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ABSTRACTS OF REPORTS BY SUPERINTENDENTS.
Source and character of the lymph
employed.
92. Both the Government and licensed establishments invariably used lymph obtained from
the arms of vaccinated children. The fifth and sixth day's
virus from well developed and perfect vesicles was only used.
But under rare circumstances, such as distance or the refusal
of parents, especially at Monghyr, to part with virus from their children's arms, tubes or
crusts had to be resorted to.
Recess work.
93. During the recess the following work was performed in order to keep up a constant
supply of lymph in the neighbourhood of Rajmehal, and
to check outbreaks of small-pox that occurred in several
places:—
Areas.
Sub-division of Rajmehal ... ... ...
Ditto
of Pakour ... ... ...
Ditto
of Deoghur ... ... ...
Number of
villages
visited.
17
2
4
Number of
operations.
664
15
81
Number of
successful
cases.
641
15
81
Amount and value of the work per-
formed.
94. The subjoined table furnishes the result of the
year's work: —
Government Agency.
In 1880-81 ... ... ... ... ...
In 1879-80
...
...
...
...
...
Licensed Agency.
In 1880-81
...
...
...
...
...
In 1879-80
...
...
...
...
...
Total...
In 1880-81 ...
In 1879-80 ...
Total number of persons
vaccinated during the
year.
65,583
83,537
22,289
30,416
87,872
113,953
PRIMARY VACCIN-
------.
Total.
65,619
83,378
22,415
30,416
88,034
113,794
Successful.
64,887
82,893
22,191
29,966
87,078
112,859
RE-VACCINATIONS.
Total.
428
159
......
......
428
159
Successful.
405
56
......
......
405
56
PERCENTAGE OF
SUCCESSFUL CASES
Primary.
98.88
99.41
99.00
98.52
98.91
99.17
Re-vaccinations.
94.62
35.22
......
......
94.62
35.22
Average number of per-
sons vaccinated by each
vaccinator.
1,562
2,142
719
184
1,204
559
Proportion of persons vac-
cinated per 1,000 of popu-
lation.
29.50
37.58
17.69
24.15
39.35
51.26
The year's work shows a diminution in the number of vaccinations to the extent of
25,760, of which reduction 17,759 operations are debitable to the Government agency and
8,001 to the licensed agency. The quality of the work, although somewhat poorer as
compared with 1879-80, was still satisfactory.
The principal causes which led to the falling off in the work of the Government
establishment were reported to be—
(1) Lessening of the jurisdiction of the sub-division of Rajmehal.—Dearahs Palusgachee,
Narainpore, &c., which formed not a small portion of this sub-division,
were transferred during the year to the district of Maldah. As this area had
not been vaccinated for the last five or six years, it was expected that a large
number of unprotected children would be available for vaccination, but its
removal deprived this circle of these cases.
(2) The Sonthal disturbance.—This disturbance in the Damin-i-Kohs of Pakour and
Dumka, where a division of vaccinators was located, seriously checked the
progress of work till as late as the beginning of March. As these men could
not be removed to another area, they had therefore to remain here through-
out the working season. The work in the other sub-divisions also suffered
to a more or less extent from this cause.
(3) Want of assistance from the local authorities in Monghyr.—The want of assistance for
the promotion of vaccination from the civil authorities and the zemindars had
the effect of suspending the operations for over a month. The work was also
affected seriously in the sub-division of Banka by the resistance offered to
vaccination by Babu Kally Proshaud Singh, the zemindar and Honorary
Magistrate of Shubbulpore.
(4) Paucity of unprotected children.—Owing to this cause the work of the vaccinators
could not be concentrated, and they had therefore to vaccinate children here,
and there as they came across them.
The reduction in the work of the licensed agency is ascribed to—
(1) The smaller number of licensed vaccinators employed this year, viz. 42,
against 52 in 1879-80.
(2) The non-submission of returns by some of the licensed vaccinators, owing to
which their vaccinations do not appear in the above table.
(3) The Sonthal disturbance having suspended the work of several of the licensed
vaccinators over a month.