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derabad. These rules were circulated to the municipalities concerned for infor-
mation and opinion. Replies as yet have not been received from all the muni-
cipalities to enable me to forward the rules for the approval and sanction of the
Resident.
Establishment.
21. The strength of the establishment was increased by two vaccinators for
the Melghat. Two vaccinators were declared unfit
for further service by a Medical Board and
pensioned, and two Superintendents were on three months' sick leave each.
All the vaccination staff have worked to my entire satisfaction, and the
names of the following Superintendents I wish to bring to the notice of the Resi-
dent for the greatest amount of inspection done :—2nd Grade Superintendent Din¬
kerrao of Buldana, 4th Grade Superintendents Gangadharam of Wun,
andGangadhar
of Akola.
To 1st Grade Superintendent Rapoorao I am indebted for the excellenet
manner in which the office work of the Vaccination Department has been carried
out, and to 4th Grade Superintendent Ramrattan for the great assistance he gavn
me in inspections of villages, vital statistic registers, and vaccination work when
on tour.
The six vaccinators mentioned below have done the best work during the
season and are recommended for the usual reward of Rs. 30 each :—
Names of vaccinators recommended for reward.
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Names of vaccinators.
Rawjee Vishnu ... ... ...
Hyath Khan ... ... ...
Hasan Mahmod ... ... ...
Shair Mahmod ... ... ...
Govind Vinayak ... ... ...
Rawjee Govind ... ... ...
District.
Amraoti.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Buldana.
Amount of work.
4,986
4,440
4,299
4,296
4,253
4,188
Names of those who assisted in pro-
moting vaccination.
22. The following native gentlemen assisted the department in promoting
vaccination, and I beg to bring their names to
the favourable notice of the Resident:—
List of the gentlemen who assisted the department in promoting
vaccination.
District.
Ellichpur... ...
Basim ... ...
Wun ... ...
Akola ... ...
Buldana ... ...
Names of officials.
Sadoola Khan, Hospital Assistant and Secretary of the Muncipality,
Ellichpur City.
Police Patel of Pathrot.
Police Patel of Kolba.
Yasin Beg Ismail Beg, Patel of Kalti.
Fattyab Khan Nasar Khan, Patel of Jamb.
Narayan Umakant and Krishnajee Mahsajee, Patels of Umerkher.
Sadasiverao, Patel of Moolawa.
Narsingaram Dhulavam, Patel of Lhora.
Audhutrao Fakirrao, Patel of Jawlla.
Bapoorao, Baburao, Mukundrao, Patels of Medsi.
Raje Jaywantrao, Patel of Ansing.
Ramjee, Patel of Hattoly.
Mr. Vithujee Narayan, Tahsildar of Panderkowra.
Mr. B. B. Sule, Tahsildar of Wun.
Mr. Vinayak Appajee, Tahsildar of Darwa.
Tukaram Yadeo, Patwari of Boregaon Majee.
Mr. Vishnu Hari, Tahsildar of Mulkapur.
Mr. Yeswant Mahadeo, Tahsildar of Chikali.
Mr. Vittal Narayan, Tahsildar of Mehkar.
Shamjee Haji, Patel of Fattekhelda, and Mango, Patel of Dhamangaon.
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District.
Ellichpur... ...
Akola ... ...
Names of non-officials.
Moola Mahmod Yakoob of Daryapur.
Hasoobaba, Honorary Magistrate of Akola.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
C. L. SWAINE, M. D , M. C.,
Offg. Sanitary Commissioner, H. A. D.
APPENDICES.
B-119— a
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2
)
A.—VACCINE DEPARTMENT.
STATEMENT No. I.—Showing particulars of vaccination in the Hyderabad Assigned Districts during the year 1892-93.
Number.
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
Districts.
2
Amrnoti ...
Ellichpur ..
Wun ...
Basim ...
Akola ...
Buldana ...
Total of pro-
vince
Population of district according to
census of 1891.
3
655,645
315,793
471,613
398,181
574,782
481,021
2,897,040
Average population per square mile.
4
237
119
121
134
216
171
192
Average number of vaccinators
employed throughout the season.
