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REPORT ON VACCINATION IN BENGAL
4. The subjoined statement shows the agency employed during the
year:—
TABLE NO. I.
CIRCLES.
Calcutta and suburbs ... ...
Metropolitan circles... ...
Darjeeling circle...
Ranchee
„ ...
Sonthal Pergunnahs cir-
cle
Eastern Bengal circle... ...
Orissa „
...
...
Behar
„ ... ...
Dispensary or municipal
vaccinations... ...
Total
...
1879-80.
Superintendent
General.
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
1
Superintendent.
...
1
1
1
...
1
1
1
...
6
Deputy Superin-
tendent.
*5
4
2
1
1
1
...
... ...
14
Native Superin-
tendent.
...
...
7
3
...
...
...
.. ...
10
Inspectors.
...
39
4
4
4
2
...
.
...
53
Head
Vaccin-
ators.
†9
...
1
...
3
6
3
2
...
24
Vaccinators.
‡48
...
45
39
36
50
27
15
147
407
Apprentices.
...
... 39
...
...
24
3
15
...
81
Ex-inoculators.
...
377
120
149
165
83
...
...
12
906
1878-79.
Superintendent
General.
1
...
...
...
...
. ...
...
...
1
Superintendent.
...
1
1
1
...
1
1
1
...
6
Deputy Superin-
tendent.
5
4
3
1
1
...
...
...
...
14
Native Superin-
tendent.
...
.. 7
3
...
1
...
...
1
12
Inspectors.
...
24
3
3
3
2
...
...
...
35
Head Vaccin-
ators.
9
...
1
...
3
6
3
5
...
27
Vaccinators.
45
...
51
39
35
52
28
30
159
439
Apprentices.
...
...
39
...
...
21
2
...
...
62
Ex-inoculators.
...
294
90
125
15
47
...
...
404
975
* Three were extra.
†
Ditto.
‡ 24 were extra.
In the Metropolitan circles 39 Inspectors were employed, against 24 in the pre-
vious year—an increase which is well represented in the larger outturn of
work. There was a total reduction of 32 vaccinators and addition of 19 appren-
tices. The ex-inoculators in the circles largely exceeded the number engaged
in 1878-79, being 894, against 571, while those attached to dispensaries have been
reduced to a nominal quantity. They have found a wider field for their labour
in the circles. The total number employed underwent some reduction.
TABLE NO. II.
Calcutta and
suburbs...
...
...
Metropolitan
circles...
...
...
Darjeeling
circle... ... ... ... ... ...
Ranchi „ ... ... ...... ...
Sonthal Pergunnahs „
...
...
...
...
...
Eastern Bengal
„
...
...
...
...
...
Orissa...
...
...
...
...
Behar
...
...
...
...
...
Dispensary
vaccination...
...
...
...
...
Total...
Net increase...
TOTAL NUMBER, OF PERSONS
VACCINATED.
1879-80.
87,792
625,388
373,549
164,808
113,953
306,066
43,733
11,061
66,645
1,742,995
......
1878-79.
62,831
394,186
259,857
153,586
40,229
235,802
34,612
11,959
122,822
1,315,884
......
DIFFERENCE.
Increase.
... ...
231,202
113,692
11,222
73,721
70,264
9,121
......
......
509,225
Decrease.
25,039
... ...
......
......
......
......
......
898
56,177
82,114
427,111
5. Operations.—The total number of persons vaccinated and re-vaccinated
during the year 1879-80 was reported to be 1,742,995, against 1,315,884 in the
preceding year and 1,285,301 in 1877-78. Of this, the number operated on
by the vaccine establishment, exclusive of the work done by the dispensary
vaccinators, amounted to 654,898, and that by the licensed vaccinators under the
supervision of a paid establishment to 1,021,452, against 567,623 and 625,439
respectively in 1878-79. Of the eight circles of vaccination Calcutta audits suburbs
show a decrease of 25,039 cases and Behar 898. The results of all the remain-
ing circles exhibit increase, especially the Metropolitan, Darjeeling, and
Sonthal Pergunnahs circles. In 1878-79, and the year preceding, the work in
Calcutta and its suburbs was carried on under heavy pressure, and therefore the
number vaccinated in the year under review naturally fell short. This number
is also less by 9,135 than the average of the five preceding years. In
the Behar circle the reason assigned for the decrease is that the work has been
confined to the same area during the last 4½ years, or since the establishment of
this circle, and that the number of vaccinations falls on account of paucity of