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JHANG.
The vaccination establishment entertained, and the annual cost thereof,
during the years 1882-83 and 1883-84 are as below :—
Establishment
Native supervisor ... ... ...
1st class vaccinator ... ... ...
2nd „ „ ... ... ...
3rd „ „ ... ... ...
Total ...
1882-83
Number
...
1
2
3
6
Annual
cost
Rs.
...
360
288
360
1,008
1883-84
Number
...
1
2
3
6
Annual
cost
Rs.
...
360
288
360
1,008
Total vaccinations (including primary and re-vaccina-
tions) ... ... ... ...
Successful cases ... ... ... ...
Percentage of successful cases ... ... ... ...
Persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of population
Average number vaccinated by each vaccinator ... ...
Cost of each successful case ... ... ... ...
1882-83
12,144
11,648
96.75
29.55
1,349.33
Re. 0-1-8
1883-84
8,931
8,388
94.35
21.25
1,786.20
0-2-5
The work performed
by the above establish-
ment during the two years
is shown in the margin.
The average number of operations returned by the vaccinators of this
district during the year is 8,931, being a decrease of 3,213 over the number
vaccinated in the previous year. There were 8,388 primary cases returned as
successful, against 11,648 in the previous year; and the percentage of success
94.35 as compared with 96.75, being a decrease of 2.40. The number of
re-vaccinations was 41 against 105 of previous year. The number successfully
vaccinated per mille of population was 21.25, against 29.55 in the preceding year ;
decrease 8.30. The aggregate cost amounted to Rs. 1,273, as compared with
Rs. 1,253, an increase of Rs. 20 ; and each successful case cost Re. 0-2-5, increase
Re. 0-0-9.
One thousand eight hundred and eighty primary vaccinations were
inspected by the Civil Surgeon, of which 1,829 were found to be successful, the
ratio of success being 97.28 per cent.
The absence of the Bár tribes from the district owing to the want of
rain and grass, and the prevalence of measles, led to a diminution in the number
vaccinated. The present staff is represented to be too small, and a proposal is
now before me to recommend the entertainment of 3 more vaccinators.
Dr. Young writes :—" The vaccination of the municipal towns, and of the villages
adjacent to them, was carried out by the Dispensary staff of each place. I do not
think it is a good arrangement to employ the Dispensary staff on vaccination, as it
takes up their time and attention which should be given to their patients. The
arrangement was begun before I visited the district, so I did not interfere with
it, but I feel sure that more and better vaccination would be done in the towns
if the vaccination staff proper were alone allowed to vaccinate." In these remarks
I quite concur.
The plan of operations was to commence in one tahsíl, complete it and
pass on to the next; in this way the whole district was rapidly gone over.
Chiniot tahsíl was first vaccinated, then Jhang, then Shorkot, and last of all
the villages in the Bár.
Two vaccinators worked together, one preceding the other by a few
miles, starting the vaccination in the villages he passed through. When he had
reached a sufficient distance, he returned, and the two men together completed
the vaccination of the village in which lymph had been started.
Each pair of vaccinators worked at some distance from the other, and
the intervening villages were taken up by a fifth man.