the report of the
Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India for the year 1894 are as
follows:—
TABLE No. 6.—Results of vaccination in other provinces compared.
Provinces.
Bengal ...
...
Assam ... ...
North-Western
Pro-
vinces and Oudh ...
Punjab
... ...
Central Provinces ...
Berar ... ...
Madras Presidency ...
Coorg
... ...
Bombay Presidency ...
Burma ...
Lower ...
Upper ...
Ajmere-Merwara ...
Primary vaccination.
Total.
2,010,829
177,492
1,396,849
651,570
416,085
93,296
1,092,405
6,743
709,644
153,631
110,943
13,337
Successful.
1,979,395
155,837
1,247,704
610,708
401,186
88,322
1,002,434
6,294
662,471
139,680
98,641
13,177
Re-vaccination.
Total.
46,802
3,985
25,630
249,011
54,507
21,343
80,107
1,072
58,585
52,461
3,920
19
Successful.
10,146
2,441
16,203
118,559
42,612
4,939
60,650
873
34,033
25,154
1,787
10
Percentage of success¬
ful cases.
Primary
vaccina-
tion.
98.83
87.80
93.68
93.73
96.42
94.7
93.4
93.24
93.52
90.92
88.91
98.80
Re-vaccina¬
tion.
27.62
61.25
63.22
47.61
78.18
23.1
80.6
81.44
58.10
47.95
45.59
52.63
The proportion of complete success in re-vaccination is so variable as to
lead to the supposition that the same standard of success is not everywhere
followed in gauging results. Successful re-vaccination should be similar to the
perfect results of primary vaccination, but, unless carefully supervised, vaccina¬
tors are liable to record as successful the imperfect or modified results which
are met with in a large proportion of cases.
Proportion of the population success-
fully protected.
8. The number of persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of the popula-
tion is shown in the following table contrasted
with the figures for the preceding two years:—
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TABLE No. VII.—District proportion of population successfully protected for three years
compared.
Districts.
Amraoti ... ...
Ellichpur...
...
Wun ... ...
Basim ... ...
Akola ...
...
Buldana
...
...
Total ...
Population.
655,645
315,798
471,613
398,181
574,782
431,021
2,897,040
Number of successful
operations.
1893-94.
23,333
13,317
13,215
14,277
19,531
17,625
101,298
1894-95.
21,755
12,524
10,949
12,266
20,234
15,533
93,261
1895-96.
21,840
13,605
10,348
11,948
18,486
15,930
92,177
Proportion per 1,000 of
the population protected.
1893-94.
35.6
42.1
28.0
35.9
33.9
36.6
35.0
1894-95.
33.2
39.7
23.2
30.8
35.2
32.3
32.2
1895-96.
33.3
43.1
21.9
30.1
32.2
33.1
31.8
Registered birth-rate per
1,000 of population.
1893-94.
39.3
44.0
29.6
35.9
43.9
43.6
39.3
1894-95.
36.4
37.6
21.3
27.4
35.5
37.8
33.2
1895-98.
40.7
43.1
25.4
27.3
41.4
44.2
37.2
The rate of protection afforded during the year was 31.8 per 1,000 of the
population as compared with 32 2 in the previous year and 34.7 the mean of
the previous five years. The registered birth-rate for these periods was 37.2,
33.2, and 38.9 respectively. The following table and prescribed diagram illus-
trate the proportion of the population per 10,000 protected against small-pox
for the seven years ending 1895-96 and the mean death-rate from the disease
for the year 1895:—
TABLE No. VIII.—Showing efficacy of vaccination in diminishing small-pox mortality.
Years.
1868-69 ...
1869-70 ...
1870-71 ...
1671-72 ...
1872-73 ...
Mean ...
1873-74 ...
1874-75 ...
1875-76 ...
1876-77 ...
1877-78 ...
Mean ...
1878-79 ...
1879-80 ...
1880-81 ...
1881-82 ...
1882-83 ...
Mean ...
Ratio per
1 ,000 success-
fully vaccina-
ted.
4.3
3.2
7.9
13.0
16.2
8.92
14.5
21.0
24.0
31.1
38.0
25.72
22.3
29.3
33.9
32.5
38.0
31.2
Death-rate
per 1,000
from
small-pox.
1.9
3.6
.6
.2
3.8
2.02
3.8
.5
.4
.2
2.9
1.56
2.7
.03
.02
.08
.1
.58
Years.
1883-84 ...
1884-85 ...
1885-86 ...
1886-87
1887-88 ...
Mean ...
1888-89 ...
1889-90 ...
1890-91 ...
1891-92
1892-93 ...
Mean ...
1893-94 ...
1894-95 ...
1895-96 ...
Ratio per
1,000 success¬
fully vaccina-
ted.
30.3
37.0
35.3
35.6
35.2
34.68
36.1
35.68
34.3
36.0
37.0
35.8
35.0
32.2
31.8
Death-rate
per 1,000
from
small-pox.
1.5
.2
.09
.04
.1
.38
.3
.7
.2
.01
.02
.2
.06
.3
.2
B-122—2
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Diagram showing the proportion of population protected during seven years ending 1895-96
and the death-rate from small-pox per 10,000 of population during 1895.
Table No. 8 demonstrates very clearly the protection afforded by vaccin-
ation, and bears evidence to the efficiency of the work performed.
The success secured in the reduction of the death-rate from small-pox is
one of the most gratifying results obtained by the Sanitary Department.
With regard to the diagram, as remarked by the Resident on last year's
report, " immunity from deaths from small-pox is not in all cases in inverse
ratio to assumed protection," but it must be remembered that the mortality
figures are those for one year only, and in view of the fact that small-pox,
like other epidemics, is erratic in its visitations and seldom equally distributed,
it would be unsafe to compare any one district with another on the statistics
of one year.
Sex.
9. Of the sexes of those vaccinated, 59,341 were males and 47,264 females;
the proportion to total vaccinated being for males
55.6 and for females 44.4 as compared with 58.0
and 42.0 in 1894-95 and 60.9 and 39.1 in 1893-94.
The census tables of 1891 show the relative proportion of the sexes to be
51.5 for males and 48.5 for females per cent. of total population, so that rela¬
tively with reference to the population more males were vaccinated than females.
Age.
10. Of the ages of those successfully vaccinated, 67,439 were infants under 1
year of age; 19,200 children between 1 and 6 ; and
2,278 individuals over 6 years of age and adults.