6
rate of success in primary cases in
which results were known declined from
94.1 per cent. to 92.9 per cent., that of
revaccinations rose from 53.3 per cent.
to 56.5 per cent. 79.7 persons per mille
of population were successfully vacci-
nated against 62.2 in the previous year.
Again, while there was a decrease of
18,745 in the number of children under
one year successfully vaccinated, an
excess of 30,621 was noticed in the case
of children of one year and under six
years of age. The recess vaccination
fell by 22,601, but while the number of
primary operations decreased by 40,429,
there was an increase of 17,828 in the
number of revaccinations.
4. Vaccination in Rural Areas.—(a)
The total number of operations per-
formed in the rural areas in the triennial
period under review was 11,270,136
comprised of 5,389,593 primary and
5,880,543 revaccinations, the average
being 3,756,712, against a total of
6,916,564, of which 4,726,382 were
primary and 2,190,182 revaccinations
and an average of 2,305,521 in the
previous triennium showing a net
increase of 4,353,572 in the total, 663,211
in primary, 3,690,361 in revaccinations
and an average annual increase of
1,451,190 in the total, 221,070 in prim-
ary and 1,230,120 in revaccinations in
the period under review.
(b) The following table compares the
number of operations performed in the
rural areas in 1928-29 with those done
in 1927-28.
All the districts in the province
performed an excess number of opera-
tions in 1928-29, as compared with the
previous year, except the Asansol
Mining Settlement, Birbhum, Bankura,
Midnapur, Jalpaiguri and Pabna. This
increase was most marked in Malda,
Murshidabad and Jessore.
Vaccination in rural areas.
Districts.
Burdwan ..
Asansol Mining Settle-
ment.
Birbhum..
Bankura..
Midnapur..
Hooghly..
Howrah..
24-Parganas..
Nadia..
Murshidabad..
Jessore..
Khulna..
Rajshahi..
Dinajpur..
Jalpaiguri..
Darjeeling..
Rangpur..
Bogra..
Pabna..
Malda..
Dacca..
Mymensingh..
Faridpur..
Bakarganj..
Chittagong..
Noakhali..
Tippera..
Chittagong Hill Tracts
Total for the Province
Vaccinations.
1927-28.
68,441
29,168
75,792
72,012
382,606
44,733
39,212
153,561
97,171
158,914
83,986
76,477
99,434
138,809
63,988
18,495
163,901
69,974
212,754
184,851
161,097
387,310
128,990
150,341
122,929
182,948
223,137
9,825
3,600,856
1928-29.
88,697
24,471
60,001
64,685
268,984
47,239
45,907
174,737
108,892
361,743
178,399
147,591
155,961
150,419
63,311
34,910
220,858
73,579
113,572
498,429
273,724
519,130
159,091
206,754
186,323
237,545
380,658
19,604
4,865,214
Differ-
ences.
20,256
4,697
15,791
7,327
113,622
2,506
6,695
21,176
11,721
202,829
94,413
71,114
56,527
11,610
677
16,415
56,957
3,605
99,182
313,578
112,627
131,820
30,101
50,413
63,394
54,597
157,521
9,779
1,264,358
Percent-
age of
increase +
or de-
crease—.
+ 29.59
—16.10
—20.83
—10.17
—29.70
+5.60
+ 17.07
+ 13.79
+ 12.06
+ 127.6
+ 112.4
+92.98
+ 56.84
+ 8.36
—1.06
+ 88.74
+ 34.75
+ 50.15
—40.62
+ 169.0
+ 69.91
+ 34.03
+ 23.33
+ 37.52
+ 51.56
+ 29.84
+ 70.58
+ 99.52
+ 35.11
(c) The details of primary and re-
vaccinations
performed
district
by
district are given below:—
Districts.
Burdwan..
Asansol Mining Settlement..
Birbhum..
Bankura..
Midnapur..
Hooghly..
Howrah..
24-Parganas..
Nadia..
Murshidabad..
Jessore..
Khulna..
Rajshahi..
Dinajpur..
Jalpaiguri..
Darjeeling..
Rangpur..
Bogra.. .. ..
Pabna.. .. ..
Malda.. .. ..
Dacca.. .. ..
Mymensingh.. .. ..
Faridpur.. .. ..
Bakarganj.. .. ..
Chittagong.. .. ..
Noakhali.. .. ..
Tippera.. .. ..
Chittagong Hill Tracts.. .. ..
Total.. .. ..
Primary vaccinations.
1927-28.
40,290
13,142
37,360
36,694
143,629
19,862
24,626
112,643
45,045
55,958
42,951
52,390
40,740
83,733
29,510
8,566
93,779
30,574
74,301
27,467
106,214
240,839
64,993
126,696
64,542
78,047
121,717
6,242
1,822,550
1928-29.
47,512
14,051
30,535
41,617
90,063
23,699
26,700
108,916
55,685
55,460
42,713
59,790
24,488
84,977
27,010
10,034
110,935
30,915
57,666
29,771
142,341
209,646
65,904
166,633
83,091
89,286
134,580
7,846
1,937,864
Difference.
7,222
909
6,825
4,923
47,566
3,837
2,074
3,727
10,640
498
238
7,400
16,252
1,244
2,500
1,468
17,156
341
16,635
2,304
36,127
28,807
911
39,937
18,549
11,239
12,863
1,604
115,314
Percentage
of increase
+ or
decrease — .
+ 17.92
+ 6.91
—18.27
+ 13.42
—33.11
+ 19.31
+ 8.42
—3.31
+ 23.61
—.89
—.55
+ 14.12
—39.89
+ 1.48
—8.47
+ 17.13
+ 18.29
+ 1.11
—22.38
+ 83.86
+ 34.01
+ 11.96
+ 1.40
+ 31.52
+ 28.74
+ 14.40
+ 10.57
+25.69
+ 6.32
Revaccinations.
1927-28.
28,151
16,026
38,432
35,318
238,977
24,871
14,586
40,918
52,126
102,956
41,035
24,087
58,694
55,076
34,478
9,929
70,122
39,400
138,453
157,384
54,883
146,471
63,997
23,645
58,387
104,901
101,420
3,583
1,778,306
1928-29.
41,185
10,420
29,466
23,068
172,921
23,540
19,207
65,821
53,207
306,283
135,686
87,801
131,473
65,442
36,301
24,876
109,923
42,664
55,906
468,658
131,383
249,484
93,187
40,121
103,232
148,259
246,078
11,758
2,927,350
Difference.
13,034
5,606
8,966
12,250
66,056
1,331
4,621
24,903
1,081
203,327
94,651
63,714
72,779
10,366
1,823
14,947
39,801
3,264
82,547
311,274
76,500
103,013
29,190
16,467
44,845
43,358
144,658
8,175
1,149,044
Percentage
of increase
+ or
decrease —.
+ 46.3
-34.98
—15.52
—34.68
—27.64
—5.35
+ 31.68
+ 60.85
+2.07
+ 197.5
+ 230.6
+ 264.5
+ 124.0
+ 18.82
+ 5.29
+ 150.5
+ 56.75
+ 8.28
—59.64
+ 197.8
+ 139.4
+ 70.32
+ 45.61
+ 69.67
+ 76.80
+41.33
+ 142.6
+ 228.1
+ 64.6