5
9
6
7
6
9
7
44
Total number of persons
vaccinated.
Male.
Female.
Total.
6
22,862
10,447
12,401
11,329
17,090
15,584
89,713
11,448
7,325
8,692
8,829
10,926
8,949
56,169
34,310
17,772
21,093
20,158
28,016
24,533
145,882
Average number of persons vac-
cinated by each vaccinator.
7
3,812
2,962
3,013
3,360
3,113
3,505
3,316
Primary vaccination.
Total.
8
20,609
12,697
15,447
15,003
21,237
16,781
101,774
Successful.
Under 1 year.
9
15,721
8,988
12,157
11,134
16,654
12,332
76,986
Over 1 and under
6 years.
10
3,934
2,698
2,395
2,575
3,300
3,139
18,041
Total of all ages.
11
19,884
11,861
14,877
13,870
20,179
15,635
96,306
Re-vaccination.
Total.
12
13,701
5,075
5,646
5,155
6,779
7,752
44,108
Successful.
13
3,653
1,366
1,344
1,389
1,485
1,708
10,945
Percentage
of successful
cases.
Primary.
14
96.4
93.4
96.3
92.4
95.0
93.1
94.7
Re-vaccination.
15
26.7
26.9
23.8
26.9
21.9
22.0
24.8
Persons successfully vaccinated per
1,000 of population.
..
35.8
41.9
34.4
38.3
37.7
36.0
37.
Average annual
number of
persons success-
fully vaccinated
during previous
5 years.
Number.
7
22,108
10,445
15,179
14,058
18,194
16,745
96,729
Ratio per 1,000.
18
33.7
33.0
32.2
35.3
31.8
34.8
33.4
Average
annual num¬
ber of deaths
from small-
pox during
previous
5 years.
Number.
19
129
6
80
132
106
144
597
Ratio per 1.000.
20
.19
.01
.17
.33
.18
.29
.20
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A.—VACCINE DEPARTMENT.
STATEMENT No. II.— Showing the cost of the department in the Hyderabad Assigned Districts during the year 1892-93.
Number.
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
Circles and dis-
tricts.
2
Amraoti ...
Ellichpur ...
Wun ...
Basim ...
Akola ...
Buldana
...
Office establish-
ment
...
Total of province
Establishment.
Superintendent Gene-
ral.
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
Superintendents
of
Circles.
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Deputy Superintend-
ents.
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Native Superintend-
ents.
6
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
7
Vaccinators.
Head Vaccina-
tors.
7
1
1
1
1
1
1
...
6
1 st 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
5
4
4
3
...
21
Apprentices.
11
1
1
1
1
1
1
...
6
Chaprasees and other
servants.
12
1
1
1
1
1
1
...
7
Expenditure.
Pay of establishment.
13
Rs.
3,304
1,961
2,354
2,136
2,870
2,448
1,617
16,693
a.
15
10
0
9
15
4
5
12
p.
4
4
9
9
0
4
3
9
Travelling allowance.
14
Rs. a. p.
...
...
...
...
...
...
94
94
14
14
0
0
Contingencies.
15
Rs.
74
74
74
74
74
74
a
4
1
4
4
4
4
p.
11
10
10
10
10
10.
...
445 13 1
Total cost.
16
Rs.
3,379
2,035
2,428
2,210
2,945
2,522
1,712
17,234
a.
4
15
5
14
3
9
3
7
p.
3
2
7
7
10
2
3
10
Paid from
Imperial funds.
17
Rs.
3,379
2,035
2,428
2,210
2,945
2,522
1,712
17,234
a.
4
15
5
14
3
9
3
7
p.
3
2
7
7
10
2
3
10
Provincial funds.
18
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Local funds.
19
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Municipalities.
20
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Native States.
21
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
22
Rs.
3,379
2,035
2,428
2,210
2,945
2,522
1,712
17,234
a.
4
15
5
14
3
9
3
7
p.
3
2
7
7
10
2
3
10
Number of all successful vac¬
cination and re-vaccination.
23
23,537
13,227
16,221
15,259
21,664
17,343
...
107,251
Average cost of each success¬
ful case.
