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LAHORE.
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 vaccinators ... ... ...
2nd „ „ ... ... ...
3rd „
„
...
...
...
Total ...
1882-83
Number
1
2
3
6
12
Annual
cost
Rs.
480
360
432
720
1,992
1883-84
Number
1
2
3
6
12
Annual
cost
Rs.
480
360
432
720
1,992
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
22,704
21,670
95.60
23.45
2,064.00
Re. 0-1-9
1883-84
26,640
24,481
92.03
26.50
2,421.81
0-1-6
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 26,640, being an increase of 3,936 over the number
vaccinated in the previous year. There were 24,481 primary cases returned
as successful against 21,670 in the previous year, and the percentage of success
92.03 as compared with 95.60, being a decrease of 3.57. The number of
re-vaccinations was 41 against 39 of previous year. The number successfully
vaccinated per mille of population was 26.50 against 23.45 in the preceding
year; increase 3.05. The aggregate cost amounted to Rs. 2,324 as compared
with Rs. 2,373, a decrease of Rs. 49, and each successful case cost Re. 0-1-6,
decrease Re. 0-0-3.
Eight thousand nine hundred and ninety-two primary vaccinations were
inspected by the Civil Surgeon (Dr. R. Gray) and two Assistant Surgeons, of
which 8,700 were found to be successful, the ratio of success being 96.75 per
cent. Of the 26,640 vaccinations 23,666 were performed in the district, 2,974
in the city and 160 at the Mayo Hospital.
By the end of March the whole of the district had been vaccinated with the
exception of the Sharakpur tahsíl, in which vaccination was still in progress.
Vaccination in the City.—The total number vaccinated during 1883 was
400 less than in the previous year. This is ascribed to the opposition evinced
by the people in the city to vaccination. The Civil Surgeon states that—
" The people object not so much to have their children vaccinated as to allow lymph
to be taken from them for the purpose of vaccinating others. So great is their aversion to
this that on the day when the vaccine vesicles are ripe, and when they should bring- their
children for inspection and for the transfer of lymph to other children, they carry them
away from their houses or conceal them, and when the children are found it is with the
utmost difficulty that the parents can be persuaded to allow lymph to be taken from them
It is the women, more especially the Hindú women, who offer the most determined opposition."
The Civil Surgeon has on several occasions been present when the
vaccinators were at work, and has seen " that there is this great, almost
insuperable, obstacle to the carrying on of vaccination." On one occasion
I myself was present and suggested that printed notices should be served on
parents, intimating the date and hour at which children were to be made ready
for vaccination in each mohalla, and the date and hour at which they were to be
brought for inspection and transfer of lymph after they had been vaccinated.
I also convened a special meeting of the Municipal Committee at which I explain-
ed my views, and urged the native members to interest themselves in the work
and to assist the vaccinators.