ABSTRACT OF REPORTS BY CIVIL SURGEONS.
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done. As this vaccinator furnished no returns, his work does not also find a place in the
report. The vaccination performed by the above establishment is shown in the subjoined
table:—
In 1880-81...
In 1879-80...
Total number vaccinated.
473
1,989
Average number vaccinated by
each vaccinator.
157
497
PRIMARY VACCINATIONS.
Total.
450
1,978
Successful.
Under one year.
23
One year and
under six.
158
No data.
Total of all ages.
321
1,441
Re-vaccin-
ations.
Total.
23
11
Successful.
20
11
Percentages
of success-
ful cases.
Primary.
71.3
72.9
Re-vaccination.
86.9
100.0
RELIGION OF THE VACCINATED.
Number vaccinated.
Hindus.
358
Mahomedans.
94
Christians.
21
Other races.
...
Proportion per cent. to
total vaccinated.
Hindus.
75.6
Mahomedans.
19.9
Christians.
4.4
Other races.
...
No data.
There was a great reduction in the number vaccinated, even taking into account that there
was an additional vaccinator at work in 1879-80. The character of the operations is also
very unsatisfactory, and the success attending the re-vaccinations unusally large. Motihari
and Burharwada not register births. At Bettiah there occurred 602 births. But calculating
on the estimated births, 839, we find that the percentage of infant vaccinations to number
born amounts to only 2.74. Of the Hindu population 1.79 per cent. were operated on,
of the Mahomedan 1.37 per cent., and of the Christian 1.76 per cent. The Civil Surgeon's
inspection was limited to the municipality and dispensary at Motihari, where he saw
120 cases and found 28 to be successful. He considers the work seen by him at Motihari
to be excellent. He also saw 79 successful cases out of 85 operations in the jail. The
Assistant Surgeons of Bettiah and Motihari constantly inspected the work of the vaccinators
under them, and report that the work, although small as regards numbers, was well done ;
but the fact that the results of re-vaccinations are better than those in primary vaccination
casts a shade of doubt over the whole of the figures. Inoculation is practised universally in
the district. In the towns the lower castes are indifferent to vaccination, but submit to it on
being much persuaded. The higher castes object to it strongly. A vakil in the town of Moti-
hari was recently fined Rs. 20 for introducing an inoculator and allowing him to inoculate his
child, and the inoculator was also fined Rs. 60. In another case the prosecution fell through
from want of evidence. This action had, it is said, a good effect in stopping inoculation in
the municipality, and cleared the way for vaccination. There were six deaths, or at the rate
of .30 per 1,000 of population, in the Bettiah Municipality, and one, or .12 per 1,000, in the
Motihari Municipality. No deaths were reported from Burharwa.
BHAUGULPORE DIVISION.
42. Monghyr.—Three vaccinators were attached to the Monghyr Charitable Dispensary
under the supervision of the Civil Surgeon, and one to the Jamalpore Municipality under
the supervision of the Railway Medical Officer. They were paid from municipal funds
at 10 Rs. per month during the working season, and Rs. 5 during the recess. The work
was carried on within municipal limits in one mohulla at a time. The lymph was obtained
from Darjeeling, Rajmehal and Cuttack, and kept up by arm-to-arm vaccination. The
work of the year is exhibited in the following table as compared with 1879-80 : —
In 1880-81...
In 1879-80...
Total number vaccinated.
1,466
1,282
Average number vaccinated by
each vaccinator.
366
320
PRIMARY VACCINATIONS.
Total.
1,436
1,237
Successful.
Under one year.
243
One year and
under six.
723
No data.
Total of all ages.
1,309
934
Re-vaccin-
ntions.
Total.
30
45
Successful.
16
25
Percentages
of success-
ful cases.
Primary.
91.2
75.5
Re-vaccination.
53.3
55.5
RELIGION OF THE VACCINATED.
Number vaccinated.
Hindus.
1,096
Mahomedans.
335
Christians.
35
Other races.
...
Proportion per cent. to
total vaccinated.
Hindus.
74.7
Mahomedans.
22.9
Christians.
2.4
Other races.
...
No data.
There was an increase in the number of the vaccinations, and the success that attended
them was considerably better. In the abovenamed municipalities 2,194 births were regis-
tered, or at the rate of 31.27 per 1,000 of population. The number of infant vaccinations
contrasted with this figure yields a ratio of only 11.07 per cent. of infants vaccinated to
number born. Of the Hindu population 2.09 per cent. were vaccinated, of the Mahomedan
1.98 per cent., and of the Christian 3.79 per cent. The Civil Surgeon examined 381
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