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District.
1
Malda
..
Dacca
..
Mymensingh ..
Faridpur
..
Bakarganj
..
Chittagong
..
Tippera
..
Noakhali ..
Town.
2
English Bazar ..
Malda ..
Nawabganj ..
Total ..
Total of the Rajshahi
Division.
Dacca .. ..
Narayanganj ..
Total ..
Mymensingh ..
Muktagacha ..
Netrakona ..
Jamalpur ..
Sherpur ..
Kishorganj ..
Bajitpur ..
Tangail ..
Total ..
Faridpur ..
Madaripur ..
Rajbari ..
Total ..
Barisal ..
Jhalakati ..
Nalchiti ..
Pirojpur ..
Patuakhali ..
Bhola ..
Total ..
Total of the Dacca
Division.
Chittagong ..
Cox's Bazar ..
Total ..
Comilla ..
Brahmanbaria ..
Chandpur ..
Total ..
Sudharam ..
Total of the Chitta-
gong Division.
Total for the Presi-
dency.
Number of births during
the year.
3
303
76
331
710
3,846
3,834
986
4,820
455
97
205
510
443
425
163
291
2,589
177
526
29
732
306
50
37
281
124
10
808
8,949
759
72
831
299
813
219
1,331
87
2,249
60,525
Number
of
deaths
amongst
children
under one year during
the year.
4
37
16
38
91
485
850
238
1,088
111
4
33
70
64
63
26
36
407
36
74
6
116
55
9
5
37
29
..
135
1,746
119
7
126
32
120
43
195
15
336
13,676
Number of successful
vaccinations on child-
ren under one year
during the year ending
31st March 1925.
5
171
27
243
441
2,355
2,338
170
2,508
24
24
34
101
216
123
5
27
554
104
68
..
172
12
4
..
365
..
..
381
3,615
143
42
185
70
318
81
469
104
758
35,966
Date of extension of Vaccination
Act to town.
6
1st March 1883.
1st April 1887.
12th May 1904.
1st July 1887.
1st
„
„
1st October 1887.
1st „ „
20th January 1890.
1st October 1887.
1st „ „
1st „ „
1st „ „
19th February 1890.
1st October 1887.
1st „ „
20th November 1924.
1st October 1887.
1st „ „
1st January 1890.
25th January 1891.
8th November 1922.
1st April 1887.
14th November 1892.
1st April 1887.
1st
„ „
22nd July 1898.
1st April 1887.
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PROVINCIAL STATEMENT A
Showing the degree of protection afforded to infants during the year 1924-25.
District.
1
Malda .. ..
Rajshahi .. ..
Jalpaiguri .. ..
Darjeeling .. ..
Nadia .. ..
Khulna .. ..
Dinajpur .. ..
Murshidabad .. ..
Howrah .. ..
Burdwan .. ..
Tippera .. ..
Chittagong Hill Tracts*
..
Birbhum .. ..
Midnapur .. ..
Noakhali .. ..
Pabna .. ..
Jessore .. ..
Bankura .. ..
Hooghly .. ..
24-Parganas .. ..
Rangpur .. ..
Bogra .. ..
Dacca .. ..
Chittagong .. ..
Mymensingh .. ..
Faridpur .. ..
Bakarganj .. ..
Total of the rural circles
Calcutta .. ..
Mufassal Municipalities ..
Grand total ..
Rural
population
among which
vaccinations
were per-
formed.
2
955,830
1,457,037
921,749
254,045
1,390,704
1,421,116
1,687,328
1,182,983
778,893
1,343,185
2,678,627
173,243
838,655
2,595,071
1,465,071
1,344,633
1,700,924
964,487
900,802
1,998,318
2,488,778
1,032,300
2,975,915
1,570,760
4,710,669
2,202,783
2,563,849
43,597,755
1,077,264
2,020,517
46,695,536
Number of
births during
the year.
3
31,786
47,846
28,921
8,521
49,425
41,994
59,672
48,108
20,790
47,438
61,443
5,110
30,713
69,920
49,767
32,048
44,827
33,391
23,538
47,015
74,934
25,216
78,997
53,411
130,414
66,562
80,397
1,292,204
19,809
40,716
1,352,729
Mortality
among infants
under one
year.
