Proceedings of the Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab in the Home (Medical and Sanitary) Depart-
ment, No. 604 S., dated 15th August 1895.
READ—
The Sanitary Commissioner's Report on Vaccination in the Punjab for the year 1894-95.
Paragraphs 2 to 4.
REMARKS.—In paragraph 3 of the Report it is said that the total cost of the
Vaccination Department during the year 1894-95
amounted to Rs. 80,817 against Rs. 74,151 in
1893-94, showing an increase of Rs. 6,666. This increase, though satisfactorily ac-
counted for, does not include the cost of the Divisional Inspectors referred to in para-
graph 7 of the Review on the Sanitary Report for the year 1893-94, which apparently
came to Rs. 3,550 ; so that the total increased cost for the year 1894-95 really
amounted to Rs. 10,216. It would have been more convenient if the " total cost of
the Department" had been shown to be what it actually is. Again, in paragraph 4
it is said that " the average cost of each successful vaccination was one anna and
nine pies as compared with one anna and six pies during the preceding year,"
but in a foot-note it is said : "In this calculation the amount paid to the Divi-
sional Inspectors is not included." Here also it is not clear why the pay of the
Divisional Inspectors is not included. Statement No. II shows that in the
case of one district (Jhelum) the share of the pay of the Divisional Inspector
paid by that district is included, and it appears to His Honor that there is no
reason why the pay of all the Inspectors might not equally well have been
included, so that the cost of each successful operation might have been calculated
on correct data.
Paragraph 5 and Statement No. I.
2. It is stated in paragraph 5 of the Report that the total number
of vaccinations performed by all establishments
was 909,842 ; but if reference is made to State-
ment No. I, which professes to show particulars of vaccination in the whole
Province, it would at first sight appear as though the total were 900,581
only. As a matter of fact the statement excludes two classes of returns,
viz, (a) those of cantonments which entertain their own vaccinators,
(b) dispensary vaccinations. The foot-note to the statement notices the absence of
(a), but is silent as to (b). The Lieutenant-Governor considers that it would be
better to include these returns in Statement No. I below the entries for the " Special
Staff." The statement would then be complete in itself and show at a glance the
actual work performed throughout the Province. His Honor also thinks that a column
should be added between 10 and 11 for successful primary vaccinations of persons
over 6 years of age, as at present it is said that, owing to the absence of such a
column, primary vaccinations of persons over 6 years of age are sometimes
excluded from column 8 and treated as re-vaccinations. It also appears from
paragraph 5 that the total number of operations performed by the establishment
as a whole was 146,963 less than in the previous year ; but if the figures of the
Kangra District, which again shows the greatest total number of operations
(primary 20,780, re-vaccinations 119,941,—total 140,721), are eliminated from
the calculation, the figures for the rest of the Province show an increase instead
of a decrease, thus—
Total primary vaccinations by ail Depart-
ments in districts other than Kangra
(vide Statement I, Appendix to State-
ment I, and Statement III) ...
Total re-vaccinations by all Departments
in districts other than Kangra ...
Total ...
Increase for 1894-95 ...
1893-94.
564,344
195,799
760,143
1894-95.
636,802
132,319
769,121
8,978