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10. The expenditure on vaccination and the cost of each successful opera-
tion during each year of the triennium is given in the following table :—
Years.
1917-18 .. ..
1918-19 .. ..
1919-20 .. ..
Total
expenditure.
Rs.
3,81,828
3,87,280
5,16,933
a.
1
0
7
p.
7
5
11
Cost of each suc-
cessful case.
Rs.
0
0
0
a.
9
10
14
p.
0
9
2
The average annual expenditure for the triennium amounted to Rs. 4,28,680
against Rs. 3,61,735 in the preceding triennium whilst the average number
of successful primary and re-vaccinations (excluding dispensaries) was
611,557 against 670,679, the average cost per each successful case during the
triennium being 11 annas and 4 pies as against 8 annas and 8 pies in the last
triennium. This increase in cost was due to the increase in expenditure on
account of higher pay and war allowances.
11. The Deputy Sanitary Commissioners inspected 22,466 vaccinated per-
sons in 1919-20 against 13,108 in the previous year ; of these 1,027 were re-vacci-
nations. The amount of inspection work in the Western, Central, Southern,
Gujarat and Sind Registration Districts was 4,686, 3,399, 6,752, 3,441 and 4,188
respectively, the corresponding percentages to the total number vaccinated
being 3.76 ; 2.21 ; 3.77 ; 2.76; and 4.40, and success rates as obtained by inspec-
tion 90.89 ; 97.97 ; 94.16 ; 94.65 ; and 97.28. The annual average number of
inspections for the triennium was 20,650 against 30,971 in the preceding triennium.
This falling off in the number of inspections carried out by Deputy Sanitary Com-
missioners was due to the absence of officers on leave.
12. The Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Western Registration District,
visited 13 talukas and 116 towns and villages and travelled 5,517 miles. The
Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Central Registration District, visited 18 talukas
and 80 towns and villages and travelled 8,349 miles. The Deputy Sanitary Com-
missioner, Southern Registration District, visited 101 towns and villages in 24
talukas and travelled 2,876 miles. The Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Gujarat
Registration District, travelled 4,466 miles and visited 82 towns and villages in
18 talukas. The Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Sind Registration District,
visited 152 towns and villages in 23 talukas and travelled 7,992 miles.
13. The Inspectors of sanitation and vaccination examined 224,102 vaccina-
ted persons during the year 1919-20. The success rate for primary vaccination
as ascertained by these examinations was 98.72 against 99.00 in the previous year.
14. The scheme for conducting a vaccination campaign among school
children in the towns of Gujarat was carried on during the monsoon months and
the results obtained during the last three years are shown below :—
Years.
1917-18 .. ..
1918-19 .. ..
1919-20 .. ..
No. of children
found unpro-
tected.
1,938
950
1,295
No. of children
vaccinated.
1,017
295
665
15. During the year 1919-20 out of 55,042 villages 50,527 were visited by
the vaccinators against 51,010 in 1918-19 and 52,720 in 1917-18. The average
number of villages visited for the triennium under review was 51,419 against
50,389 in the last triennium.
16. During the year 1919-20, 4,771 deaths were recorded from small-pox
against 6,583 in 1918-19 and 5,738 in 1917-18. The average for the triennium was
5,697 against 2,648 in the preceding triennium and 7,048 in the triennial period
ending 1913-1914.
17. A diagram illustrating the proportion of population protected by vacci-
nation in each district during seven years, with the death rates from Small-pox
during each of the three years of the triennial period, is given as appendix IV.