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8. The total cost of the Vaccination Department during the past year
amounted to Rs. 1,20,017-10-3, and was adjusted as follows:—
Met from Provincial funds ... ... ...
„ from Municipal funds ... ... ...
Paid by Native States ... ... ...
Paid from Dispensary funds ... ... ...
Total ...
Rs.
1,07,178
4,548
212
8,079
1,20,017
A.
10
0
0
0
10
P.
3
0
0
0
3
The proportion of the expenditure derived from Municipal and other local
funds was Rs. 12,839, or only 10.7 per cent against 10.5 per cent in 1878-79.
The total cost to the State was Rs. 1,07,178 against Rs. 1,05,517 in 1878-79,
and Rs. 1,09,577 in 1877-78. The average cost of each successful case was one
anna one pie against one anna six pies in the previous year, and one anna seven
pies in 1877-78. All the circles show reduced cost, except Calcutta, where it
rose to nine annas three pies against six annas five pies in 1878-79. In Calcutta
the increase was of course due to the smaller outturn of work, while the same
scale of establishment was maintained as in the past year. The Behar Circle
shows the average cost at seven annas four pies against seven annas six pies in
1878-79. The cost of dispensary vaccinations rose from one anna one pie in
1878-79 to two annas four pies in 1879-80. In those circles in which both the
licensed and the Government agency worked together, the average cost of each
successful case performed by licensed vaccinators is much less than that
of work done by Government servants. Thus in the Darjeeling, Ranchi, and
Eastern Bengal Circles, the average cost of each successful case performed by
licensed agency is four pies, three pies, and two-thirds of a pie, while the same
work done by Government agency would cost one anna seven pies, three annas
nine pies, and 11 pies respectively. The pay of the supervising agency, however,
is not included in the former case.
9. The system of self-supporting vaccination is gradually being extended
throughout Bengal. As shown above, the number of operations performed by
the licensed agency during the year represented upwards of half the work
done by the department. In the Metropolitan Circle the number of licensed
vaccinators rose from 294 to 377 during the past year. The total number of
operations performed by these men was 625,388 against 394,186 in the
previous year, giving a percentage of successful cases in primary vaccination
of 99.75. In the Darjeeling Circle there were employed 120 licensed vaccin-
ators against 90 men in 1878-79. These men performed 135,514 operations
against 88,871 in 1878-79, returning a percentage of 98.85 of successful cases.
In the Ranchi Circle, against 125 licensed vaccinators there were during the
past year 149 licensed men who performed 114,573 operations against 87,492,
showing a ratio per cent of success of 89.59.
10. In the Sonthal Pergunnahs Circle the number of ex-inoculators rose
from 15 to 165 in 1879-80. The number of operations performed was 30,416
against 3,942 in the previous year, giving a percentage of 98.52 of successful
cases. In the Eastern Bengal Circle 83 ex-inoculators worked against 47 in
1878-79, and operated on 115,561 persons against 34,734 in the previous year.
Here the ratio per cent of success was 98.99. Altogether 894 licensed vaccin-
ators and ex-inoculators worked during the past year, and performed 1,021,452
operations, of which 98.32 per cent of primary vaccinations was successful.
The total number of paid vaccinators employed, and the number of operations
performed by them, amounted to 260 and 654,898 respectively, the ratio per
cent of success being 97.61.
11. The total number of villages visited by officers of the Vaccination
Department during the year was 21,353, while the number of cases inspected
amounted to 1,096,935 out of 1,638,558. Of vaccinations performed by the
paid staff, 63.3 per cent were inspected. In the Ranchi and the Sonthal
Pergunnahs Circles the percentage of inspections was satisfactory, being 84.8
and 79.8 respectively of the total number vaccinated. In the Darjeeling Circle
the percentage was 68.1, and in the Eastern Bengal, Orissa, and Behar
Circles, 49.9, 41.1, and 56.3 respectively. These results are very unsatisfactory.