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Work of the year.
5. The total number of vaccinations per-
formed in Bengal during the year 1888-89 was—
In the seven circles, including Calcutta
and the Suburbs ... ...
In municipalities and dispensaries
...
Total ...
1,758,354
87,815
1,846,169
against 1,639,694
78,961
„
1,718,655
in 1887-88.
in 1887-88.
in 1887-88.
or an increase of 127,514 during the year under report. Every circle,
except the Ranchi Circle and the Suburbs of Calcutta, contributed to this
increase. In Ranchi the number of vaccinations fell from 144,790 in 1887-88
to 139,454 during the year under report. The decrease is attributed by
the Superintendent of Vaccination " partly to the great amount of protection
already afforded and the consequent difficulty of finding cases." Emigration of
families from Chota Nagpore Division to the tea districts is also said to account
in part for the falling off in the number of operations during the year under
report. In the Suburbs of Calcutta, including the Central Vaccination Depôt,
there was a decrease in the number of operations from 12,160 in 1887-88 to
10,396 in 1888-89. The decrease is accounted for by the Superintendent by
presumed efficient protection in previous years, as evidenced by the absence of
any epidemic of small-pox. Municipalities and dispensaries, it will be observed,
show an increase of 8,854 operations during the year under report. Of the
total number of persons vaccinated in 1888-89, 955,071 were males and
891,098 were females, distributed as follows according to sect or religion:—
1,026,294 Hindus, 748,497 Mahomedans, 5,992 Christians, and 65,386 other
classes. These figures compared with those of the previous year, which were
935,986, 728,751, 5,114, and 48,804 respectively, show that the protection
afforded to all classes of the community was greater in 1888-89 than in
1887-88.
Number of primary and se-
condary operations and rates of
success.
6. Of the total number of vaccinations performed in 1888-89, 1,838,215
were primary and 7,954 were secondary or re-
vaccinations, the number of successful operations
in each case being 1,820,371 and 3,485, and the
ratio per cent. of successful operations 99.27 and 48.97, respectively, as detailed,
circle by circle, in the following table:—
CIRCLES.
Calcutta ... ...
Metropolitan Circles ... ...
Suburbs of Calcutta, including Cen-
tral Vaccine Depôt ... ...
Total of Metropolitan Circles ...
Darjeeling Circle ... ...
Ranchi
„ ... ...
Sonthal Pergunnahs ... ...
Eastern Bengal ... ...
Orissa ... ...
Behar
...
...
Total of Vaccination Circles ...
Municipalities, dispensaries, &c. ...
GRAND TOTAL ...
PRIMARY.
Total number
of operations
in 1888-89.
9,699
417,961
8,133
426,094
289,704
139,101
128,065
567,067
90,446
103,574
1,753,750
84,465
1,838,215
Number of
successful
operations in
1888-89.
8,403
416,854
7,536
424,390
288,039
137,155
127,769
566,860
86,228
101,708
1,740,552
79,819
1,820,371
Ratio per
cent. of suc-
cessful cases
in 1888-89.
94.16
99.75
96.82
99.70
99.90
98.76
99.80
99.97
95.49
98.59
99.44
95.56
99.27
SECONDARY.
Total number
of operations
in 1888-89.
1,538
84
2,263
2,347
34
353
1
23
107
201
4,604
3,350
7,954
Number of
successful
operations
in 1888-89.
146
43
744
787
27
301
1
16
74
58
1,410
2,075
3,485
Ratio per
cent. of suc-
cessful cases
in 1888-89.
11.24
51.19
43.00
43.38
79.41
85.26
100.00
69.56
73.26
30.05
36.94
62.89
48.97
Average number of vaccinators
and number of operations perform-
ed by each.
7. The average number of vaccinators, including the apprentices who
actually performed some operations, was 2,564
during the year under report, against 2,374 in
1887-88, and the average number of operations
performed by each of these men was 720 in 1888-89, against 724 in the previous
year.