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ABSTRACT OF REPORTS BY CIVIL SURGEONS.
had been kept up by arm-to-arm vaccination. The following table shows the work performed
during the year as compared with the preceding year :—
In 1880-81 ...
In 1879-80 ...
Total number vaccinated.
1,779
1,840
Average number vaccinated by
each vaccinator.
313 by vaccin-
ators, 9 by
ex-inoculators.
296 by vaccin-
ators, 7 by
ex-inoculators.
PRIMARY VACCINATIONS.
Total.
1,779
1,840
Successful.
Under one year.
536
One year and
under six.
748
No data.
Total of all ages.
1,365
1,548
Re-vacci-
nations.
Total.
...
...
Successful.
...
...
Percent-
ages of
successful
cases.
Primary.
76.7
84.1
Re-vaccination.
...
...
RELIGION OF THE VACCINATED.
Number vaccinated.
Hindus.
1,370
Mahomedans.
402
Christians.
1
Other races.
6
Proportion per cent. to
total vaccinated.
Hindus.
77.0
Mahomedans.
22.6
Christians.
.06
Other races.
.34
No data.
There was a reduction in the number of vaccinations, and the success that attended the
operations was worse than in 1879-80, in which year it was not quite satisfactory. No
explanation has been offered to account for this, but of course when it is optional with
the people to be vaccinated or not, fluctuations in the number vaccinated will occur. Of the
total vaccinations only 85 were performed by the nine ex-inoculators. The smallness of the
number is stated to be due to their being unable to obtain a sufficient number of persons
willing to pay for their services. The outposts above referred to, as well as the outposts
of Peerbahar, Sultangunge, Alumgunge and Sadikpore, referred to in the next paragraph of
this report as having been vaccinated by the vaccinator attached to the Temple School
Hospital and Dispensary, are parts of the Patna thana. The birth and class statistics of this
thana, as well as of the Bankipore thana will therefore be considered here. Of the whole
of this area births are registered at only the Patna Municipality, where they amounted
during the year to 4,980, but taking the estimated births, 7,684, it is found that the propor-
tion of infants vaccinated to number born amounts to 21.84 per cent. Of the Hindu
population in these areas 1.01 per cent., of the Mahomedan 1.83 per cent., of the Christian
45.35 per cent., and of the other races 1.81 per cent., were respectively operated on. The
Assistant Surgeon at several inspections saw 372 cases of vaccination, of which 369
were noted as successful. Vaccination is appreciated by the generality of the people in
the Patna city, who have themselves and their children vaccinated willingly, which is a very
gratifying fact. But there are yet some who object to the measure on religious grounds,
viz. that by submitting to it they would incur the displeasure of the goddess of small-pox.
Inoculation is prohibited within the municipality. During the year nine deaths were reported
to have occurred in this city, being in the proportion of .05 per 1,000 of population.
31. Bankipur.—The Bankipur dispensary is now called the Patna Temple School Hos-
pital and Dispensary. Two permanent and five temporary vaccinators, paid by the Patna
Municipality, were attached to this institution, and employed at the Bankipur thana
and at the outposts of Peerbahar, Sultangunge, Alumgunge, and Sadikpore in the
Patna thana. The permanent vaccinators were employed throughout the year, receiving
Rs. 10 per mensem during the five working months and Rs. 8 during the recess, and
of the temporary ones two were employed for three months and three for five months, and three
of them received Rs. 7 per month and two Rs. 5. These men were sent in batches of two or
three to defined areas to vaccinate all who could be induced to submit to the operation, and
orders were issued by the Magistrate to the thanas to render assistance to the vaccinators. The
lymph was kept up by arm-to-arm vaccination throughout the year. The work of the year
is shown in the subjoined table:—
In 1880-81...
In 1879-80...
Total number vaccinated.
1,501
1,359
Average number vaccinated by
each vaccinator.
250
226
PRIMARY VACCINATIONS.
Total.
1,468
1,316
Successful.
Under one year.
1,142
One year and
under six.
211
No data.
Total of all ages.
1,415
1,281
Re-vaccin-
ations.
Total.
33
43
Successful.
29
30
Percentages
of success-
ful cases.
Primary.
96.3
97.3
Re-vaccination.
87.8
69.8
RELIGION OF THE VACCINATED.
Number vaccinated.
Hindus.
728
Mahomedans.
483
Christians.
290
Other races.
...
Proportion per cent.
to total vaccinated.
Hindus.
48.5
Mahomedans.
32.2
Christians.
19.3
Other races.
...
No Data.
There was an increase in the number vaccinated, but it should be noted that seven vaccin-
ators were at work this year against six in the preceding year. The quality of the work was