24
Rs.
0
0
0
0
0
0
a.
2
2
2
2
2
2
p.
3
5
4
3
2
4
...
0 2 7
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B.—DISPENSARY VACCINATION.
STATEMENT No. III.—Showing dispensary vaccination in the Hyderabad Assigned Districts during the year 1892-93.
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 ...
Municipalities ...
Melghat ... ... ... ...
Total
Persons primarily vaccinated.
Total No.1
No. success-
fully
vaccinated.
1881-82.
90,058
5,211
...
...
95,269
80,930
4,624
...
...
85,554
Total No
No. success-
fully
vaccinated.
1882-83.
103,517
6,492
...
...
110,009
95,080
5,685
...
...
100,765
Total No.
No. success-
fully
vaccinated.
1883-84.
78,994
6,984
94
...
86,072
73,453
6,258
82
...
79,793
Total No.
No. success¬
fully
vaccinated.
1884-85.
92,920
7,535
515
...
100,970
88,615
6,781
409
...
95,805
Total No.
No. success-
fully
vaccinated.
1885-86.
91,056
6,483
...
...
97,539
87,105
5,922
...
...
93,027
Total No.
No. success¬
fully
vaccinated
1886-87.
86,898
7,226
...
...
94,124
83,554
6,672
...
...
90,226
Establishments.
Government
...
...
...
...
Dispensaries ... ... ... ...
Municipalities ... ... ... ...
Melghat
...
...
...
...
Total ...
Persons primarily vaccinated—contd.
Total No.
No. success¬
fully
vaccinated.
1887-88.
87,658
6,749
...
2,318
96,725
84,702
6,294
...
2,122
93,118
Total No.
No. success-
fully
vaccinated.
1888-89.
92,140
8,727
...
358
101,225
88,833
8,339
...
340
97,512
Total No.
No. success-
fully
vaccinated.
1889-90.
87,499
7,771
...
1,475
96,745
83,817
7,442
...
392
91,651
Total No.
No. success-
fully
vaccinated.
1890-91.
89,473
8,178
...
...
97,651
85,119
7,576
...
...
92,695
Total No.
No. success¬
fully
vaccinated.
1891-92.
96,597
1,806
...
...
98,403
91,894
1,737
...
...
93,631
Total No.
No. success-
fully
vaccinated.
1892-93.
98,952
...
...
2,822
101,774
93,774
...
...
2,532
96,306
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STATEMENT No. V.—Showing particulars of vaccination* by inspecting officers for the year 1892-93.
District.
Amraoti ... ... ...
Ellichpur ... ... ...
Wun ... ... ...
Basim ... ... ...
Akola ... ... ...
Buldana ... ... ...
Total ...
Total number
of persons
vaccinated.
20,609
12,697
15,447
15,003
21,237
16,781
101,774
Total number inspected.
By Sanitary
Commissioner.
880
751
280
343
693
132
3,079
By Native
Superintend-
ents.
10,953
8,103
10,435
9,579
10,722
11,173
60,965
Percentage of inspection
to total number
vaccinated.
By Sani-
tary Com-
missioner.
4.2
5.9
1.8
2.3
3.2
7
3.02
By Native
Superintend-
ents.
53.2
63.8
67.5
63.8
50.4
66.5
59.9
Percentage of cases found
successful of total num-
ber inspected.
By Sanitary
Commissioner.
86.9
96.4
94.7
97.9
94.5
88.6
93.
By Native
Superintend-
ents.
95.7
94.1
94.6
94.3
94.6
92.1
94.2
Percentage of
success report-
ed by vaccina-
tor.
91.9
88.5
87.8
92.1
91.2
86.9
89.9
Remarks.
The low percentage of success by the vaccinators is due to the
large number of unknown cases to them.
* Primary.
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ally draw the bulk of his cases from his own caste. If it has not already been
done, the experiment of appointing a suitable proportion of Mahomedan vaccina¬
tors should be tried.
6. Efficacy of vaccination.—Table 15, page 9, is particularly instructive. It
shows that for successive quinquennial periods for the last 25 years the death¬
rate from small-pox has varied inversely as the ratio of successful vaccinations.
