ABSTRACT OF REPORTS BY CIVIL SURGEONS.
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thinks it is always likely to be favoured among a people refusing vaccination and coming
from parts of the country such as Behar, where inoculation is practised.
Serampore sub-division.—A vaccinator was employed throughout the year on Rs. 10
per mensem by the Serampore Municipality. Another on the same pay was entertained
for three months by the Ooterparah municipality, and another by the municipalities of
Buddibatty and Bhuddressur, on the same pay, for three months also. They all worked
within municipal limits. The total number of persons vaccinated was 1,350, and the average
number operated on by each vaccinator was 450. The number of primary operations was
1,319, of which 1,281 were successful, or 97.1 per cent. The number of re-vaccinations was 31,
of which 30 were successful, or 96.7 per cent. The Civil Surgeon says that the Serampore
municipality has been well protected. Trained inoculators working in the sub-division are
under the supervision of the Superintendent of Vaccination, Metropolitan circles. The Civil
Surgeon visited eight villages, where he found 349 persons vaccinated, all successfully. He
also visited the towns of Connagore, Rishra, Mahesh, Bullubpore, Chatra, Mullickpara, and
Buddibatty. The vaccinations in Ooterparah are inspected by the Assistant Surgeon of the
Ooterparah dispensary. The people in general are well-disposed towards vaccination, and
the educated classes seek for it, but there are a few Brahmins and Mahomedans who are
still opposed to the practice. Their number is decreasing every year, and last year
a number of families in Serampore, who had hitherto refused vaccination, was induced to
accept it. Inoculation is not practised in the sub-division.
PRESIDENCY DIVISION.
24-Pergunnahs.—One vaccinator was maintained by the Baraset municipality from 24th
February to 31st March 1880, at a cost of Rs. 20. Arm-to-arm vaccination, as in previous
years, was adopted. The aid of the civil authorities, it is said, was not required for complete
vaccination, as the Municipal Commissioners themselves aimed at this object, and the people
are now well-disposed. One hundred and sixty-six persons were vaccinated. Of 161 primary
vaccinations 113 were successful, or 70.18 per cent.; of five re-vaccinations one only, or 20 per
cent. No candidates came forward to be trained, and no inoculation was heard of at Baraset.
Nuddea.—No vaccinator was permanently entertained; vaccinations were carried on by men
under the Superintendent of the Metropolitan circle. When small-pox prevailed in the
town of Kishnaghur, two vaccinators were employed by the municipality and put under
orders of the Civil Surgeon. One thousand four hundred and forty-three operations were
performed.
Primary vaccinations numbered 1,255, of which 1,146 were successful, or
91.31 per cent. There were 188 re-vaccinations, of which 36 were successful, or 19.14 per
cent. These municipal vaccinators charged two annas for every case operated on, and this
remuneration they were satisfied with. The people are said to have no aversion to vaccin-
ation, except the lowest caste Hindus and a few Mahomedans. Inoculation is prohibited
by law.
Jessore.—No vaccinators were attached to any of the dispensaries, nor were any enter-
tained by the municipality during the year, all the work being done by licensed
vaccinators, who charged a fee of two annas for each successful case. Their work was superin-
tended and inspected by officers sent from the Vaccine Department for that purpose. The
Civil Surgeon and Civil Hospital Assistant of the Jessore Jail vaccinated 75 prisoners. All the
cases were primary vaccinations: 68 were successful, or 90.66 per cent. During the years 1877
and 1878 the Civil Surgeon trained some inoculators in the art of vaccination, but during
the last two years the Vaccine Department has taken this duty off his hands. As a rule the
people are not unwilling to be vaccinated, but many would prefer being inoculated if it were
not prohibited by law. No cases of inoculation came under the Civil Surgeon's notice.
Moorshedabad.—In all eight vaccinators were employed during the season at Rs. 10 each
per mensem. Of this number three were attached to the city dispensary, two to the Ber-
hampore dispensary, and one to each of the dispensaries at Azimgunge, Jungipore, and Kandi.
All the vaccinators were paid by the different municipalities in the district. Of the three
attached to the city dispensary, one was employed from 1st November 1879 to the end of
March 1880; the other two were employed from 1st December 1879 to the end of March
1880. The two men attached to the Berhampore dispensary were employed from the 15th
November 1879 to 31st March 1880. The Kandi and Azimgunge vaccinators were respect-
ively employed from 1st November and 1st December 1879 to 31st March 1880, and the
Jungipore one is employed throughout the year, as he helps in the general work of the dispen-
sary at other times of the year. In the sudder station the Civil Surgeon has for some years past
adopted the following mode of work. The town is divided into two equal parts and a vaccin-
ator is appointed to each. They begin at and along the outskirt of their respective divisions,
one on the north and the other on the south, and steadily carry on the work towards the
median line. The work of the vaccinator in the northern division was supervised by the
Assistant Surgeon, and that in the south division by the Civil Surgeon. This course has
proved satisfactory, as it enables the vaccinators to work thoroughly from mehal to mehal,
and makes the efficient supervision of their work easy. The total number of persons vaccin-
ated was 3,256, and the average number operated on by each vaccinator was 407. The
number of primary operations was 2,966, of which 2,000 were successful, or 67.43 per cent.
The number of re-vaccinations was 290, of which 57 were successful, or 19.65 per cent. The
Civil Surgeon visited 17 villages and found 365 persons vaccinated, with 347 successful cases