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ABSTRACTS OF REPORTS BY SUPERINTENDENTS.
for which, however, no expenditure was incurred except a portion of the cost of supervision
by the Deputy Superintendent and head vaccinators, the average comes to 1 anna and 1 pie
for each successful case. The increase of expenditure is ascribed to a larger establishment
having been entertained, and to increase of amount incurred for travelling allowance in
some of the areas.
The Deputy Superintendent reports that in this circle not a single complaint was made
by the licensed vaccinators with regard to the realization of their fees, which they obtained
with ease, and which were never kept in arrears.
Inspections.
99. Particulars relating to the verification of the work of
the vaccinators by the supervising officers are furnished in the
subjoined table:—
Government
Agency.
Deputy Superintendent
...
...
Inspectors... ... ...
Head vaccinators ... ... ...
Licensed Agency.
Deputy Superintendent ... ...
Head vaccinators ... ... ...
Number of inspecting
officers.
1
4
3
1
2
Duration of tour.
4 months &
8 days
6 months
each.
2 six months
and 1 four
months &
20 days.
4 months &
8 days
6
months
each.
Number of villages
visited.
498
748
423
101
127
Number of persons
vaccinated during the
year.
65,583
22,289
Number of Dersons
found to have been
vaccinated.
17,537
20,575
14,544
5,091
5,568
Number of persons
found to have been
successfully vaccinat-
ed.
17,252
20,316
14,393
4,906
5,385
Proportion per cent.of
successful cases ob-
served.
98.37
98.74
98.96
96.36
96.71
Proportion per cent of
total inspections to
total number vaccin-
ated.
80.28
47.82
Proportion per cent. of
inspections by each
officer to total number
vaccinated.
26.74
31.37
22.17
22.84
24.98
That the operations of the vaccinators were attended with satisfactory success will be
apparent from the verifications of the supervising officer, as set forth by the figures in the third
last column of the above table. The Deputy Superintendent is said to have during his tour
carefully examined the vesicles and compared the result with the registers ; but I think that
the inspectors and head vaccinators might have seen more of the operations of the year
than between 22 and 31 per cent.
Inoculation.
100. Inoculation was not known to have been practised in
the Sonthal Pergunnahs, where the prohibitory law is in force.
But in Monghyr and Bhagulpore, where this enactment is not in operation, frequent reports
of inoculation being carried on were received The Deputy Superintendent again strongly
urges the extension of this law to these two districts.
It appeared from certain correspondence made over to this office by the Surgeon-General,
to which subsequently, in July, my attention was directed by Government, that inoculation
was largely practised in the Monghyr district I submitted my belief that it was a matter
of the greatest difficulty to obtain any information on the prevalence of this practice, as it
was almost impossible to fix the responsibility of inoculating variola by regular inoculators,
and it would be more difficult to do so if the men were doing it under the name of vaccin-
ation I therefore suggested that unless an inspector could be appointed over the licensed
vaccinators of Monghyr during the cold season, it would be better to withdraw all licenses
till such time as the district is reached by the Government vaccinators, when a properly trained
establishment of licensed vaccinators would be appointed after vaccination had been intro-
duced and made known to the people of every village. It appeared, however, that only two
licenses had been granted during the last season, 1879-80, and that the holders of these worked
within the Monghyr Municipality, and Government asked whether there was any objection to
one or two men working in the Monghyr and Jamalpore Municipalities under the supervision
of the Civil Surgeon. I said there was no objection to this, provided the Civil Surgeon
kept a strict supervision over them, so as to check any lapse to inoculation, spurious vaccin-
ation, or false returns.
Attitude of the people towards vaccin-
ation.
101. In the Sonthal Pergunnahs vaccination is generally favorably received, but during
this year the Sonthals of the Damin-i-Kohs of Pakour and
Dumka did not submit to the measure with their usual
docility. In Monghyr it was determinedly opposed by the
Rajpoots and zemindar Brahmins. The Deputy Superintendent, on visiting a number of
villages in the sub-division of Jamooee, whence returns of very small numbers vaccinated
had been received, found that the work had been totally stopped owing to several headmen
of the villages having refused to have their children vaccinated, so that the people in the
surrounding villages could not be induced to accept of vaccination, notwithstanding that
all arguments were used to remove their objections. The assistance given by the sub-divisional
officer in the matter was said to be insufficient. At Bhagulpore the people were not so