The death-rate for the first quinquennium of the 25 years was 2.02 per mille,
and the ratio of successful vaccinations was 8.92. The death-rate for the last
quinquennium was 0.2 per mille, and the ratio per mille of successful vaccina-
tions was 35.8. This striking fact is worthy of being given full publicity.
7. Inspection.—The Resident is glad to observe that such a large percentage
of the vaccination work in Berar has been verified. Without verification the
statistics of vaccination in India are untrustworthy, and Mr. Plowden hopes
that in Berar no pains will be spared to check and test them.
8. Compulsory vaccination.—With reference to paragraph 20 of the report,
the Resident requests the Commissioner, Hyderabad Assigned Districts, to
take the necessary steps to expedite the application of the rules made under the
Vaccination Act to the municipal towns in Berar.
9. General.—On the whole the results of the vaccination work in Berar for
the official year 1892-93 are eminently satisfactory. They compare advantage-
ously with those of other provinces in India and reflect great credit on Surgeon¬
Lieutenant-Colonel Little and on the Officiating Sanitary Commissioner, Surgeon-
Major Lethbridge Swaine and his staff. The Resident has read with pleasure
the commendations bestowed on the several persons named in paragraphs 21
and 22 of the report. A separate application should be submitted for the
sanction of the rewards recommended to the vaccinators who have done the
best work during the year.
(By order.)
O. V. BOSANQUET,
Secretary for Berar to the Resident
NOTES
ON THE
ANNUAL RETURNS
OF
VACCINATION
IN THE
HYDERABAD ASSIGNED DISTRICTS
FOR
THE YEAR 1893-94
BY
SURGEON-LIEUTENANT-COLONEL CHARLES LITTLE, M.D.
Hyderabad:
PRINTED AT THE RESIDENCY GOVERNMENT PRESS.
1894.
Price eight annas per copy.
NOTES
ON THE
ANNUAL RETURNS
OF
VACCINATION
IN THE
HYDERABAD ASSIGNED DISTRICTS
FOR
THE YEAR 1893-94
BY
SURGEON-LIEUTENANT-COLONEL CHARLES LITTLE, M.D.
Hyderabad :
PRINTED AT THE RESIDENCY GOVERNMENT PRESS.
1894.
CAMP No. 690 OF 1894.
FROM
COLONEL K. J. L. MACKENZIE, C.I.E.,
COMMISSIONER, HYDERABAD ASSIGNED DISTRICTS,
To
THE SECRETARY FOR BERAR TO THE RESIDENT,
HYDERABAD.
Dated Camp Chikalda, 8th June 1894.
SIR,
I have the honor to forward the Sanitary Commissioner's explanatory notes
on the vaccination returns for the year 1893-94. The proof copy was received
in my office on the 30th May.
2. There is really little left for me usefully to say.
There has been a slight fall in the outturn of work, due to a very sickly
season, which affected both the vaccinatory staff and those they have to operate
on. Nevertheless Berar vaccination work is very satisfactory, and, as pointed out
in paragraph 5 of the notes, it has reached that point that fluctuations in the
number of primary operations depend on the character of the season, as affect-
ing the public health and the birth-rate.
3. The diagram in paragraph 7, as to the proportion of the population pro-
tected, and the death-rate from small-pox per 1,000 of the population, is in-
structive and satisfactory.
4. The cost of operations rose from Rs. 17,234-7-10 to Rs. 17,495-7-6, owing
to the increase in establishment for the Melghat.
5. Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel Little has brought the department to the
condition it is in, and during his absence for the greater part of 1893, Surgeon-
Major Swaine very efficiently and zealously filled his place.
6. The rewards recommended in paragraph 8 should be sanctioned to the
three vaccinators named.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
K. J. L. MACKENZIE, COLONEL,
Commissioner, Hyderabad Assigned Districts.
B-31
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Submission of annual vaccination statements ... ... ... ...
Statement No. I—Showing particulars of vaccination during 1893-94 ... ...
Statement No. II—Showing cost of the department during 1893-94 ... ...
Statement No. III—Dispensary vaccination ... ... ... ...
