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DISPENSARY VACCINATION.
The vaccination oper-
ations performed in the
dispensaries.
33. The dispensary vaccination was carried on in the same way as last year,
the operations having been performed by Civil Surgeons, Assist-
ant Surgeons, Hospital Assistants, Compounders and Hakíms.
Vaccinations were done at the dispensaries of the Gurgáon,
Delhi, Kángra, Hoshiárpur, Ludhiána, Jhang, Lahore, Gujrát, Pesháwar, Bannu and
Dera Ismail Khan districts. Altogether there were 4,343 persons vaccinated by
the dispensary staff.
Of these there were 3,708 cases of primary vaccination, and
3,337 of them were successfully operated on, giving a percentage of 89.99 suc-
cessful cases. Of the persons successfully vaccinated 2,141 were under one year
of age, and 1,149 were between one and six years old. There were 635 cases of
re-vaccination, 209 of which were successful or 32.91 per cent. Last year there
were 4,668 vaccinations done at dispensaries, of which 4,339 were primary and
329 were cases of re-vaccination. The percentage of successful cases of primary
vaccination was 91.84 and as many as 67.48 per cent. of the re-vaccinations
were successful. 1,508 of this year's vaccinations were done in the Jhang district,
585 in Pesháwar and 50C in Dera Ismail Khan. Of the 635 cases of re-vaccina-
tion 557 were done in the Jhang district.
NATIVE STATES.
Vaccination in the large
Native States.
34. The statistics of the vaccination work done in the Native States of
Patiála, Nábha, Kapurthala, Farídkot and Baháwalpur
are given in the following statement. No return has
been received up to date from the Jhínd State :—
Native States.
Patiála
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Baháwalpur
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Nábha*
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Kapurthala ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Farídkot
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Males.
29,911
4,623
3,189
5,557
1,559
Females.
25,387
3,629
4,223
4,760
1,335
Total.
55,298
8,252
7,412
10,317
2,894
Successful.
54,845
7,211
5,719
9,330
2,821
* For the Calendar year 1886.
The return for the State of Patiála is a very statisfactory one; owing,
in great measure to the exertions of Docter Bennett, vaccination has become
very popular in that State. Last year there were 31,074 persons vaccinated,
and during the present year the number rose to 55,298, an increase of 24,224
operations. Of those vaccinated the result was successful in 54,845 cases,
being 99.2 per cent. of the total number vaccinated.
Taking the population of the State as 1,467,433, there were 37.38 per
1,000 of the people successfully vaccinated. Doctor Bennett estimates that
58,000 children were born in the State during the year, and 31,344 children under
one year of age were successfully vaccinated, or 54 per cent. of the number born,
against 27 per cent. successfully vaccinated last year.
The establishment was increased by one Native Superintendent and five
vaccinators during the year, and Doctor Bennett attributes the large increase in
the number vaccinated : (1) to the increased number of vaccinators at work,
(2) to the great energy with which the work was carried on, each vaccinator
having done 2,513 operations against 1,827 last year, and (3) to the exceptionally
healthy season, there having been no interruption to the work from sickness.
He states that the arm to arm system has been systematically carried out, and
that all districts of the State were visited by the vaccinators.
The report for the Kapurthala State is also favourable. During the year
there were 10,317 operations done in this State, of which 9,330, or 90.4 per cent.
were successful. Last year there were 8,001 persons vaccinated, 7,269 success-
fully, so that there were 2,316 more operations performed, and 2,061 more
persons successfully vaccinated, during the present year, than there were last