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ABSTRACTS OF REPORTS BY SUPERINTENDENTS.
also reported to be generally practised in Howrah, and to some extent in thanas Mollahat and
Morrelgunge in Jessore. One inoculator at Contai was found to have practised inoculation
by making two punctures on each upper arm with a view of deceiving and passing them off
for vaccination. After much trouble taken by the licensed vaccinators he was convicted, but
he was practically let off by a nominal fine. This encouraged and emboldened other inocu¬
lators, so that this year inoculation has been practised in Nundigram and other thanas—at
the former place under the very nose of the police. Reports on the subject made to the magis-
terial authorities do not receive, it is said, the required attention. This general want of enforce-
ment of the law on the subject ought to arrest the attention of Magistrates to it, and some
steps devised by which prosecutions for breaches might be more easily instituted. Inocula-
tion has, however, on the whole lost ground, and vaccination has become the established
prophylactic, the generality of the people, excepting some fanatics, having great confidence in
it. The Compulsory Vaccination Act was sanctioned by Government to be introduced into
the Soori town from the 1st July 1881.
Extent and prevalence of small-pox.
38. Thirty-four outbreaks of small-pox were reported to have occurred during the year
under review. Of these, two were ascertained to be cases of
chicken-pox, two were old cases that had already been report-
ed last year, four were false reports, of five no accounts were submitted by the Deputy
Superintendents, and of the 21 remaining outbreaks the particulars have been tabulated below:—
LOCALITIES AFFECTED.
Districts.
24-Pergunnahs.
Burdwan...
Beer-
bhoom.
Moorshed-
bad.
Bankoora
Jessore ...
THANAS.
Hosseinabad ...
Canning Town...
Tollygunge...
Barripore... ...
Bhangore...
Bistopore...
Debeepore...
Deygunga...
Ahpore...
Roynah...
Ausgram...
Gangoor...
Sakoolipore...
Soori...
Mirzapore...
Bharatpore...
Burwan...
Kotulpore...
Bistopore...
Doomria...
Number of outbreaks.
10
3
2
3
2
1
21
Number of villages attacked.
3
4
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
16
1
1
1
3
1
1
2
1
1
1
3
1
1
2
1
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GENERAL RESULTS.
Total number of persons attacked.
198
198
Number recovered.
141
141
Number died.
57
57
Number of
outbreaks in
which the
villages
were
protected.
By vaccination.
15
15
By inoculation.
6
6
Results of protection and non-protection.
By vaccination.
Number vaccinated.
23
23
Number recovered.
Number died.
19
19
4
4
By inoculation.
Number inoculated.
Number recovered.
Number died.
7
7
5
5
2
2
Unprotected.
Number unprotected.
168
168
Number recovered.
117
117
Number died.
1
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The figures in this table show that on the whole 28.78 per cent. of the attacked
perished, and that out of the number attacked the vaccinated died at the rate of 17.39
per cent, the inoculated at 28.57 per cent., and the unprotected at 30.35 per cent. Seven
of the outbreaks were traced to inoculation; the origin of the remainder could not be
ascertained; in twelve vaccination was performed in the infected villages, and the disease
successfully stamped out; in five it was not required, as they had already been protected either
by vaccination or inoculation; and in four the people declined vaccination. The vaccinated
persons shown in the above table to have been attacked by small-pox were stated chiefly to
have belonged to Bankoora, where bad vaccinations from crusts had been extensively practised