4
3,852
10,104
5,707
1,707
8,948
3,903
11,497
7,780
3,698
8,882
8,210
941
6,222
12,547
7,363
5,284
7,410
6,822
4,524
8,277
15,628
4,523
13,565
6,856
23,966
11,927
16,836
226,979
6,616
7,060
240,655
Surviving
population
under one year
available for
vaccination.
5
27,934
37,742
23,214
6,814
40,477
38,091
48,175
40,328
17,092
38,556
53,233
4,169
24,491
57,373
42,404
26,764
37,417
26,569
19,014
38,738
59,306
20,693
65,432
46,555
106,448
54,635
63,561
1,065,225
13,193
33,656
1,112,074
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
6
22,962
28,131
11,212
3,108
16,669
14,228
17,278
14,322
6,028
12,101
16,149
1,237
6,691
15,154
11,006
6,094
8,455
5,903
4,168
7,946
8,785
2,925
8,131
5,438
10,028
3,354
2,875
270,378
19,034
16,932
306,344
Proportion
of persons
successfully
vaccinated
per 1,000 of
population
as shown in
column 5.
7
822
745.3
482.9
456.1
412.07
373.5
358.6
355.1
352.6
313.8
303.3
296.7
273.2
264.1
250.5
227.6
225.9
222.1
219.2
205.1
148.1
141.3
124.2
116.8
94.1
61.3
45.2
253.3
1,442.7
503
275.4
Proportion
of persons
successfully
vaccinated
per 1,000 of
population
during
1923-24.
8
924.7
625.5
483.4
689.9
381.6
402.2
431.2
353.4
401.8
328.7
391.3
192.5
156.2
264.7
263.7
127.09
207.2
227.8
217.7
247.6
169.9
137.6
78.9
144.7
110.1
35.8
23.9
251.2
472.6
567.1
262.6
* In the Chittagong Hill Tracts the registration of births and deaths is not carried out. The number of deaths among infants has been calculated at
the rate of infant mortality (184.2) obtaining in the Presidency during 1924.
Thirteenth Triennial Report on
Vaccination in Bengal
For the Years
1923-24, 1924-25 and 1925-26
by
Dr. C. A. BENTLEY, M.B., D.P.H., D.T.M. & H., K.H.G., F.S.S.,
Director of Public Health, Bengal
CALCUTTA:
Bengal Secretariat Book Depot.
1927.
Price—Indian Re. 1-6 : English, 2s. 3d.
Thirteenth Triennial Report on
Vaccination in Bengal
For the Years
1923-24, 1924-25 and 1925-26
by
Dr. C. A. BENTLEY, M.B., D.P.H., D.T.M. & H., K.H.G., F.S.S.,
Director of Public Health, Bengal
CALCUTTA:
Bengal Secretariat Book Depot.
1927.
Published by the Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, Writers' Buildings, Calcutta.
Agents in India.
Messrs. S. K. Lahiri & Co., Printers and Booksellers, College Street, Calcutta.
Messrs. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta
Customers in the United Kingdom and the Continent of Europe
may obtain publications either direct from the High Commissioner's office
or through any book-seller.
BENGAL PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
No. 770 V.
From
DR. C. A. BENTLEY, M.B., D.P.H., D.T.M. & H.,
Director of Public Health, Bengal.
To
THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL.
LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT.
Calcutta, the 12th January, 1927.
SIR,
I have the honour to submit, for the information of the Government of
Bengal, the Provincial Report on Vaccination for the triennium 1923-24 to
1925-26 including the Statistical Vaccination Returns for the year 1925-26,
by Dr. Sufi, the Assistant Director of Public Health in charge of the Vacci-
nation Bureau. The smallpox situation has been sufficiently reviewed in
the appropriate section of the Bengal Public Health Report for the year
1925 and further general comment is unnecessary here.
I have the honour to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient servant.
CHAS. A. BENTLEY,
Director of Public Health. Bengal.
4
DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING DEATH-RATES FROM SMALLPOX AND DEGREE
OF PROTECTION AFFORDED DURING 1916-17 TO 1925-26.
7
law to help the local sanitary authorities
in undertaking these defensive measures
has been keenly felt by some of the more
vigilant District Health Officers, who
have on frequent occasions brought this
matter to the notice of the Public Health
Department. Revaccination is voluntary
and so far as vaccination of contacts is
concerned, if the latter happen to be
under the age of six months in Western
Bengal or under one year in Eastern
Bengal, no legal steps can be taken to
enforce vaccination until they are past
that age. Steps are being taken by the
Public Health Department to enlist the
co-operation of the various local bodies
in the province in this matter and it is
intended to take further action when a
consensus of favourable opinion has been
secured.
