ABSTRACT OF REPORTS BY SUPERINTENDENTS.
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the Superintendent or Magistrate, they vaccinate where and when they like. They do not keep
regular and truthful records of their operations. They do not mind Inspectors, and will not
be present to show their cases to him. They operate only on persons who pay them, and their
vaccinations are not so good as they should be. There is no restriction on, or control over,
their conduct.
The Officiating Superintendent thinks that if such a state of things is allowed to
continue long, discredit will be brought on vaccination. He suggests as follows :—
" That the licensed vaccinators should be made to work in a regular and systematic way
under proper supervision, in the same way as is done in the case of the circle vaccinators,
that is, they should be divided into separate parties of 10 or 12 men each under one
Inspector of Vaccination to vaccinate every unprotected person in the area allotted to each
party; to begin work from a certain centre and thoroughly sweep the surrounding country,
then to remove their head-quarters to another centre, and so on till the end of the season,
their Inspector remaining all along with them in the same centre, inspecting their work,
correcting their errors, examining their registers, &c, to ensure good conduct on the part of
the licensed vaccinators
A certain sum (say Rs. 8 or Rs. 10) be imposed on each man as
security for good behavior, which is to be returned to him at the end of the season or forfeited,
according to circumstances."
SONTHAL PERGUNNAHS CIRCLE.
Government Vaccination.
Report and returns. —The annual report is written by the Deputy Superintendent of
Vaccination, Assistant Surgeon Probodh Chunder Bose, and submitted by the Officiating
Superintendent with the remark that the result of the year is satisfactory.
Establishment.—Assistant Surgeon Probodh Chunder Bose, Deputy Superintendent
of Vaccination, Metropolitan circles, took charge of his work on the 15th August 1879
from Assistant Surgeon Mothoora Nath Sen, transferred to Behar circle. The subordinate
establishment consisted of three head and 16 ordinary vaccinators for the district of Sonthal
Pergunnahs, and four temporary Inspectors and 20 vaccinators for the Bhagulpore and
Monghyr districts. The temporary staff was retained from 15th October 1879 to 13th
April 1880.
Recess.—Throughout the recess lymph was kept up by the circle vaccinators in the
neighbourhood of Rajmehal.
Plan of employment.—Three gangs of vaccinators under three head vaccinators were
placed in the sub-divisions of Rajmehal and Pakour with orders to extend work to the
Godda sub-division. Two Inspectors with their staff of vaccinators were placed at Bhagul-
pore, and two gangs under two Inspectors were sent to work in the sub-divisions of Monghyr
and J amui in continuation with that of the last year.
Rajmehal.—Two gangs were employed in this sub-division at the commencement.
A very little opposition was felt from a class of Mahomedans called Islams, but they gradually
gave in. The number of villages visited was 448, and the number of operations was
15,960, of which 15,796 were said to be successful. The number re-vaccinated was 159 with
56 successful cases recorded.
Pakour.—One division, consisting of six vaccinators and one head vaccinator, worked
exclusively in pergunnah Sooltanabad, and a portion of the other in pergunnah Umbar.
Seven hundred and nine villages were visited and 28,627 persons operated on. The number
of successful cases is said to have been 28,509.
Godda.—Two small gangs of vaccinators were employed in pergunnahs Pussye and
Muneecharry. The circle vaccinators generally met with opposition at Godda. The Moithils,
a high class of Brahmins, had proved obstructive before, but in this year they are said
to have appreciated the advantages of vaccination. The number of villages visited
was 93, and the number of operations performed was 4,616, of which 4,583 are returned as
successful.
Dumka.—One vaccinator commenced work in March, visited 11 villages, and vaccinated
1,125 cases, all of which are reported successful.
Bhagulpore district.—Two gangs of vaccinators under two Inspectors were employed
in this district. Opposition from the people is said to have been very high, especially in
the sudder sub-division. The vaccinators have gone over 658 villages and operated on
23,206 persons with 23,131 cases reported to be successful. The Deputy Superintendent
reports that to the assistance given by the sub-divisional officer, Banka, much of his work
is due.
Monghyr.—Two gangs of vaccinators worked in this district. Opposition, as usual,
was very great, especially from the high-class people—Rajpoots, Brahmins, &c. The
vaccinators, however, succeeded in operating on 9,228 persons in 380 villages. The number
of successful cases is said to have been 9,133.
Working of the season.—The total number of persons primarily vaccinated was 83,378,
against 36,287 in 1878-79. The number of successful cases was 82,893, against 36,077, and
the percentage of success was 99.4, against 99.41. The average number of persons
vaccinated by vaccinators was 2,137.8, against 1,036, and the cost of each successful case was
Re. 0-1-1.4, against Re. 0-2-6 in the previous year. The Deputy Superintendent states that