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ABSTRACT OF REPORTS BY CIVIL SURGEONS.
—all primary vaccinations. In 1877 the district was included in the Metropolitan circle of
vaccination, and early in the following season (1877-78) three Deputy Superintendents
of Vaccination with a large staff of vaccinators arrived and immediately commenced active
operations, which were carried on to the end of the season throughout the district. On the
whole the people of the district are not hostile to vaccination. With rare exceptions they
seem quite willing to have their children vaccinated in ordinary times, and when small-pox
prevails they are eager to get not only children, but themselves, protected. On the intro-
duction of Act IV (B.C.) of 1865 into the district, and at the suggestion of the Magistrate,
a number of ex-inoculators were taught to vaccinate, and were granted licenses permitting
them to practise vaccination in the district on the same terms as they did inoculation. This
practice, however, was discontinued, and such matters left to be arranged for by the Superin-
tendent of Vaccination, Metropolitan circle. Since the introduction of the abovementioned Act
on the 1st January 1878 the practice of inoculation has, the Civil Surgeon believes, received
a complete check. At any rate he has not heard of a single instance of it from any source.
RAJSHAHYE DIVISION.
Dinagepore.—There was one vaccinator appointed by the municipality, on Rs. 10 per
month, from 7th November 1879 to 31st March 1880, who performed operations within the
municipal limits under the supervision of the Civil Surgeon. There was no vaccinator
attached to any dispensary in the district, and the vaccination of the jail was performed by
the Civil Hospital Assistant. Arm-to-arm vaccination was followed with best results.
The Civil Surgeon visited five villages and inspected 137 cases, all of which were found
successful. The total number of operations performed was 340, of which 326 were primary
and 14 re-vaccinations. The number returned as successful was 216 and 10, or a percentage
of 66.25 and 71.42 respectively, which is somewhat anomalous. The people are not averse
to vaccination, but the lower class people at times make excuses to defer its operation. No
inoculation is said to have been practised in the town or in its vicinity, as none was observed
by the Civil Surgeon or reported to have occurred in any part of the district. The vaccin-
ation of the district is conducted under the orders of the Superintendent, Darjeeling circle.
The Civil Surgeon reports that out of 425 persons examined by him in the schools, jail, and
in the sudder dispensary only seven were found unprotected.
Rajshahye.—Two municipal vaccinators were attached to Bauleah and Nattore dispen-
saries, who worked within the municipal limits, on Rs. 6 and Rs. 5 per month respectively,
from October 1879 to March 1880. A bonus of Rs. 3 was allowed to the municipal vaccin-
ator at Bauleah in addition to his salary for every hundred successful cases. The two men
went from house to house, explaining to the people the advantages of vaccination. The
Civil Surgeon says that the system has worked so well that no aid from the civil authorities
or influential natives was necessary. The total number of persons vaccinated was 1,202. Of
these 1,169 were primary and 33 secondary operations. The number returned as successful
was 1,084 in primary and 30 in re-vaccination cases, or a percentage of 92.72 and 90.99
respectively. No inspection of the village or persons vaccinated was made by the Civil
Surgeon. The people are said to be well-disposed towards vaccination. The practice of
inoculation was not found to have been at all resorted to. There being no inoculators in
the district, no measures were adopted to train them to the practice of vaccination.
Rungpore.—This town having been completely protected before, only the newcomers
and children were vaccinated. One vaccinator was employed in Rungpore municipality,
from October 1879 to March 1880, on Rs. 5 per mensem. One was attached to Kakina
dispensary, who worked from January to March 1880, on Rs. 10 a month, and another,
attached to Bagdera dispensary, worked for a few days in May 1879, who received Rs. 7-8-10
in all. In Bagdera and Kakina the vaccinators were employed to stamp out small-pox
from the villages, and the operations of the municipal vaccinator were confined to the limits
of the Rungpore.municipality. Eight hundred and eighty-two primary and two secondary
operations were reported, of which 855 were successful in primary cases, or a percentage
of 96.94. The Civil Surgeon visited two villages and examined 209 vaccinated persons, with
201 successful cases. There were no inspecting vaccinators, but every case not inspected
by the Civil Surgeon was seen at some stage or other of the operation by the Civil Hospital
Assistant. The people seemed quite ready to submit to the operation. Dr. Ghose was not
aware of any inoculation being practised in the district. The Vaccine Department worked
in all parts of it. Nothing was done to train inoculators in the practice of vaccination.
Bogra.—The general vaccination of the district was conducted by the licensed vaccin-
ators of the vaccine circle. The municipality of Bogra employed a vaccinator for four
months at Rs 7. There was no vaccinator attached to any dispensary, but the Civil
Hospital Assistants in charge vaccinated a few persons. The total number of persons
vaccinated was 247. Of these, 231 cases were reported successful. The Civil Surgeon visited
all the villages within the area and examined 123 persons vaccinated. Of these, 120 cases
were found successful. The people are said to be not averse to vaccination, but few persons,
when first asked, permit their children to be vaccinated. Inoculation was not practised in
the district, and no measures were taken to train the inoculators, as most of them have
already been trained to vaccination.
Pubna.—No vaccinators were employed by the municipality in the past year. The work
was taken in hand by the Superintendent of Vaccination, Eastern Bengal Circle, and