(c) The licensed system of vaccination
has been sufficiently proved by the
experience of the various local bodies to
stand as an impediment in the path of
the onward progress of vaccination
among people, who, however genuinely
anxious to take it otherwise, are unwill-
ing to pay for it; and yet it is a deplorable
fact that a couple of District Boards
reverted to that system for some months
at least during the course of the year
under review. It will be to their own
interest and the interest of the people
living in their jurisdiction if they could
see their way in future to make vaccina-
tion entirely free. It is only in this way
that they can hope to keep their doors
closed for good against smallpox.
M. E. SUFI,
L.R.C.P. & S., D.P.H.,
Assistant Director of
Public Health,
Vaccination and Vital
Statistics.
CALCUTTA,
The 20th December 1926.
Statistical Return
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT No. IV.
Number of persons primarily vaccinated and the number of those persons, who were successfully vaccinated in each of the years, 1916-17 to 1925-26
Establishment.
1
Government .. ..
Municipalities .. ..
District Board .. ..
Dispensaries, Railways, Tea
Gardens, Factories and Jails.
Work done by Licensed Vaccina-
nators
Total ..
Persons primarily vaccinated.
1916-17
Total
number.
2
7,466
76,724
148,874
(a)2,084
1,065,434
1,300,582
Number
success-
fully
vacci-
nated.
3
7,198
70,874
144,599
1,803
1,009,887
1,234,361
1917-18.
Total
number.
4
7,473
82,457
191,320
7,083
1,061,246
1,349,579
Number
success-
fully
vacci-
nated.
5
7,296
78,439
188,953
6,915
1,025,332
1,306,935
1918-19.
Total
number.
6
7,261
61,729
287,532
6,419
923,479
1,286,420
Number
success-
fully
vacci-
nated.
7
7,108
57,328
277,372
5,973
917,348
1,265,129
1919-20.
Total
number
8
5,646
114,722
476,163
13,893
1,031,025
1,641,449
Number
success-
fully
vacci-
nated.
9
5,581
110,026
462,171
12,590
1,006,245
1,596,613
1920-21.
Total
number.
10
6,504
68,592
602,879
7,892
728,570
1,414,437
Number
success-
fully
vacci-
nated.
11
6,432
66,133
581,886
7,451
708,862
1,370,764
1921-22.
Total
number.
12
6,489
76,194
790,737
5,793
378,464
1,203,677
Number
success-
fully
vacci-
nated.
13
6,404
73,253
770,282
5,294
367,079
1,222,312
1922-23
Total
number.
14
6,640
79,473
1,285,340
7,038
144,210
1,522,701
Number
success-
fully
vacci-
nated.
15
6,516
75,966
1,232,857
6,017
140,775
1,462,131
1923-24.
Total
number.
16
5,890
78,402
1,486,827
13,573
3,053
1,587,745
Number.
success-
fully
vacci-
nated.
17
5,781
74,734
1,430,198
12,220
2,570
1,525,503
1924-25.
Total
number.
18
7,337
102,119
1,529,956
13,908
Nil
1,653,320
Number
success-
fully
vacci-
nated.
19
7,273
97,918
1,477,762
12,047
Nil
1,595,000
1925-26.
Total
number.
20
8,675
91,550
1,590,810
19,756
29,529
1,749,320
Number
success-
fully
vacci-
nated.
21
8,639
86,961
1,543,133
18,016
28,827
1,685,516
(a) This figure represents the number of persons primarily vaccinated in Railways, Dispensaries and Jails.
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STATEMENT No. VII
Protection afforded to infants in each town in the Presidency of Bengal during the
year 1925-26.
District.
1
Burdwan
..
Birbhum ..
Bankura
..
Midnapur
..
Hooghly
..
Howrah ..
24-Parganas
..
Town.
2
Burdwan ..
Kalna ..
Katwa ..
Dainhat ..
Raniganj ..
Asansol ..
Total ..
Suri ..
Bankura ..
Vishnupur ..
Sonamukhi ..
Total ..
