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ABSTRACT OF REPORTS BY CIVIL SURGEONS.
three were temporarily entertained from November to 31st March. The numbers vaccinated
are recorded as 1,778, against 1,223 in the previous year. The attitude of the people as
regards vaccination is reported as friendly, though a certain class are hostile to its introduc-
tion. There were no trained inoculators employed during the year. No epidemic of small-
pox broke out within the bounds of the municipality.
Barrh.—One vaccinator, paid Rs. 10 a month out of municipal funds, was employed
during the working season only. There was 361 persons vaccinated with 308 successful oper-
ations. The number shown last year was 36. It is stated that the practice of inocula-
tion is still favorably entertained among the ignorant villagers, and for this reason few
inoculators are inclined to learn the art of vaccination. There was no outbreak of small-
pox during the year under notice.
Behar.—The municipality employ two vaccinators permanently at Rs. 5 a month each
for town vaccination. Seven were employed during the working season, from November to
March, to vaccinate cases out of the town, and these men were also paid out of municipal
funds. There were 1,071 persons vaccinated, of whom 421 were town cases. Out of this
total, 667 were recorded as successful, 356 doubtful, and in 48 cases no result was tabulated.
The Assistant Surgeon attached to the dispensary reports that the men met with much
opposition in the villages, and that inoculation is openly carried on in certain localities.
Small-pox was not epidemic.
Gya.—The Civil Surgeon reports that one paid vaccinator worked regularly in the town
and another all the season in Nowada. There were 25 vaccinators distributed over Gya,
Jehanabad, Aurungabad, and Tikari, who were paid by the municipality. The number
vaccinated by this large staff was 2,475, on an average only 100 by each vaccinator for
the whole season. This result, however, was greatly in excess of that shown in previous year,
viz. 1,782 ; but this was the result of small-pox having been very prevalent during the
months of February and March, when a small-pox hospital had to be built. One licensed
vaccinator was detected practising inoculation and fined Rs. 10 ; another man was punished
with a fine Rs. 5 for the same offence. 946 deaths are reported to have occurred during the
year.
Shahabad.—Three vaccinators were employed at Arrah, two of them being paid by Govern-
ment and one by the municipality. The two former were, however, discharged in May last.
During the cold season one vaccinator was employed at each of the following stations :—
Sasseram, Chenasee, Bhubooah, Jugdespore, and Doomraon. The number of operations
performed amounts to 3,125, against 3,990 in 1877-78. The numbers performed at the different
dispensaries are as follow :—Arrah 1,351, 1,281 being successful cases; Sasseram 485,381
being successful; Chenasee 429, 311 being successful cases; Jugdispore 377, 290 being
successful; Doomraon 230, 200 being successful; Bhabooah 241, 173 being successful;
Nassigunge 12, 5 having been verified as successful. This decrease the Assistant Surgeon
attributes to the recent order of Government discontinuing paid vaccinators at dispensaries.
Dr. Thornton reports that 15 inoculators were taught to vaccinate, and when competent
received licenses to practise; but that he has not at present any men to supervise their work
when engaged out of the sudder station. There were 1,388 cases of small-pox during the
year, with a mortality of 300.
Buxar.—There was only one vaccinator employed during the season from 1st December
1878 to 31st March 1879. His operations were confined to the municipal area of which
the estimated population is 12,088. The number of operations performed was 562, against
433 during the previous season. The numbers verified amounted to 546. There was no
epidemic.
Dehree.—The medical officer, Sone Irrigation Works, vaccinated cases throughout the
station and at the hospital, cooly lines, and Buxar, in which places he was assisted by the
civil hospital assistant in charge. The number of cases recorded was 67, 24 being success-
ful, 33 doubtful, and 10 unkown, Mr. Forsyth reports that inoculation is practised in the
surrounding villages, and he is under the impression that the first case of small-pox in the
village of Dhondand was started through inoculation. Small-pox was very prevalent, especi-
ally about the cooly lines. The number of people that died was 11.
Mozufferpore.—There was only one vaccinator employed during the working season
and paid by the municipality. The number of operations performed amounted to 1,790,
against 3,809 recorded in the previous year, and this decrease Mr. Mathew, the Civil Surgeon,
attributes to the withdrawal of the support granted by Government in previous years.
The vaccination carried on in connection with the mofussil dispensaries has been a
comparative failure. There was no epidemic of small-pox.
Durbhunga.—The following establishment was employed in this district for vaccine
purposes:—In the Durbhunga municipality one vaccinator, paid from municipal funds,
from 1st December 1878 to 31st March 1879, and another paid by the Raj throughout the
year, both at Rs. 10 a month. Besides these there were three ex-incoulators working without
pay. At Tajpore there were two unpaid vaccinators ; at Roserah two operators, paid by
the municipality, at Rs. 5 per mensem each, from 6th January to 31st March; and at
Madhubani there were two vaccinators, one employed from 15th December 1878 to 31st March
1879, and the other from 15th February to 31st March 1879. At Somastipore the Assistant
Surgeon vaccinated amongst the Railway employés, but received no remuneration for doing
so. The vaccinators employed by the municipalities confined their operations to its limits.
The ex-inoculators were ordered to vaccinate in certain villages for which they had tickets