TRIENNIAL REPORT ON VACCINATION IN THE
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEARS
1920-21, 1921-22, 1922-23.
Changes in designation.
Under Government Order, General Department, No. 1063 of 26th October
1921, the designation of the Department was changed
from the Sanitary to the Public Health Department—
the Sanitary Commissioner becoming the Director and the Deputy Sanitary
Commissioners, Assistant Directors of Public Health.
Changes among the super-
vising staff.
2. The following table shews the various
officers who held these appointments during the
triennium :—
Appointment.
Director, Public Health ...
Asatt. Director of Public
Health, Western R. D.
Asstt. Director of Public
Health, Central R. D.
Asstt. Director of Public
Health, Guzerat R. D.
Asstt. Director of Public
Health, Sind R. D.
Asstt. Director of Public
Health, Southern R. D.
Name.
Lieut.-Colonel W.
O'S.
Murphy, I.M.S.
Lieut.-Colonel
H. M. H.
Melhuish, D.S.O., I.M.S.
Lieut.-Colonel A. V. Ander-
son, I.M.S.
Dr. J. D. Munsiff ...
Lieut.-Colonel
J.
H.
McDonald, I.M.S.
Dr. Accacio da Gama ...
Dr. J. L. Pinto ...
Dr. J. D. Munsiff ...
Major Devenport Jones, IM.S.
Dr. B. V. Shiveshwarkar ...
Dr. J. L. Pinto ...
Lieut.-Colonel
H. M. H.
Melhuish, D.S.O., I.M.S.
Dr. F. Barretto ...
Dr. R. D. Dalal ...
Period.
1st April 1920 to 26th April
1920; 27th April 1921 to 29th
March 1923.
27th April 1920 to 26th April
1921; 30th March 1923 to
31st March 1923.
1st April 1920 to 2nd June
1920.
3rd June 1920 to 18th Novem-
ber 1921;1st June 1922 to
31st March 1923.
19th November 1921 to 31st
May 1922.
1st April 1920 to 14th Novem-
ber 1922.
15th November 1922 to 31st
March 1923.
1st April 1920 to 2nd June
1920.
3rd June 1920 to 10th October
1920.
11th October 1920 to 31st
March 1923.
1st April 1920 to 26th August
1922.
27th August 1922 to 20th
March 1923.
21st March 1923 to 31st March
1923.
1st April 1920 to 31st March
1923.
Remarks.
Acting.
Held charge in addition to
his own duties.
Acting.
Held charge in addition to
his own duties.
Acting.
Do.
Acting : In addition to
his own duties.
.
Changes in Area.
3. A portion of the Thana District, adjoining Bombay, has been separ-
ated from the rest to form the Bombay Suburban
District. The control of vaccination in Bandra and
Kurla Municipalities was transferred from the Executive Health Officer,
Bombay, to the Assistant Director of Public Health, Western Registration
District, while supervision of vaccination work in Janjira State in the Kolaba
Collectorate was taken over by the State Authorities.
The vaccination establishment of the Western Registration District was
increased by three vaccinators and that of the Aden establishment by five during
the year 1922-1923. A male and female vaccinator were employed temporarily
in Karachi during the pilgrim season in each year of the triennium.
The system introduced in the year 1910 by which the control of vaccin-
ation in one district of each Registration Circle is exercised by the Local Board
of that district, was continued throughout the triennium.
Primary
Vaccinations.
(Appendix I,
Statements
I & III.)
4. During the year 1922-1923, 633,602 persons were primarily vaccin-
ated against 581,366 in the previous year and 544,307
in 1920-1921. With the exception of Sind, there was
an increase in the number of primary vaccinations
performed in all Registration Circles. The decrease in Sind is said to be
due to an unprecedented number of vaccinations being performed during the
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