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ABSTRACTS OF REPORTS BY SUPERINTENDENTS.
Conduct of establishment.
7. Dr. McLeod records that Deputy Superintendent Ram Chunder Mitter rendered very
efficient aid in organizing the new system, and personally
directed and controlled the work of the vaccine staff, and
that the vaccinators on the whole worked well, the head vaccinators exerting greatly to carry
out the provisions of the new Act.
Area of operations and amount of work
done during the working season.
8. Vaccination was confined within municipal limits, and
the amount and value of the work done during the year are
exhibited in the subjoined table, as compared with the results
of the preceding year:—
In 1880-81...
...
...
In 1879-80... ... ...
Average number of persons vaccin-
ated by each vaccinator.
434
689
TOTAL NUMBER OF PER-
SONS VACCINATED.
Males.
3,271
*4,668
Females.
2,814
4,224
Total.
6,085
12,397
PRIMARY VACCINATION.
Total.
6,093
†8,902
Successful.
Under one year.
2,233
One year and under
six.
2,227
No data.
Total of all ages.
5,003
8,719
RE-VACCIN-
ATIONS.
Total.
992
3,506
Successful
80
563
PERCENTAGE OF
SUCCESSFUL
CASES.
Primary.
98.23
97.94
Re-vaccinations.
8.06
16.06
Proportion per 1,000 or population suc-
cessfully vaccinated.
11.83
28.86
* Exclusive of the re-vaccinated owing to their sex not being available.
† Includes 10 repetitions cases.
It will be seen from the figures that there was a considerable reduction in the number
of operations performed, but the quality of the work was very satisfactory. It will
also be noted that only 11.83 per 1,000 of the population, against 28.86 per 1,000 in the
preceding year, were protected; but when it is considered that a very large number of the
people may be classed as the floating population of the town, who do not permanently reside
in it, and are consequently not vaccinated in it, a much higher proportion than shown
above cannot be expected. The cause of the falling off in the number of vaccinations is
referred to severer prevalence of small-pox in 1879-80, under the pressure of which a
larger number of operations were performed in that year, particularly during the recess.
Thus, during the recess of 1879-80, 1,985 primary vaccinations and 646 re-vaccinations were
undertaken ; while the corresponding numbers for the same period of the year under report
were respectively only 508 and 93. Again, while the progress made during the first
three months of the working season contrasted very favorably with the work of the
corresponding period of 1879-80 (1,136 against 814 vaccinations), leading to the hope that
the deficiencies of the recess would be made up, the extreme prevalence of measles during
January, February and March in the native part of the town, prevented the work being
pushed on as much as was desired.
Work during the Recess.
9. It should be stated that of the total vaccinations of the year 601 were performed during
the recess. The work of this period was undertaken in
order to keep up the supply of lymph, and also to vaccinate
persons in the immediate neighbourhood of places where small-pox prevailed.
Work performed at the public vaccine
stations.
10. Of the total operations of the year 814 were performed at the eight public vaccine
stations named in the followng table, which also shows
their positions and the days and hours of attendance,
&c.—
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Names of stations.
Chitpore Dispensary... ...
Mayo
Hospital...
...
39, Beadon Street... ...
Medical College...
...
Municipal
Office...
...
South Cullinga Dispen-
sary.
Hastings Hospital...
Sailors' Home... ... ... ...
Sections.
Shampooker and Coomertooly
Jorabagan and Barabazar ...
Burtola, Sukea's Street, and
Jorasanko.
Colootola and Moocheeparah
Bowbazar,
Puddopuker,
Waterloo, and Fenwick
Bazar.
Toltola, Colinga, Park Street,
and Bamonbustee.
Hastings ... ... ... ...
Port of Calcutta... ... ...
Days of attendance.
Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday.
Tuesday and Saturday..
Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday.
Tuesday,
Thursday, and
Saturday.
Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday.
Tuesday, Thursday,
and
Saturday.
Monday and Friday...
Wednesday...
...
...
Hours.
7 to 9 A.M.
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
9 to 11 A.M.
Total...
Number
vaccinated
at each.
72
58
76
385
65
109
49
Nil.
814
The above vaccinations were performed free of charge, so were also the bustee vaccin-
ations. The latter were not charged for in order to encourage the people to resort to the
vaccine stations. The vaccinators also attended private houses in the European and Native