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Paragraph 6.
*1892-98
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1893-94
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1891-95
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515,639
520,189
592,992
Primary
operations.
†1891-92
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1892-93
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1893-94
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1894-95
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25,864
27,866
23,900
16,280
‡ 1892-93
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1893-94
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1894-95 ... ... ...
387,749
369,643
433,536
3. His Honor is glad to notice the increase in the number of primary opera-
tions by the District Staff in the past three years.*
The decrease of primary vaccinations in the Jullun-
dur District, whatever the cause may have been, is,
however, not a matter for congratulation. From
Statement No. V it will be noticed that the Civil
Surgeon of the district did a very small amount of
inspection of vaccination. The Sanitary Commis-
sioner should invite the attention of the Civil
Surgeon to the decrease† and urge a larger
inspection on his part. The increase in the provincial total of successful primary
operations‡ performed by the District Staff on
children under one year of age is very commendable.
Paragraph 9.
4. In its letters Nos. 214 and 299, dated respectively the 30th of October
1893 and the 23rd of October 1894, the Government
of India noticed the decrease in the years 1892-93
and 1893-94 in the vaccinations performed by the Dispensary Staff The Lieute-
nant-Governor is glad to notice that a substantial improvement has occurred this
year.
Paragraph 11.
5. With regard to the remarks of the Sanitary Commissioner as to the
accuracy of the Kangra figures, which formed the
subject of comment in His Honor's Review of
the Vaccination Report for the year 1893-94, Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick has made
some further enquiries. In the meantime His Honor has expressed his indebted-
ness to Surgeon-Captain W. Ronaldson Clark, late Civil Surgeon, Kangra, for a
very full and careful report on the subject which he has submitted, and which, so
far as the number of operations reported is concerned, goes far to support the
extraordinarily large figures returned for the year 1893-94. and also exhibits the
great influence of Pandit Bal Kishen and the keen interest he takes in his
work.
Paragraph 13.
§ Umballa.
Simla.
Mooltan.
Montgomery.
6. With reference to the matter of inspection, the Lieutenant-
Governor observes that in paragraph 5 of the
Review of the Report for the year 1892-93 the Civil Surgeons of four dis-
tricts§ were called upon to explain why not a
single operation had been inspected by them. His
Honor considers it unsatisfactory that in the year
under report not a single inspection was held by the Civil Surgeon of Mooltan and
but a very small number of cases were verified by the Civil Surgeon of Amritsar.
He will be glad if the Sanitary Commissioner will call for explanation of this
apparent neglect of important duties. The Lieutenant-Governor fully recognises
that Civil Surgeons, especially those in charge of jails, are much burdened with
other duties. Arrangements have, however, been made to facilitate their going
on tour to inspect vaccination and the registration of vital statistics, and they
periodically have to inspect outlying dispensaries. It is clearly such occasions
which should be utilized to supervise the practical working of the vaccinators,
who would seem in very many cases to be in need of very close control.
Paragraph 14.
7. The proposal to extend the provisions of Act XIII of 1880 to the
Municipality of Kaithal is in abeyance, in deference
to the objections raised by the people Rules under
the Act were promulgated during the year for the Municipality of Beri and the
Cantonment of Jullundur.
Paragraph 15.
8. It is a matter for regret that experiments in the use of goat
lymph have not yet been possible in the Punjab.
Although buffalo lymph has on the whole been
very well received by the inhabitants of the Province, His Honor considers that
in a country like India, where religious prejudices are widespread and
difficult to combat, it is very desirable to ascertain what substitutes for the