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DELHI.
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
5
11
Annual
cost
Rs.
480
360
432
600
1,872
1883-84
Number
1
2
3
5
11
Annual
cost
Rs.
480
360
432
600
1,872
Total vaccinations (including primary and re-vnccina-
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
17,363
16,103
94.30
25.23
1,736.30
Re. 0-1-11
1883-84
20,474
19,064
94.03
29.84
2,047.40
0-1-10
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 20,474, being an increase of 3,111 over the number
vaccinated in the previous year. There were 19,064 primary cases returned as
successful against 16,103 in the previous year; and the percentage of success
94.03, as compared with 94.30, being a decrease of 0.27. The number of
vaccinations was 200 against 288 of previous year. The number successfully
vaccinated per mille of population was 29.84 against 25.23 in the preceding
year—increase 4.61. The aggregate cost amounted to Rs. 2.230 as compared
with Rs. 2,025, an increase of Rs. 205 ; and each successful case cost Re. 0-1-10
—decrease Re. 0-0-1.
Five thousand primary vaccinations were inspected by the Civil Surgeon
(Dr. G. C. Ross), of which 4,800 were found to be successful, the ratio of success
being 96.00 per cent.
As stated in my report for last year, vaccination in this city and
district continues to be very unpopular, but I note with satisfaction the zeal and
energy with which Dr. Ross, the Civil Surgeon, has worked to overcome the
many obstacles that presented themselves to him.
He has submitted with his
interesting report very useful statements, which must have been prepared with
great labor, showing in detail the work performed by each vaccinator in each
village, with short notes indicating the assistance or otherwise rendered by
zaildárs and others in the cause of vaccination. The modus operandi for carrying
on vaccination during the year is thus described in the report of Dr. Ross :—
" Having six dispensaries in the district, whereby I was able to divide it into some-
what equal parts with a Hospital Assistant in charge of the sanitary arrangements and
vaccination in each sub-division, I applied for and readily obtained six extra men, thus
allowing two to each circle, and the following rules were issued for their guidance:—
I.—Both vaccinators will go together and are to work by zails.
II.__On entering a village they will send for the chaukídárs and demand their registers.
III.—The vaccinators will then make a list of the non-vaccinated children of the
village fit for vaccination.
IV.—They will ask the zaildár or lambardárs to collect the children in one central
place.
V.—They will vaccinate from arm-to-arm, separating high from low castes, for each
of which separate lymph must be kept in tubes.
VI.—Three punctures on one arm are to be made on children at the breast, and three
on each arm for older children.
VII.—Children are not to be brought away from their villages,