ABSTRACTS OF REPORTS BY SUPERINTENDENTS.
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equal rates; and the Christians the least. This order is observable in the work of both
the Government and licensed agencies, with the exception that the latter succeeded in
vaccinating a larger proportion of Christians as compared with Hindus. Of the classes
vaccinated in relation to the total vaccinations of the year the largest proportion
operated on were Mahomedans and next the Hindus.
Inspections.
62. The figures in the following table show how the
work of the year had been supervised by the inspecting
agency, and the relative merits of the inspections.
Government Agency.
Superintendent...
...
...
Deputy Superintendent... ... ...
Native Superintendents... ... ...
Licensed Agency.
Deputy Superintendent... ... ...
Inspector at Bogra... ...
Ditto at Rajshahye... ... ...
Ditto at Dinagepore...
...
Ditto at Rungpore... ... ...
Ditto at Julparguri... ... ...
Total...
Number of inspecting
officers.
1
1
7
1
1
1
1
1
1
5
Duration of tour.
Months.
4
6
6
8½
6
6
6
6
4½
...
Number of villages visited.
360
678
1,851
218
407
246
210
...
91
954
Number of persons vaccin-
ated during the year.
175,684
168,387
...
Number of persons found
to have been vaccinated.
12,535
22,929
71,863
10,540
12,265
10,044
3,891
17,431
1,816
45,447
Number of persons found
to have been successfully
vaccinated.
11,909
22,393
70,189
10,166
11,993
9,951
3,741
16,863
1,773
44,321
Proportion per cent of
successful cases observ-
ed.
95.00
97.66
97.67
96.45
97.78
99.07
96.14
96.74
97.63
97.52
Proportion per cent of
inspections to total num-
ber vaccinated.
7.13
13.05
40.89
6.25
7.28
5.96
2.31
10.35
10.78
26.98
In all a net number of 4,349 villages were vaccinated, viz 3,793 in Purneah, 353 in
Darjeeling, 173 in Julpaiguri, 22 in Rungpore, five in Maldah, and three in Cooch Behar.
That the success that attended the operations is satisfactory, as before stated, is abundantly
proved by the verifications of the work by all the different officers above mentioned. But
the figures that gauge the inspection work of the several officers, as given in the last column
of the above table, indicate that energetic supervision was not exercised over the work by all
the officers concerned, for the ratios of inspection range from the absurd proportion of 2.31
to 13.05 per cent. of persons found to have been vaccinated out of the total vaccinated. In
these remarks are included the Government agency Native Superintendents, for although a
gross percentage of 40.89 is shown against them, the work of each man is represented by
only 5.83 per cent. of the vaccinations.
Cost of vaccination.
63. The table below shows what was the cost of
vaccination during the year under notice as compared with
the preceding year :—
Government
agency...
...
...
...
Licensed
do.
...
...
...
...
Total...
IN 1880-81.
Total cost.
Rs.
17,828
3,916
21,744
A.
1
9
11
P.
9
3
0
Average cost of
each successful
case.
Rs.
0
0
0
A.
1
0
1
P.
7
4
0
Average cost
of each
successful case
in 1879-80.
Rs.
0
0
0
A.
1
0
1
P.
2
4
2
showing that the cost of each successful case was 2 pie less than in the preceding year.
Attitude of the people towards vaccin-
ation.
64. Both Hindus and Mahomedans were hostile to vaccination, and the better class
Brahmins and Rajpoots in thana Ararea gave great trouble
for a long time. The Deputy Magistrate of the sub-divisional
head-quarters of Basuntpore repeated the old plea of Hindus
objecting to be vaccinated by Mussulmans on religious grounds, inasmuch as protection
from small-pox by inoculation is considered a semi-religious rite. He rendered no help
in promoting vaccination, nor did the police in Ararea, who were required to assist in the
matter of vaccinifers, respond to the request. The Magistrate of Purneah was so early as the
3rd of July 1880 asked to instruct the police to help in obtaining vaccinifers, but so late as
27th January 1881 he replied asking in what way he could assist the establishment.