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ABSTRACT OF REPORTS BY CIVIL SURGEONS.
authorities, the influential natives and the police, rendered no assistance, although asked to
do so. The subjoined table shows the work of the year as compared with that of the
preceding year:—
In 1880-81...
In 1870-80...
Total number vaccinated.
54
29
Average number vaccinated by
each vaccinator.
54
14
PRIMARY VACCINATIONS.
Total.
50
26
Successful.
Under one year.
3
One year and
under six.
27
No data.
Total of all ages.
30
4
Re-vaccin-
ations.
Total.
4
3
Successful.
4
3
Percentages
of success-
ful cases.
Primary.
60.0
15.3
Re-vaccination.
100.0
100.0
RELIGION OF THE VACCINATED.
Number vaccinated.
Hindus.
53
Mahomedans.
...
Christians.
1
Other races.
...
Proportion per cent. to
total vaccinated.
Hindus.
98.1
Mahomedans.
...
Christians.
1.8
Other races.
...
No data.
There was an increase in the number of operations, but the quality of the work,
although much better than in last year, is not satisfactory. Births are not registered at
Dehree, nor is its population separately recorded. The Assistant Surgeon says that
although the people are aware of the benefits of vaccination, they are greatly averse to it,
and there are several unprotected children in the native quarter of the station whose parents
cannot be induced to have them vaccinated. Inoculation is not practised in the station,
but in the surrounding villages several inoculators were at work, and no measures were
adopted to check them, although there was direct evidence of the injurious effects that
attended the practice. There was no outbreak of small-pox in the station.
38. Mozufferpore. — Four vaccinators were employed, all on Rs. 10 per mensem, viz. one
at Mozufferpore throughout the year, one at Hajeepore for three months and 20 days, one at
Seetamurhee for five months, and one at Sursund for 4 months. The Mozufferpore and
Hajeepore vaccinators were paid by the municipalities of those places, the others from
the dispensary funds. The work was carried on within the limits of the towns in which the
dispensaries are situated. The lymph was obtained from Patna and this office, and kept up
by arm-to-arm vaccination. The table below shows the work performed during the year
as compared with the preceding year:—
In 1880-81...
In 1879-80...
Total number vaccinated.
1,617
2,082
Average number vaccinated by
each vaccinator.
404
520
PRIMARY VACCINATIONS.
Total.
1,570
2,081
Successful.
Under one year.
443
One year and
under six.
883
No data.
Total of all ages.
1,329
1,714
Re-vaccin-
ations.
Total.
47
1
Successful.
46
1
Percentages
of success-
ful cases.
Primary.
84.6
82.4
Re-vaccination.
97.9
100.0
RELIGION OF THE VACCINATED.
Number vaccinated.
Hindus.
1,129
Mahomedans.
446
Christians.
40
Other races.
2
Proportion per cent. to
total vaccinated.
Hindus.
69.8
Mahomedans.
27.6
Christians.
2.5
Other races.
. 12
No data.
There was a falling off in the quantity of work, but its quality was superior, although not
satisfactory. The success that attended the re-vaccinations shows that either the operations were
not cases of re-vaccination, or that the results have not been correctly recorded. Births are
registered at only Mozufferpore and Seetamurhee, and here 702 births were recorded. But
calculating the infant vaccinations on the estimated births of all the four towns—1,981—the
percentage of infants vaccinated to number born comes to 22.36. Of the Hindu population
2.23 per cent. were vaccinated, of the Mahomedan 2.92 per cent., of the Christian 16.06 per
cent., and of the other races 14.28 per cent. There are no inspecting vaccinators. Only
the work of the Mozufferpore municipal vaccinator was inspected by the Civil Surgeon, and he
was always found working with a genuine vesicle. The Bengalis in the Mozufferpore town
(comparatively a small number) believe in vaccination; the Beharis are supposed to actively
oppose it. The people in the district have no belief in the efficacy of vaccination, and here
inoculation is universally practised. Dr. Mathew, the Civil Surgeon, says that " dangerous
as this custom is, it affords excellent protection, and it is unusual to find a person unprotected."
He adds that the Government vaccinating staff did not do much good in former years,
but since its abolition in 1878 vaccination is languishing. The mortality from small-pox
amounted during the year to 6, or .15 per 1,000 of population in Mozufferpore town; 2, or
.08 per 1,000, in Hajeepore; and 2, or .36 per 1,000, in Seetamurhee. No deaths were
reported from Sursund.