ABSTRACT OF REPORTS BY CIVIL SURGEONS.
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mile distant from the sudder station, where there are a large number of unprotected persons,
also took the alarm, and 394 of them submitted to the operation. The Civil Surgeon visited
two villages, and found that 452 persons had been vaccinated in them—408 successfully,
against 46 operations and 43 successful ones in 1879-80, indicating great progress
in the work of inspection. He reports that at his request the municipality has decided to
employ a vaccinator from next year, from January to March, to vaccinate children within
the municipality without any fee. This, he says, will remove the objection that
ex-inoculators have in working within a limited area, where the number of operations is
necessarily small and the realization of their fees very troublesome. Owing to the
people being opposed to vaccination, it has been resolved to introduce into the town, with
the sanction of Government, the Compulsory Vaccination Act. No deaths from small-pox
were reported to have occurred in the Soori town during the whole of 1879 and 1880, but one
death took place in February 1881.
4. Midnapore.—Vaccination is not carried on in any dispensary in this district. The
Municipalities of Midnapore and Tumlook employed one vaccinator each throughout the
year. The work of the former was supervised by the Civil Surgeon, who verified 236 of
the operations there, and that of the latter by the Civil Hospital Assistant, who inspected
20 cases. The virus was kept up from arm to arm. The subjoined table shows the work
that was performed :—
In 1880-81 ...
In 1879-80 ...
Total number vaccinated.
1,956
4,049
Average number vaccinated by
each vaccinator.
978
1,012
PRIMARY VACCINATIONS
Total.
1,943
4,049
Successful.
Under one year.
408
One
year and
under six
1,180
No data.
Total of all ages.
1,905
3,903
Re-vaccin-
ations.
Total.
13
...
Successful.
13
...
Percentages
of successful
cases.
Primary.
98.04
96.4
Re-vaccination.
100.0
...
RELIGION OF THE VACCINATED.
Number vaccinated.
Hindus
1,898
Mahomedans.
55
Christians.
3
Other races
...
Proportion per cent. to
total vaccinated.
Hindus.
97.0
Mahomedans.
2.8
Christians.
.15
Other races.
...
No data.
showing a large falling off in the work done. But the vaccinations of 1879-80 were performed
by four men, two of whom were engaged temporarily, owing to small-pox having broken
out epidemically, in the bazar at Midnapore. The success that attended the re-vaccinations
is unusually high. At Midnapore 731 births were registered, but no record of births is
kept up at Tumlook. The estimated births in these two municipalities would, however,
come to 1,120, and on this number the percentage of infants vaccinated to number born
would amount to 36.42, which, comparatively speaking, is not a very bad proportion.
With regard to the religion of the vaccinated, the figures show that 6.57 per cent. of the
Hindu, .68 per cent. of the Mahomedan, and 1.08 per cent. of the Christian populations
were respectively operated on At the Midnapore town vaccination is said to be accepted
willingly, but in the district it is objected to occasionally, especially by the Mahomedans,
who say that "it is not good for them, because it is an European scheme." In the
Midnapore town 16 deaths occurred in 1880-81 from small-pox, or at the rate of .50
per 1,000 of population, indicating that much in the way of vaccination requiries yet to be
done In Tumlook one death took place, or at .17 per 1,000.
5. Hooghly.—Vaccination is also not carried on in any dispensary in this district
The
Hooghly and Chinsurah Municipality employed throughout the year a permanent and an
extra vaccinator on Rs. 10 each. The services of the latter were retained owing to cases of
small-pox cropping up continually all the year round. The lymph was obtained from the
Superintendent of Vaccination, Metropolitan Circles, at the beginning of the working season,
and the virus kept up by relays of vaccination. The work performed during the year will be
seen in the following table as compared with that of the preceding year:—
In 1880-81 ...
In 1879-80 ...
Total number vaccinated.
2,116
3,304
Average number vaccinated by
each vaccinator.
1,058
1,652
PRIMARY VACCINATIONS.
Total.
1,962
3,211
Successful.
Under one year.
215
One year and un-
der six.
632
No data.
Total of all ages.
1,495
1,908
Re-vaccin-
ations.
Total.
154
93
Successful.
122
31
Percentages
of success-
ful cases.
Primary.
76.2
59.4
Re-vaccination.
79.2
33.3
RELIGION OF THE VACCINATED.
Number vaccinated.
Hindus.
1,608
Mahomedans.
481
Christians.
17
Other races.
10
Proportion per cent. to
total vaccinated.
Hindus.
75.9
Mahomedans.
22.7
Christians.
.80
Other races.
.47
No data.