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ABSTRACT OF REPORTS BY SUPERINTENDENTS.
the law has made it compulsory that all attacks of small-pox are to be reported at an early
date, much that can be effected by energetic vaccination must still remain undone."
METROPOLITAN CIRCLES.
The following is an abstract of the annual report of the Metropolitan circles for the year
ending 31st March 1880.
Establishment —Vaccination in the four circles was entirely carried on by licensed men,
377 in number, under the supervision of 39 Inspectors, the usual number of Deputy
Superintendents, and the Superintendent, Dr. K. P. Gupta. Third-grade Assistant Surgeon
Probodh Chunder Bose, Deputy Superintendent, Fourth Circle of Vaccination, was trans-
ferred to the Sonthal Pergunnahs circle in August, and Assistant Surgeon Durga Nanda Sen
was appointed in his place. The Superintendent acted as Civil Surgeon of Burdwan from
July to October in addition to his other duties.
Recess.—During the recess vaccine operations were limited to small-pox infected locali-
ties only. 18,723 vaccinations were performed, of which 18,638 were successful, or 99.54
per cent. During April and May the services of three Deputy Superintendents, three In-
spectors, and 21 licensed vaccinators were placed at the disposal of the Superintendent-General
of Vaccination to assist his staff in coping with the outbreak of small-pox in the town.
Working season.—The ten districts included in the four circles were divided by the
Superintendent among the four Deputy Superintendents. The Deputy Superintendents
again subdivided their areas and posted an Inspector to each sub-division. The Inspectors
divided the four or five thanas constituting each sub-division into a number of beats,
and assigned to each a local and licensed vaccinator, who will continue his work there year
after year. Dr. Gupta expects that, after the experience of a year or two, the system will
work well under such an arrangement.
The First Metropolitan Circle consisted of the districts of Jessore, Hooghly, and the
northern half of the 24-Pergunnahs. The work was begun in October. In Jessore
62 men worked under six Inspectors. They visited 1,748 villages and vaccinated 79,537
persons with 79,305 successful cases, or 99.71 per cent. Of this number 43,326 cases were
verified by the Inspectors, 23,475 by the Deputy Superintendent, and 8,704 by the
Superintendent.
In Hooghly 15 vaccinators worked under two Inspectors. They visited 549 villages and
vaccinated 14,692 persons with 14,666 successful cases, or 99.67 per cent. Of this number,
13,106 were verified by the Inspectors, 10,824 by the Deputy Superintendent, and 774 by
the Superintendent. In the northern half of the 24-Pergunnahs 29 vaccinators worked
under three Inspectors. They visited 789 villages and vaccinated 24,415 persons:
24,350 cases were successful, or 99.74 per cent. Of this number the Inspectors verified
17,716, the Deputy Superintendents 12,651, and the Superintendent 1,638.
To the Second Metropolitan Circle were assigned the districts of Nuddea and Moorshed-
abad. Operations commenced towards the end of September. The work in the Nuddea
district was confined to the northern half, the southern having been gone over last season.
Virus was established at Chooadanga in September. The district having been flooded in
autumn, work was only carried on near the railway lines till the water subsided. Many of
the thanas here were protected for the third time. Thirty-four men worked under five
Inspectors. They visited 1,345 villages and performed 68,220 operations, of which 67,934
were successful, or 99.56 per cent. Of this number the Inspectors verified 56,433 cases, the
Deputy Superintendent 19,940, and the Superintendent 2,883.
In the Moorshedabad district the men worked under four Inspectors. They visited 822
villages and protected 28,020 persons. Of the operations, 27,926 were successful, or 99 66
per cent. Of these the Inspectors verified 26,246, the Deputy Superintendent 8,043, and
the Superintendent 1,733.
The work in the Third Metropolitan Circle was begun towards the end of September,
and was restricted to the districts of Beerbhoom, Burdwan, Howrah, and the southern
half of the 24-Pergunnahs. More attention was given to the former two, the two latter
having received attention the previous year. Seven men under an Inspector, aided by 15
local vaccinators, worked in the Beerbhoom district. They visited 657 villages and
vaccinated 84,604 persons: 84,469 cases were successful, or 99.84 per cent. Of this
number the Inspector verified 47,447, the Deputy Superintendent 19,634, and the Superin-
tendent 1,420.
In Burdwan five Inspectors with their men carried on operations in 1,343 villages.
Seventy-nine thousand six hundred and forty-eight persons were vaccinated with 79,576
successful cases, or 99.9 per cent. The Inspectors verified 47,467 cases, the Deputy Superin-
tendent 25,289, and the Superintendent 3,065.
In the Howrah district eight men under an Inspector visited 195 villages and vaccin-
ated 15,090 persons. Fifteen thousand and sixty-five operations were successful, or 99.83 per
cent. Of this number the Inspector verified 10,995 cases, the Deputy Superintendent 1,617,
and the Superintendent 2,037.
The work was carried on in the southern half of the 24-Pergunnahs by 22 men, aided
by 16 local vaccinators, under the supervision of three Inspectors. They visited 890 villages
and vaccinated 39,022 persons. Thirty-eight thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine cases
were successful, or 99.86 per cent. The Inspectors verified 26,607 cases, the Deputy
Superintendent 11,988, and the Superintendent 2,381.