FOR THE YEAR 1874-75.
3
Sex of those
vaccinated.
Comparison with
previous years.
A shght
improvement
manifest.
Census results.
STATEMENT No. V.
CIRCLE.
Calcutta and Suburbs
...
...
...
Metropolitan Circles
...
...
...
Darjeeling Circle
...
...
...
Ranchee
„
...
...
...
Sonthal Pergunnahs Circle
...
...
...
Eastern Bengal
„
...
...
...
Dispensary vaccination
...
...
...
1874-75.
PERCENTAGE OF
Males.
54.1
52.2
54.5
53.4
49.5
50.9
58.76
Females.
45.9
47.8
45.5
46.6
50.5
49.1
41.24
1873-74.
PERCENTAGE OF
Males.
54.7
53.4
50.6
53.4
51.2
51.4
57.7
Females.
45.3
46.6
46.4
46.6
48.8
48.6
42.3
6. Sex of the vaccinated.—Of 848,914 persons regarding whom this particular was
noted, 454,391 were males
and 394,523 females, or
53.5 and 46.5 per cent.
The corresponding ratios
for previous years are :—
The improvement in the
proportion of females
vaccinated, which was
manifest in the returns of
the two preceding years,
is therefore pretty well sustained. Dispensary vaccination, as usual, shows fewer females than
the circles, and this year the proportion is even less than in former years, but the circles give
good results. The higher proportion of males in Calcutta is due to the preponderance of
male emigrants over female. In the Darjeeling circle the excess of males is no doubt
owing to vaccination being still prosecuted under much difficulty and opposition. The
Eastern Bengal results are good, and it is curious to notice that in the Sonthal Pergunnahs
more females were vaccinated than males. The relative proportion of the sexes for
the whole of Bengal, as ascertained by the census of 1872, was 50.1 and 49.9 respectively.
Year.
1869-70
1870-71
1871-72
1872-73
1873-74
Males.
54.3
54.3
54.2
53.3
52.9
Females.
45.7
45.7
45.8
46.7
47.1
Caste of those
vaccinated.
Comparison with
previous years.
Census results.
STATEMENT No. VI.
CIRCLE.
Calcutta and Suburbs
...
...
Metropolitan Circles
...
...
Darjeeling Circle
...
...
Ranchee „ ... ... ...
Sonthal Pergunnahs Circle ...
Eastern Bengal Circle ...
Dispensary vaccination ...
1874-75.
1873-74.
PERCENTAGE OF
Christians.
2.5
.2
...
.1
1. .6
.89
Hindoos.
65.
62.7
23.2
53.6
29.1
34.6
66.61
Mussulmans.
32.5
37.1
71.2
5.5
7.7
64.8
20.67
Other castes.
......
...... 2.6
40.8
62.2
...... 11.83
Christians.
2.5
.1
.01
.1
... .002
1.
Hindoos.
69.7
77.2
21.9
58.8
19.6
39.4
61.6
Mussulmans.
27.8
22.7
75.6
4.4
7.8
60.6
26.8
Other castes.
......
...... 2.5
36.7
72.6
...... 10.6
7. Caste of the vaccinated.—This information was recorded in 848,914 instances. Of
these 3,274 were Chris-
tians, 449,547 Hindoos,
350,455 Mussulmans, and
45,638 belonged to other
castes, giving relative
proportions of .39, 52.9,
41.3, and 5.4 per cent.
The corresponding ratios
of 1873-74 were 1, 58.9,
35.9, and 5.1, and of
1872-73, .3, 52.5, 39.7,
and 7.5. The relative
number of Christians and
Mahomedans has risen,
and that of Hindoos has
fallen, as compared with
the preceding year; the
proportion of " other castes " being nearly the same as in 1873-74, but considerably below
that of the year immediately preceding. The corresponding proportions for the whole of
Bengal are—Christians 1, Hindoos 64.8, Mussulmans 31.4, and other castes 3.7; and those
of the population of the several circles, as derived from the census report, may be approxi-
mately represented
as follows :—
STATEMENT No. VII.
AREA.
Calcutta and Suburbs
...
...
...
...
...
Districts comprised in
cles ... ... ... ...
Ditto
ditto
...
...
...
...
Ditto
ditto
Ranchee
„
...
...
...
...
Ditto
ditto
Sonthal Pergunnahs Circle
...
...
...
Ditto
ditto
Eastern Bengal
„
...
...
...
Christians.
4.8
.3
.02
.4
.03
.3
Hindoos.
65.1
61.4
42.6
71.1
50.8
42.4
Mussulmans.
29.7
38.1
56.8
4.8
6.5
57.2
Other castes.
.4
.2
.5
23.7
42.7
.1
Comparison of
vaccine and census
results.
These results are fairly in accord with those shown in Statement No. VI. The large pro-
portion of Christians and predominance of Hindoos in Calcutta is well marked. The pro-
portions for the Metropolitan circles are almost identical. The preponderance of Mussulmans
is even greater in the returns of the Darjeeling circle than in the census returns of the
districts comprised in it. The Ranchee and Sonthal Pergunnahs' circles show very closely
the paucity of Mussulmans and excess of "other castes;" but the Hindoos appear here, as