Statement No. IV—Showing number of persons primarily and successfully vaccinated, &c.
Statement No. V— Showing particulars of vaccination by inspecting officers ...
Small-pox ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Establishment
...
...
...
...
...
Para.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
B-91
No. 67 OF 1894.
FROM
SURGEON-LIEUT.-COLONEL C. LITTLE, M.D.,
Sanitary Commissioner, Hyderabad Assigned Districts,
To
COLONEL K. J. L. MACKENZIE, C.I.E.,
Commissioner, Hyderabad Assigned Districts.
Dated Amraoti, the 12th May 1894.
SIR,
I have the honor to submit the annual vaccination statements for the year
1893-94, together with the required explanatory notes thereon.
Statement No I.
2. The establishment worked up to its full strength, the number of vacci-
nators employed throughout the year on executive
work being 44.
The total number of operations amounted to 137,152, as compared with
145,882 in the previous year.
Each vaccinator performed on an average 3,117 operations. In 1892-93
the average number of operations per man was 3,316.
The number of primary operations was 97,786 and re-vaccination 39,366, as
against 101,774 and 44,108 respectively in 1892-93.
Re-vaccination is not popular in Berar, and though considerable pressure
has been brought to bear on the vaccination staff in this direction, the result, in
many ways, has not been altogether satisfactory.
This subject has been noticed in previous reports, vide the following extract
from the report for 1887-88 :—
" In the report for 1884-85 it was explained that the people of the province were generally
averse to re-vaccination, and that accordingly it was not considered advisable to push it, lest
the department should lose the confidence of the public, which, with much difficulty and labour,
it had acquired : an opinion was also expressed to the effect that for the present we should
rest content with protecting infantile life as thoroughly as possible against the ravages of
small-pox."
Infantile vaccination is considered the first duty of the vaccinator, and the
standard of protection in primary vaccination to which he is pressed to work
up to is 40 per 1,000 of the population. As a rule, all the available infants in
a village are first protected before re-vaccination is attempted.
In primary vaccination, the percentage of success was 95.1, and in re-vacci¬
nation 21.2. For the previous year, the rate of success was 94.7 for primary and
24.8 for re-vaccination. Thus the rate of success in primary vaccination was
slightly higher than last year, but lower as regards re-vaccination;
the error here, however, is generally on the side of too high a rate, and with re-
gard to authenticated cases of re-vaccination elsewhere in persons possessing good
primary vaccination cicatrices, the result in re-vaccination should not exceed 25
per cent. of success, being inversely proportionate to the number and quality
of the vaccination cicatrices.
B-91
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In all 101,298 successful vaccinations were performed against 107,251 in
the previous year, or a decrease of 5,953 operations.
This decrease is attributed to disability, through sickness, of the vaccination
staff, during the period under report.
It may be seen from the subjoined comparative statement, that 25 vaccina-
tors were ill for 407 days in the aggregate ; whereas in the previous year only 12
men were on the sick list for 115 days.
TABLE No 1.—Showing particulars of sickness among the members of the Vaccination Es-
tablishment during the official years 1892-93 and 1893-94.
District.
Amraoti ...
Ellichpur ...
Wun ...
Basim ...
Akola ...
Buldana ...
Total ...
Total estab-
lishment.
Native Super
intendent.
1
1
1
1
1
1
6
Vaccinator
and appren-
tice.
10
7
8
7
10
8
50
1892-93.
Native Super-
intendent.
On sick list.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Days of ill-
ness.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Vaccinator
and appren-
tice.
On sick list.
...
...
4
1
5
2
12
Days of ill-
ness.
...
...
36
8
59
12
115
1893-94.
Native Super-
intendent.
On sick list.
...
1
1
1
1
1
5
Days of ill-
ness.
...
7
9
32
5
9
62
Vaccinator and
apprentice.
On sick list.
2
3
8
4
7
1
25
Days of ill-
ness.
22
54
152
71
100
8
407
Remarks.
NOTE.— Two Superintend¬
ents died.
The widespread epidemic of influenza which prevailed in great intensity
during the first quarter of 1894 affected the returns, not only through the dis-
ability of the vaccination staff, but also owing to the general sickness and mor-
tality occasioned thereby amongst the population of the province.
