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towns and villages in 10 tálukas and travelled 2,401 miles. The Deputy Sani-
tary Commissioner, Southern Registration District, travelled 1,512½ miles and
visited 87 towns and villages in 12 tálukas. The Deputy Sanitary Com-
missioner, Gujarát Registration District, visited 3 tálukas and 52 towns and
villages and travelled 2,331½ miles. The Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Sind
Registration District, visited 233 towns and villages in 22 tálukas and travelled
3,206½ miles.
Work of the Inspector of
Sanitation and Vaccination.
17. During the year the Inspectors inspected
297,960 vaccinated persons.
Villages visited by the
vaccinators.
18. During the year 1913-14 out of 56,519 villages 48,404 were visited
by vaccinators against 47,533 in 1912-13 and 46,452
in 1911-12. The average number of villages visited
for the triennium under review was 47,463 against
39,849 in the preceding triennium.
Small-pox.
19. During the year under report 7,645 deaths were recorded from small-
pox against 8,596 in 1912-13 and 4,904 in 1911-12.
The average for the triennium under report was
7,048 against 4,386 in the preceding triennium.
Diagram.
20. A diagram illustrating the proportion of population protected by
vaccination in each district during seven years, with
the death-rates from small-pox during each of the
three years of the triennial period under review, is attached.
Inoculation.
21. No inoculation was reported to have been
practised in the Presidency.
Ill-effects.
22. No instances of any disease were reported
as having been communicated through vaccination.
Compulsory
Vaccination
Act in Bombay City.
23. The Compulsory Vaccination Act, Bombay (No. I of 1877), has been
in force for 36 years. The following table shows
the progress and the protection of infants during
the last six years and annual averages 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 1878-70 to 1887-88 ... ...
Average from 1888-89 to 1897-98 ... ...
Average from 1898-99 to 1907-08 ... ...
1908-1909 ... ...
1909-1910 ... ...
1910-1911 ... ...
1911-1912 ... ...
1912-1913 ... ...
1913-1914 ... ...
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
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
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
At the
rate of 31
per 1,000
of
population.
5
Rs.
19,977
22,771
25,023
25,733
30,312
30,312
30,312
30,362
30,362
30,362
Children under one year
successfully vaccinated.
Number.
6
8,526
11,894
13,879
11,494
13,056
14,237
12,003
15,435
15,510
14,855
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
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
Compulsory
Vaccination
Act in Karáchi Town.
24. In Karáchi town the Compulsory Vaccination Act (No. IV of 1879)
has been in force for the last 34 years and the
following table shows the averages for three decennial
periods and details for the last four years :—