Midnapur ..
Ghatal ..
Kharar ..
Chandrakona ..
Ramjibanpur ..
Khirpai ..
Tamluk ..
Total ..
Hooghly-Chinsura
Bansbaria ..
Arambagh ..
Serampur ..
Uttarpara ..
Kotrung ..
Baidyabati ..
Bhadreswar ..
Rishra-Konnagar ..
Champdani ..
Total ..
Howrah ..
Bally ..
Total ..
Total of the Burd-
wan
Division.
South Suburban ..
Tollyganj ..
Number of births during
the year.
3
183
226
66
82
369
352
1,278
80
522
481
423
1,426
637
400
149
170
163
107
177
1,803
817
114
213
730
203
151
430
424
399
290
3,771
4,893
425
5,318
13,676
1,011
500
Number
of
deaths
amongst
children
under one year during
the year.
4
6
56
15
24
62
59
222
8
67
51
71
189
31
32
41
31
23
19
11
188
120
23
30
105
24
18
71
122
77
27
617
1,461
59
1,520
2,744
97
65
Number of successful
vaccinations on child-
ren under one year
during the year ending
31st March 1926.
5
73
119
109
149
868
236
1,554
18
255
21
59
335
195
32
74
57
20
6
18
402
369
..
57
357
28
39
342
195
85
..
1,472
2,295
42
2,337
6,118
731
534
Date of extension of
Vaccination Act to
town.
6
1st July 1883.
1st
„
„
1st
„
„
1st
„
„
1st „ „
14th September 1910.
1st July 1881.
1st
„ 1883.
1st „ „
6th June 1892.
1st July 1883.
1st
„
„
16th August 1889.
1st July 1883.
1st „ „
1st „ „
1st „ „
1st September 1881.
1st July 1883.
11th February 1889.
1st March 1883.
1st April
„
1st July „
1st „ „
1st „ „
(It formerly formed a
part of the Serampur
Municipality).
(It formed a part of the
Baidyabati
and
Bhadreswar Munici-
palities).
1st April 1882.
1st Ocotber 1884.
1st October 1883.
1st „ „
(It formerly formed a
part of the South
Suburban
Munici-
pality.)
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District.
1
24-Parganas—
concld.
Calcutta ..
Nadia
..
Town.
2
Budge Budge ..
Baranagar ..
Kamarhati ..
Rajpur ..
Baruipur ..
Jaynagar ..
North Dum Dum ..
South Dum Dum ..
Khardah ..
Barrackpur including
Barrackpur Canton-
ment
Panihati ..
North Barrackpur
Titagarh ..
Garulia ..
Naihati ..
Halishahar ..
Kanchrapara ..
Bhatpara ..
Barasat ..
Gobardanga ..
Basirhat ..
Baduria ..
Taki ..
Total ..
Calcutta ..
Krishnagar ..
Nadia ..
Ranaghat ..
Birnagar ..
Santipur ..
Chakdaha ..
Kushtia ..
Kumarkhali ..
Meherpur ..
Total ..
Number of births during
the year.
3
306
765
324
276
73
112
114
319
102
185
251
336
835
172
311
139
151
1,064
132
53
518
193
147
8,389
20,832
472
235
269
51
931
111
120
67
127
2,383
Number of
deaths
amongst
children
under one year during
the year.
4
18
155
27
51
13
26
28
52
10
28
48
47
134
25
39
21
9
174
12
4
74
19
36
1,212
6,536
61
43
29
15
157
21
15
11
39
391
Number of successful
vaccinations on child-
ren under one year
during the year ending
31st March 1926.
5
96
168
206
54
53
7
1
145
42
87
44
107
306
47
358
8
24
372
1
23
342
184
14
3,954
13,735
44
25
107
23
33
41
29
17
38
357
Date of extension of
Vaccination Act to
town.
6
18th February 1902.
1st October 1883.
1st „ „
(It formerly formed a
part of the Baranagar
Municipality.)
1st October 1883.
1st
„
„
1st
„
„
1st
„
„
1st
„
„
1st „ „
(They formerly formed
parts of the South
Barrackpur Munici-
pality.)
1st October 1883.
1st
„
„
(It formerly formed a
part of the South
Barrackpur Munici-
pality.)
1st October 1883.
(It formerly formed a
part of the North
Barrackpur Munici-
pality.
