3
Ferozepore, Ráwalpindi, Jhelum, Gujrat, and, Gurdáspur, the number varied
between 2,589 to 2,870. In Simla the number was only 774 and in Pesháwar
922. In the following 16 districts the number was below the average, viz. :—
Delhi
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Karnál ... ... ... ... ... ...
Hissár ... ... ... ... ... ...
Rohtak ... ... ... ... ... ...
Umballa ... ... ... ... ... ...
Ludhiána ... ... ... ... ... ...
Hoshiárpur ... ... ... ... ... ...
Shahpur ... ... ... ... ... ...
Jhang ... ... ... ... ... ...
Mooltan ... ... ... ... ... ...
Montgomery ... ... ... ... ... ...
Muzaffargarh ... ... ... ... ... ...
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Dera Gházi Khan ... ... ... ...
Bannu ... ... ... ... ... ...
Kohát
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1,303
1,707
1,889
1,579
1,403
1,993
1,878
1,731
2,028
1,622
2,116
1,859
1,243
1,662
1,811
1,206
Making due allowance for the sparseness of population in certain districts
and the difficulties met with owing to the unpopularity of the system in others,
I am still of opinion that the vaccinators are capable of performing much more
work than they have done during the year under review. It is to be hoped
that the Civil Surgeons will in future keep a note of the work done by the
respective establishments under their charge, and will, also, at the same time,
see that the returns are not falsely swelled.
Primary vaccination
according to age.
8. Of the successful primary vaccinations almost all were among chil-
dren under six years of age. In Kángra comparatively
fewer children were vaccinated under the age of one year
than in most of the other districts of the Province. The attention of the Civil
Surgeon will be drawn to the necessity of having as many children under one
year of age vaccinated as possible. The present Civil Surgeon having joined
his appointment after the close of the year under review has nothing to say
on this point from his personal observations, but it seems to me probable that
the people of this district have a dread of submitting their children to the oper-
ation at a very early age. If that is really the case, the prejudice should
be removed by explaining to the people the great liability of infants to
take small-pox and the great efficiency of vaccination as a certain prophylaxis
at even the youngest ages.
Re-vaccination.
9. Under the head of re-vaccination there is again a very large increase
of from 6,710 to 14,196. His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor
noticed in the Review of the Vaccination Report of the past
year the steady increase in re-vaccinations from year to year as an indication of
the practice of vaccination "being more thoroughly carried out under the new
than under the old system." Of the total of 14,196 re-vaccinations no less than
5,388 are recorded for the district of Jhang alone. This is entirely due to the
praiseworthy exertions of the Civil Surgeon, Khán Bahádur Chetan Shah, under
whose energetic supervision vaccination has become very popular in that district.
Assistant Surgeon Chetan Shah's extensive tours throughout the district and his
friendly discourses with the people on the advantages of vaccination and personal
and domestic hygiene, have evidently done much good in this district. In the
Jhelum district also the number of re-vaccinations was large, viz., 2,242.
Results
contrasted
with those for the pre-
vious year.
10. The outturn of work during the year under review, as well as
the increase or decrease as compared with the work per-
formed last year in the several districts of the Eastern and
Western Circles, is shown in the subjoined table :—