ABSTRACT OF REPORTS BY CIVIL SURGEONS.
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39. Durbhunga.-In all seven vaccinators were employed, distributed as follows :—
Two at Rs. 10 per mensem, attached to the Durbhunga Raj Hospital.
Two at Rs. 5 „
„
„
„ Modhubunee Hospital.
One at Rs. 10 „
„
„
„ Roserah Dispensary.
One at Rs. 10 „
„
„
„ Tajpore
„
One at Rs. 10 „
„
„
„ Naraya
„
These men worked during the vaccinating season only, and were all paid by the municipa-
lities of the places named, except that the Tajpore man was paid from the dispensary funds,
and that the Naraya man, and one of the men attached to the Durbhunga Hospital, were
paid by the Raj. The area of work was the municipalities and dispensaries and the villages
around them. The Durbhunga vaccinators were occasionally sent to Somastipore and other
railway-stations to vaccinate the children and servants of the railway employés. There
appeared to be no necessity to ask for the aid of the civil authorities to push on vaccination
anywhere except at Modhubunee, where the people having opposed vaccination at the instiga-
tion of some inoculators. The aid of the sub-divisional officer was secured to remove this
obstacle. The lymph was obtained in tubes and crusts at the commencement of the cold
season, and occasionally afterwards. Once good results were obtained, the virus was kept
up by arm-to-arm vaccination. The Civil Surgeon visited seven villages. He kept no
record of the total number of cases he saw, but he states that he found 102 persons to have
been successfully vaccinated. The Civil Hospital Assistants also inspected the work done
within their respective jurisdictions, and the general report is that it was satisfactory. The
total work of the season is shown in the subjoined table, as compared with that of the
preceding year:—
In 1880-81...
In 1879-80...
Total number vaccinated.
3,163
2,937
Average number vaccinated by
each vaccinator.
451
587
PRIMARY VACCINATIONS.
Total.
3,138
2,937
Successful.
Under one year.
618
One year and
under six.
2,357
No data.
Total of all ages.
2,975
2,784
Re-vaccin-
ations.
Total.
25
...
Successful.
25
...
Percentages
of success-
ful cases.
Primary.
94.8
94.8
Re-vaccination.
100.
...
RELIGION OF THE VACCINATED.
Number vaccinated.
Hindus.
2,813
Mahomedans.
316
Christians.
12
Other races.
22
Proportion per cent. to
total vaccinated.
Hindus.
88.9
Mahomedans.
9.9
Christians.
.38
Other races.
.69
No data.
A larger number of persons were vaccinated, and the success that attended the
operations was creditable. There are no data by which to calculate the ratios of infant
and class vaccinations, but the registered births in only the Durbhunga town (where
alone this record is kept) were 913, which number is considerably larger than the number of
infants vaccinated in the entire area under operation. Within municipal limits vaccin-
ation is not actively opposed, and the people allow their children to be vaccinated readily
enough; but in the outlying villages, and in the district generally, the people prefer inocula-
tion, which is very extensively practised. No deaths from small-pox were reported to have
occurred at Naraya, but the mortality in the other towns stood as follows:—
Durbhunga... ... ... ...
Modhubunee... ... ... ...
Roserah... ... ...
Deaths.
8
20
1
Ratio
per mille.
.16
4.14
.10
40. Sarun.—Fifteen vaccinators were employed, as follows:—
Number.
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
6
Locality.
Charitable Dispensary at Chupra...
Revilgunge Dispensary...
Revilgunge... ...
Sewan... ...
Hutwa... ...
Gopalgunge... ...
Bhori... ...
Chupra Dispensary...
Period of employment.
Throughout year ...
Ditto...
Vaccinating season...
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Two months
Rate of pay.
One at Rs.
two at Rs
At Rs. 10
At „ 10
At „ 10
At „ 10
At „ 10
At „ 10
At „ 8
15 and
10.
...
...
...
...
...
....
...
By whom paid.
Municipality.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Maharajah of
Hutwa.
Municipality.