1st October 1883.
1st „ „
They formerly formed
parts of the Naihati
Municipality.)
1st October 1893.
1st „ „
1st „ „
1st „ „
1st
„
„
1880.
1st October 1883.
1st
„
„
1st
„
„
1st
„
„
1st
„
„
28th January 1887.
1st October 1883.
1st
„
„
1st
„
„
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District.
1
Murshidabad
Jessore
..
Khulna
..
Rajshahi
Dinajpur ..
Jalpaiguri ..
Darjeeling
..
Rangpur ..
Bogra
..
Pabna
..
Town.
2
Berhampur ..
Murshidabad ..
Jiaganj-Azimganj
Kandi ..
Jangipur ..
Dhuliyn ..
Total ..
Jessore ..
Kotchandpur ..
Maheshpur ..
Total ..
Khulna ..
Satkhira ..
Debhatta ..
Total ..
Total of the Presi-
dency Division ...
Rajshahi ..
Nator ..
Total ..
Dinajpur ..
Jalpaiguri ..
Darjeeling ..
Kurseong ..
Total ..
Rangpur ..
Gaibandha ..
Total ..
Bogra ..
Sherpur ..
Total ..
Pabna ..
Sirajganj ..
Total ..
Number of births during
the year.
3
502
293
322
317
379
378
2,191
119
102
37
258
161
143
85
389
34,442
523
158
681
186
192
487
237
724
295
46
341
128
43
171
207
448
655
Number
of
deaths
amongst
children
under one year during
the year.
4
97
70
62
45
23
33
330
9
15
14
38
12
31
8
51
8,558
85
39
124
20
10
55
37
92
32
10
42
31
17
48
43
78
121
Number of successful
vaccinations on child-
ren under one year
during the year ending
31st March 1926.
5
248
56
115
43
145
57
664
12
19
31
62
29
67
36
132
18,904
413
3
416
150
196
446
236
682
71
39
110
56
6
62
163
257
420
Date of extension of Vaccina-
tion Act to town.
6
1st October 1883.
1st
„
„
1st
„
„
(It formerly formed a
part of the Murshida-
bad Municipality.)
1st October 1883.
1st
„
„
26th June 1910.
1st October 1883.
1st February 1884.
1st October 1883.
1st July 1887.
7th July 1883.
1st October 1883.
1st June 1881.
1st January 1881.
1st January 1887.
1st
„
„
1st September 1884.
1st January 1887.
1st July 1881.
20th November 1924.
1st January 1882.
1st October 1884.
1st February 1882.
1st January 1887.
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District.
1
Malda
..
Dacca
..
Mymensingh ..
Faridpur
..
Bakarganj
..
Chittagong
..
Tippera
..
Noakhali ..
Town.
2
English Bazar ..
Malda ..
Nawabganj ..
Total
..
Total of the Rajshahi
Division.
Dacca ..
Narayanganj ..
Total ..
Mymensingh ..
Muktagacha ..
Netrakona ..
Jamalpur ..
Sherpur ..
Kishorganj ..
Bajitpur ..
Tangail ..
Total ..
Faridpur ..
Madaripur ..
Rajbari ..
Total ..
Barisal ..
Jhalakati ..
Nalchiti ..
Pirojpur ..
Patuakhali ..
Bhola ..
Total ..
Total of the Dacca
Division.
Chittagong ..
Cox's Bazar ..
Total ..
Comilla ..
Brahmanbaria ..
Chandpur ..
Total ..
Sudharam ..
Total of the Chitta-
gong Division.
Total for the Pre-
sidency.
Number of births during
the year.
3
323
85
330
738
3,688
4,054
976
5,030
450
134
234
446
443
325
120
212
2,364
223
486
43
752
169
54
46
291
145
22
727
8,873
662
83
745
277
705
193
1,175
77
1,997
62,676
Number
of
deaths
amongst
children
under one year during
the year.
4
54
18
49
121
578
916
267
1,183
98
11
31
69
52
22
30
38
351
28
57
11
96
102
8
6
31
23
7
177
1,807
96
7
103
25
98
30
153
7
263
13,950
Number of successful
vaccinations on child-
ren under one year
during the year ending
31st March 1926.
5
283
34
66
383
2,419
1,649
151
1,800
32
8
44
243
92
112
18
29
578
118
72
36
226
33
2
9
2
383
..
