ABSTRACT OF REPORTS BY CIVIL
SURGEONS.
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the vaccinator, the condition of the people suffering from lingering fever, and the failure
of the lymph, caused, it is believed, by some peculiarity in the weather. The proportion
of infants vaccinated to the number born (350) in the Purneah town comes to only 1.71 per
cent. Of the Hindu population .37 per cent. were operated on, of the Mahomedan population
.22 per cent., and of the Christian population 5.72 per cent. The Dhangers, it is said, have
no scruples about vaccination, but the majority of the Hindus of the higher castes, and the
Mahomedans especially, are adverse to it. Inoculation is practised clandestinely all over
the district. 65.5 per cent. of the prisoners in the jail were found to have been inoculated.
Thirty-one deaths, or at the rate of 1.93 per 1,000 of population, were stated to have occurred in
the Purneah town. Matters have, however, been lately placed on a much better footing in this
town by the exertions of Moulvi Tajummal Hossein, Deputy Superintendent of Vaccination,
Darjeeling Circle.
45. Sonthal Pergunnahs.—There are no vaccinators attached to any of the dispensaries
or to the municipalities. The vaccinations are carried on in the district by the Sonthal
Pergunnahs Vaccination Circle. But 23 vaccinations of children, particulars regarding
which are shown in the following table, were perfomed in the Dumka sudder station—16 by
the Civil Surgeon and seven by the Civil Hospital Assistant of the Dumka Charitable
Dispensary. The lymph was obtained from Rajmehal and kept up by arm-to arm vaccination.
In 1880-81...
In 1879-80...
Total number vaccinated.
23
Average number vaccinated by
each vaccinator.
11
PRIMARY VACCINATIONS.
Total.
23
Successful cases.
Under one year.
8
One year
and
under six.
15
Total of all ages.
23
Re-vaccin-
ations.
Total.
...
Successful.
...
Percentages
of success-
ful cases.
Primary.
100.0
Re-vaccination.
...
RELIGION OF THE VACCINATED.
Number vaccinated.
Hindus.
21
Mahomedans.
...
Christians.
2
Other races.
...
Proportion per cent. to
total vaccinated.
Hindus.
91.3
Mahomedans.
...
Christians.
8.7
Other races..
...
None.
In the Dumka sudder station no births are registered, but the proportion of infants vaccin-
ated to the estimated number born (43) comes to 18.60 per cent. Eliminating the Christians
whose population is under-estimated, 1.67 per cent. of the Hindu population were operated
on. The people in some places in the Godda sub-division only object to vaccination; in the
other sub-divisions no opposition, it is said, is met with.
ORISSA DIVISION.
46. Cuttack.—No vaccinators were attached to any of the dispensaries in this district
but the medical officers of each of the dispensaries at Cuttack, Kendrapara, Jagipore, Dhurmsala,
Jumboo, Hookytollah, Light-house at False Point, Dhenkanal, and Ungool, vaccinated the
people residing in their neighbourhood. In the town of Cuttack three vaccinators, one head
vaccinator, and two vaccinators paid by the municipality—the head vaccinator at Rs. 10 during
the working season of October to March and Rs. 6-10-8 during the recess, and the vaccinators
at Rs. 5 each during the working season and Rs. 3-5-4 during recess—were employed; and
in the Government estate of Ungool a special vaccinator paid at the same rate as the
Cuttack head vaccinator from the provincial revenue funds of the estate was engaged to
carry on the operations. The town of Cuttack was divided into three sections, and to each a
vaccinator was appointed. Influential residents in the neighbourhood helped to promote
vaccination among the poorer classes, and the police rendered all legitimate assistance. The
lymph was obtained from Calcutta, and the virus kept up, as much as possible, by arm-to-arm
vaccination. The first supplies of lymph proved unsuccessful. The work performed by
the above men is exhibited in the subjoined table and contrasted with that of 1879-80.
Of the total primary vaccinations shown in this table, 250 were performed at the Cuttack
Municipality, 1,066 at the Government estate of Ungool, and 96 at the dispensaries:—
In 1880-80...
In 1879-80...
Total number vaccinated.
1,565
4,100
Average number vaccinated by
each vaccinator.
391
683
PRIMARY VACCINATIONS.
Total.
1,412
3,480
Successful.
Under one year.
278
One year and
under six.
213
No data.
Total of all ages.
926
1,895
Re-vaccin-
ations.
Total.
153
620
Successful.
73
394
Percentages
of success-
ful cases.
Primary.
65.58
5.46
Re-vaccination.
47.7
63.5
RELIGION OF THE VACCINATED.
Number vaccinated.
Hindus.
1,160
Mahomedans.
107
Christians.
32
Other races.
266
Proportion percent. to
total vaccinated.
Hindus.
72.94
Mahomedans.
6.08
Christians.
2.12
Other races.
8.83
No data.