FOR THE YEAR 1880-81.
11
Inspections.
22. The figures in the following table show the extent of supervision
exercised by the inspecting officers over the work
of the vaccinating staff, and the relative merits
of the inspections:—
CIRCLES.
Government
Vaccin-
ation.
Calcutta
...
...
...
Suburbs of Calcutta ...
Darjeeling
...
...
...
Ranchi ... ... ...
Sonthal Pergunnahs ...
Eastern Bengal ... ...
Orissa ... ...
Behar
...
...
...
Total
...
Licensed
Vaccination.
Metropolitan
...
...
Darjeeling
...
...
Sonthal Pergunnahs ...
Ranchi ... ...
Eastern Bengal
...
...
Total ...
GRAND TOTAL
...
NUMBER OF
INSPECTING
OFFICERS.
Superintendents.
1
1
1
1
...
1
1
1
7
1
...
... 1
1
3
10
Deputy Superin-
tendents.
1
1
1
4
1 ...
..
...
8
4
1
1
1
1
8
16
Superintending
vaccinators.
...
...
8
... 7
6
...
...
21
39
5
2
4
2
52
78
NUMBER OF
VILLAGES VISITED BY
Superintendents.
Deputy Superin-
tendents.
Superintending
vaccinators.
Not reported.
Not reported.
360
448
... 169
405
365
1,747
543
...
... 24
54
620
2,367
678
768
498
...
...
...
1,944
2,677
218
101
251
56
3,303
5,247
1,851
......
1,171
863
...
...
3,885
7,924
954
127
850
274
10,129
14,014
TOTAL NUMBER
OF PERSONS
VACCINATED
DURING THE
YEAR.
In 1880-81.
......
*9,392
175,684
56,180
65,583
190,028
44,507
14,336
555,710
384,216
168,387
22,289
91,514
104,512
770,918
1,326,628
NUMBER OF PERSONS
POUND TO HAVE
BEEN VACCINATED BY
Superintendents.
......
962
12,535
11,833
......
19,788
25,185
9,713
80,016
40,997
......
...... 980
3,467
45,444
125,460
Deputy Superin-
tendents.
......
4,758
22,929
18,397
17,537
......
63,621
121,559
10,540
5,091
12,598
3,416
153,204
216,825
Superintending
vaccinators.
......
......
71,863
......
35,119
64,991
......
......
171,973
311,107
45,447
5,568
28,704
12,965
403,791
575,764
NUMBER OF PERSONS
FOUND TO BE SUCCESS-
FULLY VACCINATED BY
Superintendents.
......
915
11,909
11,465
......
19,706
24,618
9,379
77,992
40,748
......
...... 945
3,405
45,098
123,090
Deputy Superin-
tendents.
......
3,915
22,393
17,671
17,252
......
......
......
61,231
121,279
10,166
4,906
12,016
3,409
151,776
213,007
Superintending
vaccinators.
......
......
70,189
......
34,709
63,004
......
......
167,902
309,229
44,321
5,385
26,947
12,696
398,518
566,480
PROPORTION PER
CENT. OF SUCCESS-
FUL CASES
OBSERVED BY
Superintendents.
...
99.11
95.00
96.87
......
99.58
97.74
96.56
97.47
99.39
......
...... 96.42
98.21
99.23
98.11
Deputy Superin-
tendents.
...
82.28
97.66
96.05
93.87
...
...
...
96.24
99.76
96.45
96.36
95.38
99.79
99.06
98.23
Superintending
vaccinators.
...
...
97.67
...
98.83
96.94
...
...
97.63
99.39
97.52
96.71
93.87
97.92
93.69
98.33
PROPORTION PER CENT.
OF INSPECTIONS TO
TOTAL NUMBER VACCIN-
ATED.
Superintendents.
...
10.24
7.13
21.06
... 10.41
56.58
67.75
14.39
10.67
...
... 1.07
3.31
5.89
9.45
Deputy Superin-
tendents.
...
50.66
13.05
32.74
26.74
...
...
...
11.44
31.63
6.25
22.84
13.76
3.26
19.87
16.31
Superintending
vaccinators.
...
...
40.90
...
53.54
34.20
...
...
30.94
80.97
29.98
24.98
31.37
12.40
52.37
43.40
Total.
...
60.90
61.09
53.80
80.28
44.61
56.58
67.75
56.79
123.27
33.24
47.82
46.20
18.99
78.14
69.20
* Excluding Cooly Depôt vaccinations.
Collectively the figures in this table, compared with the figures given in the
similar table in the last year's report, show that there was an increase in the
number of the villages visited by the Superintendents, and Deputy Superinten-
dents of 679 and 1,203 respectively, against a decrease of 1,697 by the inspect-
ing vaccinators; and that with an increase in the number of persons found to
have been vaccinated by the Superintendents of 4,276 there was considerable
decrease in the numbers found by the Deputy Superintendents and inspecting
vaccinators, extending to 22,430 vaccinations by the former and 160,732 by
the latter. But this decline has no significance, as there was a general decrease
in the work of the year as compared with 1879-80. That the operations
of the year were satisfactorily performed in every circle is abundantly
proved by the verifications of the inspecting officers as set forth by the
figures in the column showing the percentages of the successful cases
observed. But the figures that gauge the relative merits of the inspec-
tion work of the several officers, as given in the last column of the table,
indicate that the supervision accorded by them varied very much, generally
resulting in a large proportion of the operations not having been inspected.
In the abstracts of the reports of the circles will be found my remarks on the
relative merits of the inspection work of several officers ; but I may here mention
that the work of the Deputy Superintendent of the Eastern Bengal Circle
was conspicuous for deficiency; that the Deputy Superintendent, inspectors,
and head vaccinators of the Sonthal Pergunnahs Circle should have seen more
of the operations; that the Deputy Superintendent of the 3rd Metropolitan
Circle ought not to have allowed his duties as Municipal Commissioner
and Honorary Magistrate to interfere with his inspection work, there being
ample time during the recess for their performance; and that it was not
creditable to the Deputy Superintendent of the 4th circle to have pleaded
" illness and other things " for not going out on tour more frequently than
he did and was desirable; and that great laxity was displayed by the
Superintendent of the Orissa Circle, by which the vaccination work in Orissa
suffered very much, serious outbreaks of small-pox having occurred in
various localities in his circle without his attention being awakened to them.