The percentage of the population successfully vaccinated was 35 per 1,000,
as compared with 37 for the previous year, and 34.5, the mean of the pre¬
vious five years.
Of the total number of successful primary operations, 70,681 were performed
on infants under one year of age ; 20,370 on children over one and under six;
and 1,903 on individuals over six years and adults. Thus out of every 100 per-
sons successfully vaccinated, there were 76.0 infants, 21.9 children between one
and six, and 2.1 of other ages.
In 1893 the registered birth-rate for the province was 39.3 per 1,000. Calcu-
lated on the number of infants under one year successfully vaccinated, the pro-
portion of the births protected against small-pox was 63.1 per cent.
Deducting the deaths of infants under one year of age, the number of infants
available for vaccination was 89,556, of whom 78.9 per cent. were protected, leaving
21.1 unprotected.
According to districts, the ratio of success in primary vaccination ranged
from 96.1 in the Amraoti district to 92.9 in Basim ; and for re-vaccination from
25.9 in Ellichpur to 18.1 in Wun.
Two districts show an increase in primary work as compared with the returns
for the previous year—Amraoti with an increase of 945 and Buldana with 282.
The greatest decrease in work was in the Wun and Akola districts, with 2,604 and
1,535 operations respectively.
( 3 )
A reference to table No. 1 will show that the staff of these two districts
suffered most from the universal sickness of the year.
Statement No. II.
3. The total cost of the establishment, which is entirely met from Provincial
Funds, was Rs. 17,495-7-6, as compared with Rs.
17,234-7-10 in the previous year. The increase of
Rs. 261 is due to the increase in the establishment for the Melghat entertained
in August 1892. The pay of the sanctioned establishment amounts to Rs. 17,484
per annum. The average cost of each successful case was 2 annas 9 pies against
2 annas 7 pies last year.
Statement No. III.
4. Statement No. III is blank, dispensary vaccination having been trans-
ferred to the special establishment since July
1892.
Statement No. IV.
5. This statement shows the number of persons primarily vaccinated and
the number successfully operated upon during a
series of years and calls for no comment beyond
the fact that the numbers operated upon remain very much the same in recent
years. This may be accounted for by the fact that some 33.7 per 1,000 of the
population have been protected annually by primary vaccination for the last ten
years. The birth-rate for a similar period has been in the annual proportion of
40.74 for 1,000, so that allowing for deaths, there would not be many children in
the population unvaccinated.
Therefore, as pointed out in a previous report, vaccination in Berar has
come to that point, when fluctuations in the number of primary operations will
mainly depend upon healthy and prosperous seasons or the reverse, as affecting
the fecundity and well-being of the people.
Statement No. V.
6. Statement No. V shows particulars of the
inspection work done by the Superintendents of
the department.
Owing to breaks in my tour in connection with sanitary duties, and to an
attack of influenza with heavy complications, I was unable to inspect as much
of the vaccination work as I could have wished, but that seen, in each district,
was on the whole well done and honestly recorded. In the Basim district the
lymph in use was found to be weak and had to be renewed. This would account
for the low rate of success in this district in primary vaccination.
Of the native Superintendents, the lowest outturn of work was done by the
Akola Superintendent, and the highest by the Superintendent of Ellichpur as
shown below:—
Amraoti ... ...
Ellichpur ... ...
Wun ... ...
Basim ... ...
Akola ... ...
Buldana ... ...
Percentage of inspection
to total vaccinated.
47.1
62.1
43.8
55.7
31.9
60.9
The Akola Superintendent was in very indifferent health during the cold
season, and, moreover, owing to small-pox in his district, his inspection work
suffered, he having to personally assist in checking the spread of the disease.
Superintendent Ajaj Hoosain is an active and energetic man, and when in the
Ellichpur district always took first place in his inspection work ; his explana-
tion may, therefore, be accepted.
The Wun Superintendent died after an illness of nine days, and the appoint¬
ment could not at once be filled up. The percentage of inspection work for the
province fell from 59.9 last year to 49.2 during the year under report.