FOR THE YEAR 1880-81.
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The collective figures show, for both the Vaccination, Circles and the Municipalities
and Dispensaries, that the largest number of operations were performed on
children of one and under six years of age, and next on the adults; the infants
exhibiting, comparatively, a very low ratio. This was also the case in each of
the circles, except that in Calcutta infants were vaccinated in larger numbers
than those of other ages, and that in the Suburbs of Calcutta and in the Ranchi
and Behar Circles infant vaccinations exceeded adult vaccinations. The circles
that afforded the best protection to infants were Calcutta, the Suburbs, and
Ranchi, where 43.84, 24.20, and 27.39 per cent. of the total vaccinations were
operated on. Those that gave the least protection were the Metropolitan,
Sonthal Pergunnahs, Eastern Bengal, and Orissa Circles, the outcome of the
two last-named circles (6.12 and 2.24 per cent.) being very low. Calcutta has to
be congratulated for the appreciable proportion of infants protected, considering
that it worked to some extent, for the first time, under a new system
inagurated under a new law (the Compulsory Vaccination Act), which is alto-
gether opposed to the domiciliary plan of operations hitherto pursued.
Religion of the vaccinated.
20. The table below shows the religion of the vaccinated and the propor-
tionate numbers who were operated on under each
class into which the population of the area under
operation is divided. It does not include the operations performed at the
cooly depôts in the Suburbs, by the Ranchi licensed vaccinators, and in some
areas where dispensary vaccinations were carried on, owing to want of popula-
tion of the cooly depôts and of the dispensary areas, and to no returns of the
class of those vaccinated by the Ranchi licensed vaccinators having been
furnished by them:—
CIRCLES.
Calcutta
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Metropolitan circles
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Suburbs of Calcutta
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Total of the Metropolitan Circles ...
Darjeeling
Circle
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Ranchi
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Sonthal Pergunnahs „
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Eastern Bengal
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Orissa
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Behar
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TOTAL OF VACCINATION CIRCLE ...
Dispensaries and municipalities .. ..
GRAND TOTAL ...
Population.
Christians.
20,608
21,198
3,534
24,732
1,383
12,921
535
11,152
2,232
1,974
76,537
13,561
89,098
Hindus.
278,224
9,939,056
152,751
10,091,807
8,018,170
858,019
1,507,381
2,431,299
924,756
510,599
19,620,255
1,405,680
21,025,935
Mahomedans.
123,556
4,432,509
100,610
4,533,119
4,655,223
64,251
154,772
4,350,058
24,121
59,493
13,964,598
611,918
14,576,516
Other races.
7,147
198,779
254
199,033
44,621
449,974
56,009
8,552
20,999
281
1,290,706
28,029
1,318,736
Total number of each
class vaccinated.
Christians.
1,020
176
210
386
23
175
125
607
66
11
2,413
799
3,212
Hindus.
3,526
272,474
6,458
278,932
127,116
36,860
47,676
87,083
41,159
11,744
637,096
30,334
667,430
Mahomedans.
1,524
111,566
2,724
114,290
198,627
3,202
6,748
200,934
282
2,581
528,188
14,661
542,849
Other races.
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18,305
15,943
33,323
5,916
......
......
73,502
1,196
71,698
Proportion per cent of each
class to total vaccinated.
Christians.
16.76
.04
2.23
.09
.006
.31
.14
.20
.14
.07
.19
1.70
.23
Hindus.
57.94
70.91
68.76
70.86
36.94
65.61
54.25
29.56
99.21
81.91
51.32
64.55
47.86
Mahomedans.
25.04
29.03
29.00
29.03
57.72
5.69
7.68
68.21
.63
18.00
42.55
31.20
38.93
Other races.
.24
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......
......
5.32
28.38
37.92
2.00
...
...
5.92
2.54
5.35
Proportion per cent. of
each class to population.
Christians.
4.84
.83
5.94
1.56
1.66
1.35
23.36
5.44
2.95
.55
3.19
5.89
3.60
Hindus.
1.26
2.74
4.22
2.76
4.20
4.29
3.16
3.58
4.77
2 30
8.24
2.15
3.17
Mahomedans.
1.23
2.51
2.70
2.52
4.27
4.98
4.36
4.77
1.16
4.35
3.78
2.39
3.72
Other races.
.20
41.02
3.51
5.94
69.17
5.69
4.20
5.60
Numerically the largest number of operations were, on the whole, performed on
the Hindus, next on the Mahomedans, then on those coming under the head of
" other races," and least on the Christians. This feature is also observable
in the Municipalities and Dispensaries, but not in all the Vaccination circles, for
in Calcutta the Christians, who form a large community, were operated on in
larger numbers than the " other races," and in the Sonthal Pergunnahs circle,
where operations on the " other races," who also represent a very large portion of
the inhabitants, consisting chiefly of Sonthals, exceeded those on the Mahomedans.
In Calcutta the Christian vaccinations are, compared to the other circles, repre-
sented by the best percentage. Referring to the populations protected, it is
seen that on the whole the '' other races " were best protected, and that the
Christians, Mahomedans, and Hindus were protected in almost equal proportions.
The circles, individually considered, present considerable variations in the
classes of the populations operated on; but the Christians appear to have been
best protected in the Sonthal Pergunnahs, Suburbs, Eastern Bengal and
Calcutta.
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