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tors are perhaps inclined to adopt the view most favorable to themselves in
doubtful cases ; hence it happens that inspecting officers' results are sometimes
less favourable than those returned by vaccinators. Owing to the work of two
men in the Nagpur district being very bad, I found the general result of my
inspection in that district gave only 77 per cent of successful cases, the vacci-
nator's returns showing 94. In Bhandara it corresponded almost exactly with
the vaccinator's returns, and in Raipur and Bilaspur was a little less.
7. Civil Surgeons were asked to submit a return after each inspection this
season, designed to exhibit among other points the percentage of success as
recorded by each vaccinator, with the results of their own inspections. The
two last columns in the following Statement contrast the percentages found on
inspection by Civil Surgeons and Native Superintendents with those returned by
vaccinators. This return also shows the work done by those officers.
This return shows that the Civil Surgeon of the Mandla district saw a
larger number of children within a given time than any officer in the Provinces ;
his native assistant has also done good work. Indeed Dr. Kidd saw more
children during the thirty-two days he was out than the Assistant Surgeon at
Betul saw in seventy. In the Chhindwara district also Mr. Price, the Civil
Surgeon, as usual inspected thoroughly a large number of children within a
short space of time.
The following is a return of the examinations made by Civil Surgeons or
their Assistants and Native Superintendents :—
Districts.
Saugor ...
Damoh ...
Jubbulppre ...
Narsinghpur ...
Hoshangahad ...
Nimar ...
Mandla ...
Betul ...
Chhindwara ...
Seoni ...
Balaghat ...
Bhandara ...
Nagpur ...
Wardha ...
Chanda ...
Raipur ...
Bilaspur ...
Sambalpur ...
Number of days
out on tour.
By Civil Surgeon.
31
55
37
16
24
20
32
70
33
53
19
35
...
30
58
3 7
28
By Native Superintendent.
141
157
118
126
149
121
118
141
153
165
106
121
117
133
158
113
167
135
Number of villages
inspected.
By Civil Surgeon.
102
278
327
22
105
191
403
438
564
356
210
169
...
59
368
15
25
186
By
Native Superintendent.
433
527
442
485
525
273
427
483
840
594
258
463
324
483
523
499
554
415
Number of vaccin-
ated persons in.
spected.
By Civil Surgeon.
1,315
3,468
1,894
548
1,600
1,931
6,459
5,780
4,575
2,228
3,156
l,584
...
630
8,234
356
943
6,677
By Native Superintendent.
3,742
6,656
3,776
5,592
9,86
2,891
7,214
6,639
6,804
8,290
5,229
4,721
4,729
7,711
10,878
9,715
17,449
19,365
Number of suc-
cessful cases seen.
By Civil Surgeon.
1,110
3,124
1,628
541
1,448
1,791
6,286
5,227
4,289
2,004
3,045
1,458
...
376
7,716
341
810
6,561
By Native Superintendent.
3,134
6,280
3,378
5,293
7,963
2,769
7,076
5,969
6,346
6,875
4,550
4,463
4,033
7,068
9,911
9,200
16,566
19,164
Percentage of success as seen on
inspection.
84.41
90.08
85.95
98.72
90.50
92.75
97.32
90.43
93.75
89.94
96.50
92.05
85.28
59.68
93.71
95.80
85.90
98.26
Percentage of success as returned by
vaccinators.
90.19
95.66
95.56
98.94
95.09
94.71
96.42
97.83
99.41
95.26
93.92
94.96
94.27
91.31
94.85
96.57
96.95
98.33
8. The number of persons reported to have been successfully vaccinated
per 1,000 of the population is given at 37.41 or a little less than during the
previous season.
9. The cost of establishment is Rs. 618 in excess of that for the previous
year; this is due to the promotion of vaccinators to higher grades consequent
on length of service. 13 chaprasis are employed in the Nagpur district, 9 in