429
3,033
98
49
147
43
272
116
431
58
636
31,110
Date of extension of Vaccina-
tion Act to town.
6
1st March 1883.
1st April 1887.
12th May 1904.
1st July 1887.
1st
„
„
1st October 1887.
1st
„
„
20th January 1890.
1st October 1887.
1st
„
„
1st „ „
1st
„
„
19th February 1890.
1st October 1887.
1st
„
„
20th November 1924.
1st October 1887.
1st
„
„
1st
„
„
1st January 1890.
25th January 1891.
8th November 1922.
1st April 1887.
14th November 1892.
1st April 1887.
1st
„
„
22nd July 1898.
1st April 1887.
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PROVINCIAL STATEMENT A.
Degree of protection afforded to infants during the year 1925-26.
District.
1
Malda .. ..
Rajshahi .. ..
Darjeeling .. ..
Jalpaiguri .. ..
Dinajpur .. ..
Murshidabad .. ..
Nadia .. ..
Khulna .. ..
Howrah .. ..
Burdwan .. ..
Noakhali .. ..
Chittagong Hill Tracts ..
Tippera .. ..
Bankura .. ..
Jessore .. ..
Hooghly .. ..
Pabna .. ..
Rangpur .. ..
24-Parganas .. ..
Midnapur .. ..
Birbhum .. ..
Chittagong .. ..
Dacca .. ..
Mymensingh .. ..
Faridpur .. ..
Bogra .. ..
Bakarganj .. ..
Total of the rural circles
Calcutta .. ..
Mufassal Municipalities ..
Grand Total ..
Rural
population
among which
vaccinations
were per-
formed.
2
955,830
1,457,037
254,045
921,749
1,687,328
1,182,983
1,390,704
1,421,116
778,893
1,343,185
1,465,071
173,243
2,678,627
964,487
1,700,924
900,802
1,344,633
2,488,778
1,998,348
2,595,071
838,655
1,570,760
2,975,915
4,710,669
2,202,783
1,032,300
2,563,849
43,597,755
1,077,264
2,020,517
46,695,536
Number of
births during
the year.
3
37,706
50,112
8,882
28,403
63,726
58,954
55,865
43,758
24,292
58,321
46,406
5,127
58,278
38,756
46,084
25,945
38,768
73,385
55,608
82,736
39,595
48,422
79,712
122,632
63,621
28,766
75,843
1,359,703
20,832
41,844
1,422,379
Mortality
among infants
under one
year.
4
6,564
11,829
1,463
5,348
14,555
11,064
13,872
8,114
4,869
11,726
6,222
929
7,706
6,902
7,785
5,017
6,582
16,384
8,321
13,606
7,365
6,139
11,988
21,124
11,174
5,113
14,346
246,107
6,536
7,414
260,057
Surviving
population
under one year
available for
vaccination.
5
31,142
38,283
7,419
23,055
49,171
47,890
41,993
35,644
19,423
46,595
40,184
4,198
50,572
31,854
38,299
20,928
32,186
57,001
47,287
69,130
32,230
42,283
67,724
101,508
52,447
23,653
61,497
1,113,596
14,296
34,430
1,162,322
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
6
24,116
29,169
5,107
13,623
19,209
18,469
16,131
13,077
6,199
12,992
11,015
1,143
13,528
8,134
9,385
4,908
6,666
11,508
7,946
11,394
5,192
5,882
8,477
10,176
5,071
1,947
1,712
282,176
13,735
17,375
313,286
Proportion
of persons
successfully
vaccinated
per 1,000 of
population
as shown in
column 5.
7
774.2
762.
688.3
590.9
390.6
385.6
384.1
366.9
319.1
278.8
274.1
272.2
267.4
255.3
245.
234.5
207.1
201.8
168.
164.8
161.1
139.1
125.1
100.2
96.7
82.3
27.84
253.3
960.7
482.4
269.5
Proportion
of persons
successfully
vaccinated
per 1,000 of
population
during
1924-25.
8
822
625.5
456.1
482.9
358.6
355.1
412.07
373.5
352.6
313.8
250.5
296.7
303.3
222.1
225.9
219.2
227.6
148.1
205.1
264.1
273.2
116.8
124.2
94.1
61.3
141.3
45.2
253.3
1,442.7
503
275.4
GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL.
LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT.
Public Health.
DARJEELING, THE 22ND JUNE 1927.
RESOLUTION—No. 154 T.—P.H.
Minister-in-charge: The Hon'ble Hadji Mr. A. K. Abu Ahmed Khan Ghuznavi.
READ—
The Report of the Director of Public Health, the Sanitary Board, and the Chief
Engineer, Public Health Department, for the year 1925.
READ ALSO—
The Thirteenth Triennial Report on Vaccination in Bengal for the years 1923-24,
1924-25 and 1925-26.
1. Public Health (Statistical, Epidemiological and General Health
Administration)—
Population.—For the purposes of this review, the total population of
Bengal, excluding the Chittagong Hill Tracts, is taken as 46,522,293 (1921
census).
2. Birth-rate and death-rate.—In 1925, the total number of births
recorded in Bengal was 1,377,097 against 1,203,244 in the preceding year,
while the number of recorded deaths fell from 1,203,244 in 1924 to 1,158,473
in 1925. The provincial birth-rate in 1925 was 29.6 per mille, showing an
increase of .34 per cent. over that of the previous year, while it was about
one per cent. less than the decennial average of 29.98 per mille. In this
connection the Director of Public Health remarks as follows :—
" The registration of vital occurrences being highly unsatisfactory, it would be safe
to assume the actual birth and death-rates of the province for the year 1925 to be 37.6
per mille and 31.6 per mille, respectively, allowing for a recognised omission of 27 per cent.
in each case."
It is regrettable that the commissioners of certain municipalities are still
remiss in administering the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, although
their attention has been drawn year after year to their slackness in this
respect.
The North-West Frontier Province, Assam and Burma returned lower
birth-rates than Bengal.
The provincial death-rate in 1925 was 24.9 per mille against 25.9 per
mille in the preceding year. The mortality rate was thus 3.86 per cent. less
than that of the previous year and 10.1 per cent. less than the quinquennial
average. It was 16.7 per cent. below the decennial mean.
Infant mortality.—In 1925, 249,582 infants died under the age of one
year as compared with 252,337 during the previous year. The rate of morta-
lity was thus 1. per cent. less than in the previous year.
During the year under review 2,790 deaths from child-birth were
reported as compared with 1,972 in 1924, 1,185 in 1923, 2,567 in 1922 and
1,656 in 1921. The Director of Public Health remarks that the registration
of such deaths is still far from complete and estimates that the figure for the
year 1925 should be 4,197.
During the year 1925, 62,281 still-births were reported against 64,159
in the previous year, showing a decrease of 2.9 per cent. Local authorities
showed a growing interest in maternity and child welfare work, and
increased advantage was taken of the Government grant for holding dai-
training classes. Twenty-six baby week shows. were organized in mufassal
centres during the year under report.
Government of Bengal
Annual
Statistical Returns and
Short Notes on Vaccination
in Bengal
For the Year
1926-27
by
Dr. C. A. BENTLEY, M.B., D.P.H., D.T.M.&H., K.H.G., F.S.S.
Director of Public Health, Bengal
CALCUTTA
Bengal Secretariat Book Depot
1927
Price—Indian, Re. 1-3 ; English, 2s.
Government of Bengal
Annual
Statistical Returns and
Short Notes on Vaccination
in Bengal
For the Year
1926-27
by
Dr. C. A. BENTLEY, M.B., D.P.H., D.T.M.&H., K.H.G., F.S.S.
Director of Public Health, Bengal
CALCUTTA
Bengal Secretariat Book Depot
1927
BENGAL PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
No. 18103-V.
FROM DR. C. A. BENTLEY, M.B., D.P.H., D.T.M. & H.,
Director of Public Health, Bengal.
To THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL,
LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT.
Calcutta, the 19th October 1927.
SIR,
I have the honour to submit, for the information of the Government
of Bengal, the Provincial Statistical Vaccination Returns for the year
1926-27, with short notes by Dr. Sufi, Assistant Director of Public Health in
charge of Vaccination in the Bengal Public Health Department.
I have the honour to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient servant,
C. A. BENTLEY,
Director of Public Health, Bengal.
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DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING DEATH-RATES FROM SMALLPOX AND DEGREE
OF PROTECTION AFFORDED DURING 1917-18 TO 1926-27.