10
Two Hospital Assistants did well, the others did badly. Small-pox was
severe in Raipur town during the year; this should have induced the Hospital
Assistants there to bestir themselves; they however did least of any. The Super-
intendent seems to have worked fairly well here.
42. Bilaspur.—The Assistant Surgeon who was temporarily in charge of
this district during part of the working season was not successful in his manage-
ment, and the result has been that fifteen men vaccinated 19,170 persons only,
on including the work of three Hospital Assistants 19,637, nor were the Civil
Surgeon's arrangements efficient. I found during my tour that the Superintend-
ent was neither provided with maps of circles nor lists of the villages in each.
Vaccinators were similarly circumstanced. That precision in the allotment of
work which should exist was thus wanting, and the Superintendent never knew
where to find his men or in whose circle he was inspecting. Village forms were
in many cases not given. I have arranged to remedy these defects. The work
seen by me, however, was of good quality and the percentage of success
returned by the vaccinators was in the main correct. Here alse infants were left
unprotected, only 2,215 were operated on by vaccinators, whilst 12,059 between
one year and six were vaccinated. No opposition to vaccination exists in this
district, and with good management the number vaccinated should have been
doubled.
43. Sambalpur—Vaccination operations in this district were not only as
usual extremely good but they were extended to some of the Feudatory States
in addition, with excellent results. In the khalsa five men vaccinated above 15.000
persons, one of those showing a total of 5 277 as the result of his season's work.
During the non-working season the Civil Surgeon trained four men and directly
the season opened they were despatched with six others similarly trained pre-
viously to five Feudatory States and Zamindaries, viz. Pandurpur, Raigarh,
Sarangarh, Sonpur, and Bainra. He also trained ten men for the Patna State,
but as the result of their work is merely given in a lump without details it has
not been added to the statements. Those ten men working for the first time
in new ground performed 11,994 operations; and this number should therefore
be added to that shown in Statement A. which would make the total number for
this district stand thus
Total vaccinated in the khalsa by vaccinators ... ...
Do.
do.
Hospital Assistants ...
Do.
do.
in five Native States...
Do.
do.
in Patna State ...
Total vaccinated in Sambalpur District...
15,843
761
24,441
11,994
53,039
This is an excellent season's work. The Commissioner of the Division in
forwarding the report writes thus: " If there be no mistake about facts and figures
" given, the results reported are remarkably good for the whole district. *
*
" In Kalahandi it will be noticed the Raja was trying to turn the old inocu¬
" lators into vaccinators. * * * Borasambar and Phuljar are ordinary zamin¬
" daries, and I have begged the Deputy Commissioner to do what he can to
" bring the respective zamindars to a better sense of their duty as large land¬
" holders in this matter." The Raja of Raigarh requested the Civil Surgeon to
vaccinate his family, and the example thus set could not but have a good effect
on his subjects.
I give a statement showing the work done by Hospital Assistants, and ap-
pended to this report are two statements concerning the work and cost of the
Provincial establishment, also two statements having reference to the work done
by Hospital Assistants attached to dispensaries and other hospitals.
J. BARTER, SURGEON MAJOR,
Sanitary Commissioner.
CAMP PACHMARHI.
20th June 1879.
Inspr. General of Dispensaries,
and Supdt. of Vaccination, C. P.
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