FOR THE YEAR 1875-76.
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females has slightly risen ; while in the Ranchee it has risen considerably, and even exceeded
the proportion of males. In the Sonthal Pergunnahs, on the contrary, the proportion of
females has declined. In Eastern Bengal the difference between the proportion of men and
women vaccinated is very small.
Caste of the
vaccinated.
Comparison with
previous years
Census results
STATEMENT No. VI.
CIRCLES.
Calcutta and suburbs... ...
Metropolitan Circles..
Darjeeling Circle... ...
Ranchee do.
Sonthal Pergunnahs Circle ...
Eastern Bengal Circle... ...
Orissa Circle
...
...
Behar do
...
...
Dispensary vaccination...
1875-76.
1874-75.
PERCENTAGE OF
Christians.
2.16
.18
.03
.01
.13
... 2.4
.25
1.11
Hindoos.
71.5
67.08
19.71
81.66
28.64
40.07
89.1
81.9
68.84
Mussulmans.
26.34
32.73
75.67
7.45
8.51
59.93
8.5
17.84
22.81
Other castes.
.. ..
.. . 4.58
10.87
62.71
....
......
...... 7.24
Christians.
2.5
0.2
. 0.1
1.0
.6
...
...... 0.89
Hindoos.
65.0
62.7
23.2
53.6
29.1
34.6
......
... 66.61
Mussulmans.
32.5
37.1
74.2
5.5
7.7
64.8
......
... 20.67
Other castes.
......
... 2.6
40.8
62.2
......
......
... 11.83
7. Caste of the vaccinated.—This is noted of 772,900 persons, of whom 1,392 were
Christians, 419,618 Hin-
doos, 325,109 Mahomed-
ans,
and
26,781
belonged to other castes,
giving relative propor-
tions 18, 54.16, 42.06, and
3.46 per cent. The corre-
sponding
ratios of
1874-75
were .39,
52.9, 41.7, and 5.4. The
relative number of Hin-
doos and Mahomedans
has risen, and that of
Christians and " other
castes" has declined.
The corresponding pro-
portions for the whole
of Bengal are Chris-
tians .1, Hindoos 64.8,
Mussulmans 31.4, and other castes 3.7, and those of the population of the several circles,
derived from the census report, may be approximately represented as follows :—
STATEMENT No. VII.
AREA.
Calcutta and
suburbs...
...
Districts in Metropolitan Circles
...
...
...
...
...
Ditto in Darjeeling Circle...
...
...
...
...
Ditto in Ranchee
do. .
...
...
...
...
...
Ditto in Sonthal Pergunnahs
...
...
...
...
...
Ditto in Eastern Bengal
...
...
...
...
Ditto in Orissa
Circle...
...
...
...
Patna
City...
...
...
...
...
...
Christians.
4.8
.3
.02
.4
.03
.3
.2
......
Hindoos.
65.1
61.1
34.8
71.1
50.8
42.4
95.5
88.
Mussulmans.
29.7
38.1
64.6
4.8
6.5
57.2
2
12
Other castes.
.4
.2
.5
23.7
42.7
.1
2
.. . .
Comparison of
vaccine and census
results.
These results are fairly in accord with those in statement No. VI, though differences
are apparent in certain circles, which may be partly explained by the fact that vaccination
was carried on exclusively in one or two districts, where the relative numbers of the local
castes vary from the average of all the districts given in statement No. VII, and partly
by the Hindoos of the Darjeeling and Ranchee circles being more conservative than the
Mussulmans.
Age of the
vaccinated.
Falling off in
infant vaccination.
Cause.
Figures of
dispensary
vaccination not to
be depended upon.
STATEMENT No. VIII.
CIRCLES.
Calcutta and suburbs... ... ... ...
Metropolitan Circles..
...
...
...
Darjeeling Circle
...
...
...
Ranchee
d
o
. ... ... ... ...
Sonthal Pergunnahs Circle.. ... ...
Eastern Bengal
Circle...
...
...
Orissa Circle... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Behar d
o
. . . ... ... ... ...
Dispensary vaccination ... ... ... ... ... ...
1875-76.
1874-75.
PERCENTAGE.
Under one
year.
20.88
6.5
5.93
8.31
11.64
5.47
4.4
12.92
13.2
Above one
year.
79.12
93.5
94.06
91.68
88.35
94.52
95.6
87.08
86.8
Under one
year.
21.8
8.2
6.6
5.3
8.2
8.4
...
... 15.05
Above one
year.
78.2
91.8
93.4
94.7
91.8
91.6
...
... 84.95
8. Age of the vaccinated.—The age was recorded in 772,800 cases, of which 53,113
were under, and 719,787
above, one year, or about
7 and 93 per cent. res-
pectively, against 9.4 and
90.6 in 1874-75. There
was thus a falling off in
infant vaccination, which
is comparatively always
limited. This is due to
the prejudices of the
people, who, from their
experience of the risks
of inoculation, are always
averse to have their
infants vaccinated. Cal-
cutta still stands at the
head of the scale of
infant vaccination. Dis-
pensary vaccination comes
next, but the figures are probably less to be relied on. The Sonthal Pergunnahs and
Ranchee circles exhibit some improvement, while those of the Metropolitan, Eastern Bengal,
and Darjeeling, show a falling off. The Behar circle seems to have made a good
commencement as regards infant vaccination, while the Orissa circle stands lowest in the