No. 36/1300
FROM
SURGEON-MAJOR A. STEPHEN, M.A., M.B.,
Sanitary Commissioner, Punjab,
To
H. C. FANSHAWE, ESQUIRE, C.S.,
Officiating Chief Secretary to Government, Punjab.
Dated LAHORE, the 1st June 1891.
SIR,
I have the honor to submit the vaccination statements for the year 1890-91
with the following brief remarks.
Surgeon Dyson in charge
of the special staff.
2. Surgeon Dyson, Deputy Sanitary Commissioner,
was in charge of the special vaccination staff throughout
the year.
Strength of the vaccina-
tion staff.
3. The strength of the vaccination establishment is almost exactly the
same as it was last year. In both years there were 35
native supervisors, 42 first class and 77 second class
vaccinators. There were on an average 181 third class vaccinators employed
during the year, the average number for the previous year having been 180.
The increase is due to an extra vaccinator having been employed in the
Mooltan district.
Expenditure considerably
less than in 1889-90.
4. The expenditure incurred by the establishment as a whole was
Rs. 4,628 less than in the previous year. The district and
special establishments cost, respectively, Rs. 1,198 and
Rs. 3,457 less than they did last year, but the cantonment staff expenditure
was Rs. 27 greater than in 1889-90.
Causes of decreased ex-
penditure.
5. The travelling expenses and contingencies of the district staff were
respectively Rs. 414 and Rs. 197 less than in the previous
year. The pay of the district establishment was Rs. 560
less than in 1889-90, due to the special Superintendent of Vaccination of the
Kángra district, on a salary of Rs. 100 a month, having been replaced by a
second class Supervisor on Rs. 30 a month. The reduction in the expenditure
of the special staff was partly due to Surgeon Dyson having succeeded Surgeon
Major O'Neill as Deputy Sanitary Commissioner on smaller allowances than those
drawn by Doctor O'Neill. The travelling allowance paid to the special staff was
Rs. 1,037 less than the amount paid under that head in 1889-90.
Cost of each successful
vaccination operation.
6. The average cost of each successful vaccination was one anna seven
pies, the same as the average cost of each successful case in
1888-89 and 1889-90.
Number of vaccinations
performed during the year.
7. There were 850,142 persons vaccinated during the year, of whom
479,646 were males and 370,496 females. In 1889-90
there were 934,110 vaccinations done, or 83,968 more than
during the year under review.
Of the total number of vaccinations done 595,134 were cases of primary
vaccinations, and of these, 565,094, or 94.95 per cent., were successful. Of the
255,008 cases of re-vaccination done 143,068 were successful, a percentage of
56.10.
Vaccinations done
by
district staff.
8. The district staff performed 767,767 operations, as against 853,676
in 1889-90. Of these, 538,150 were primary vaccinations,
and 229,617 were cases of re-vaccination : 94.83 per cent.
of the primary operations and 56.04 of the cases of re-vaccination were successful.
The decrease in 1890-91 is due entirely to the comparatively small amount of
work done in Kángra. In 1889-90 vaccination in Kángra was under a special
Superintendent, and 183,691 vaccinations were performed ; and in 1890-91 only
20,413 persons were vaccinated in that district. Excluding Kángra, there were
77,369 more vaccinations done by the district staff in 1890-91 than in 1889-90.