No.1032/A B.G.
FROM THE SURGEON-GENERAL FOR BENGAL,
To THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL,
JUDICIAL, POLITICAL, AND APPOINTMENT DEPARTMENTS.
Dated Calcutta, the 6th September 1879.
SIR,
IN submitting the report on Vaccination in Bengal for the year
commencing 1st April 1878 and terminating 31st March 1879, I have the
honor to state that during that period Surgeon-Major T. E. Charles, M.D., was
Superintendent-General of Vaccination, Calcutta and suburbs, and Surgeon-
Major R. Lidderdale, M.D., Superintendent of the Darjeeling Circle. Surgeon
J. J. Wood, M.B., was Superintendent of the Ranchee Circle from 1st April
to the 22nd July 1878, when, having been appointed to act as Civil Surgeon
of Hazaribagh in room of Dr. E. A. Birch, who was proceeding to England
on sick leave, Surgeon D. Basu relieved him, and continued to officiate as
Superintendent during the remainder of the year. The Metropolitan Circles
were superintended during the entire year by Surgeon K. P. Gupta, M.B.
The Eastern Bengal Circle was under Apothecary A. Lyons; the Behar Circle
under Assistant Surgeon Kali Dass Bose as Superintendent; the Sonthal Per-
gunnahs under Deputy Superintendent Mothoora Nath Sen; and the Orissa
Circle under Assistant Surgeon Prisitosh Haldar.
2. Agency.—The statement which follows shows the agency employed
during the year under review compared with the previous one. The alteration
in the establishment of the Metropolitan Circles was required in order to carry
out the self-supporting system, that is to say, to carry out vaccination by means
of ex-inoculators who are paid for their trouble, the fee being fixed at two annas
for each case, whether male or female. Instead of four Inspectors as in 1877-78
there were 24 in 1878-79, but neither head nor other vaccinators in the latter
year. There were 294 ex-inoculators in 1878-79, instead of 12 head vaccina-
tors, 102 vaccinators, and only 66 licensed vaccinators or ex-inoculators, in
1877-78. The number of ex-inoculators was also increased in the Darjeeling,
Ranchee, Sonthal Pergunnahs, and Eastern Bengal Circles. In 1877-78 there
were 1,143 ex-inoculators attached to dispensaries, or who had received
licenses from Civil Surgeons, and in 1878-79 only 404. There were 192 vacci-
nators in 1877-78 and 159 in 1878-79. During the latter year all vaccinators
paid for by Government and working under Civil Surgeons were discontinued.
STATEMENT NO. I.
CIRCLES.
Calcutta and Suburbs ...
Metropolitan Circles ...
Darjeeling Circle ...
Ranchee
„ ...
Sonthal Pergunnahs Cir-
cle
Eastern Bengal Circle ...
Orissa „ ... ...
Behar
„ ...
Dispensary or Municipal
vaccinations ... ...
Total ...
1878-79.
Superintendent-
General.
1
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
1
Superintendent.
...
1
1
1
...
1
1
1
...
6
Deputy Superin-
tendent.
5*
4
3
1
1
...
... ...
...
14
Native Superin-
tendent.
...
...
7
3
...
1
...
...
1
12
Inspectors.
...
24
3
3||
3
2
...
...
...
35
Head Vaccina-
tors.
9†
...
1
...
3
6
3
5§
...
27
Vaccinators.
45‡
... 51
39
35
52
28
30
159
439
Apprentices.
...
...
39
...
...
21
2
...
...
62
Ex-Inoculators.
...
294
90
125
15
47
... ...
404
975
1877-78.
Superintendent-
General.
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Superintendent.
...
1
1
1
...
1
1
1
...
6
Deputy Superin-
tendent.
2
4
2
1
1
...
... ...
...
10
Native Superin-
tendent.
...
... 7
3
...
1
... ...
...
11
Inspectors.
...
4
6
3
4
...
...
...
...
17
Head Vaccina-
tors.
6
12
1
...
3
6
4
5
6
43
Vaccinators.
25
102
67
20
42
72
28
30
192
578
Apprentices.
...
... 39
...
...
24
2
...
1
66
Ex-Inoculators.
...
66
69
...
...
...
... ...
1,143
1,278
* 3 were extra.
† 3 ditto.
‡ 20 ditto.
§ One not employed.
|| Besides these there was another paid by native estate.