3
inspection work in the Western, Central, Southern, Gujarat and Sind Regis-
tration Districts was 5,587, 6,512, 4,937, 6,299 and 6,389 vaccinated persons
respectively. The corresponding percentages to the total number vaccinated
were 3.96, 3.74, 2.94, 4.31 and 5.75, and success rates as obtained by inspection
were 95.65, 99.48, 97.21, 96.85 and 95.22 respectively. The annual average
of inspections for the triennium amounted to 30,971 against 25,205 in the
preceding triennium.
10. The Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Western Registration District,
visited 19 talukas and 161 towns and villages and travelled 5,483 miles. The
Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Central Registration District, visited 141 towns
and villages in 15 talukas and travelled 6,569 miles. The Deputy Sanitary
Commissioner, Southern Registration District, travelled 4,476 miles and visited
101 towns and villages in 21 talukas. The Deputy Sanitary Commissioner,
Gujarat Registration District, visited 22 talukas and 81 towns and villages and
travelled 4,650 miles. The Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Sind Registration
District, visited 205 towns and villages in 19 talukas and travelled 3,213 miles.
11. A special vaccination campaign among school children in small towns
in Gujarat was carried out during the monsoon months. As a result 1,281 out
of 2,332 children found unprotected were vaccinated.
12. The Inspectors inspected 272,835 vaccinated persons during the year
under review. The success rate for primary vaccination as ascertained by
inspection was 98.37.
13. During the year 1916-17 out of 56,136 villages 50,700 were visited
by the vaccinators against 50,454 in 1915-16 and 50,013 in 1914-15. The
average number of villages visited for the triennium under review was 50,389
against 47,463 in the preceding triennium.
14. During the year 1916-17, 2,872 deaths were recorded from smallpox
against 2,504 in 1915-16 and 2,568 in 1914-15. The average for the triennium
under report was 2,648 against 7,048 in the preceding triennium and 4,386 in
the triennial period ending 1910-11.
15. A diagram illustrating the proportion of population protected by
vaccination in each district during seven years, with the death-rates from
smallpox during each of the three years of the triennial period, is given as
appendix IV.
16. No inoculation was reported to have been practised in the Presidency.
17. No instances of any disease were reported as having been communi-
cated through vaccination.
18. The Compulsory Vaccination Act, Bombay (No. I of 1877), has been
in force in Bombay City for 39 years. The following table shows the progress
and the protection of infants during nine years and annual average for three
decennial periods after and for two years before the introduction of the
Act:—
Years.
1
Average 1876-77 and 1877-78 ...
Average from 1878-79 to 1887-88 ...
Average from 1888-89 to 1897-98 ...
Average from 1898-99 to 1907-08 ...
1908-09 ... ... ...
1909-10 ... ... ...
1910-11 ... ... ...
1911-12 ... ... ...
1912-13 ... ... ...
1913-14 ... ... ...
1914-15 ... ... ...
1915-16 ... ... ...
1916-17 ... ... ...
Births
returned
as having
been
registered.
2
13,593
15,054
14,947
16,059
20,073
19,650
20,312
21,952
20,563
19,916
18,815
20,251
21,014
Deaths
registered
among
children
under
one year.
3
6,980
6,072
6,654
9,319
8,877
8,059
8,611
8,319
8,949
7,839
6,820
6,952
8,133
Children available for
vaccination.
Births
minus
deaths.
4
6,613
8,982
8,293
6,740
11,196
11,591
11,701
13,633
11,614
12,077
11,995
13,299
12,881
At the rate
of 31 per
1,000 of
population.
5
19,977
22,771
25,023
25,733
30,312
30,312
30,312
30,362
30,362
30,362
30,362
30,362
30,362
Children under one year
successfully vaccinated.
No.
6
8,526
11,894
13,879
11,494
13,056
14,237
12,008
15,435
15,510
14,855
14,501
15,450
13,249
Ratio per
100 on
those in
column 4.
7
128.93
132.42
167.36
170.54
116.61
122.83
102.62
113.22
133.55
123.00
120.89
116.93
102.86
Ratio per
100 on
those in
column 5.
8
42.68
52.53
55.46
44.67
43.07
46.96
39.61
50.84
51.08
48.93
47.76
50.89
43.64