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Inspection work of Civil
Surgeons.
Districts.
Mooltan
...
...
Amritsar ... ...
Jullundur ... ...
In
1894-95.
...
123
492
In
1895-96.
3,895
3,450
2,489
12. In last year's review of the Vaccination Report, His Honor the
Lieutenant-Governor, in paragraphs 3 and 6, observed that
special notice should be taken of the inspection work of
the Civil Surgeons, and I am able to report that the inspections made this
year by the majority (vide Statement No. V) are much more satisfactory. The
inspections made by the Civil Surgeons of Jullundur, Amritsar and Mooltan, which
were unfavorably noticed by His Honor in last
year's reviw, are satisfactory this year, as the figures
in the margin show, and excellent work was done in
this respect by the Civil Surgeons of Ferozepore,
Ráwalpindi, Muzaffargarh,Gurdáspur and Gurgáon,
as will be seen from the under-noted figures.
Ferozepore ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Gurdáspur ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Rawalpindi ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Gurgáon ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Muzaffargarh
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
19,664
9,997
8,542
6,486
5,682
On the other hand, the Civil Surgeons of Hazára, Lahore, Hissár, Delhi,
Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan did little or nothing in this respect. No inspection
was made by the Civil Surgeon of Hazára, and 98 inspections only were made in
Lahore. With regard to Hazára, the Civil Surgeon makes no reference in his
report to his inspection work, but Mr. Bunbury, the Deputy Commissioner of
Hazára, in forwarding the report, observes :—
"The Civil Surgeon's Report does not speak very favourabiy of the work done by
the Vaccinators, but the case of the Vaccinators is just the same as that of the Native
Agency employed on low pay in other Departments—they cannot be trusted to do their
work honestly without constant supervisions, and even when carefully supervised they
will shirk as much as they dare. It is impossible for the Civil Surgeon, who is tied down
by multifarious other duties, to exercise any effective supervision over the Vaccinators and
their work. The Divisional Inspector does his best, but his time has to be divided among
the districts of the Division. The entertainment of a second Divisional Inspector would
undoubtedly effect a great improvement in vaccination work, but this would of course
mean additional expenses, which the Local Funds of Hazára could not afford."
With regard to Lahore, the reasons are those mentioned in paragraph 76
of my Sanitary Report for 1895, viz., that no Assistant Surgeon was appointed
this year to take the Civil Surgeon's place for the inspection of vaccination and
sanitary work. In the remaining districts the work of inspection by Civil
Surgeons has been fairly satisfactory.
The inspection work of
the 6 Divisional Inspectors
excellent.
13. The work of the six Divisional Inspectors has been excellent. Ap-
pendix D attached to this report shows that they inspected
104,393 primary operations and 8,660 re-vaccinations, or
12 per cent. of the total number performed in the Province.
I attach the greatest importance to their work of inspections, as I have reason
to believe that it is reliable, and the check they exercise over the District
Vaccinnation Staffs very beneficial.
Inspections made by the officers of the Department.
Sanitary Commissioner ... ...
Deputy Sanitary Commissioner
Thirty-one Civil Surgeons
...
Six Divisional Inspectors ...
Thirty-four District and Special
Native Supervisors.
TOTAL INSPECTIONS.
Primary.
3,842
5,789
72,336
104,393
357,396
Re-vaccin-
ation.
649
3,635
25,120
8,660
75,953
PERCENTAGE OF
SUCCESS.
Primary.
93
96
97
97
98
Re-vaccin-
ation.
65
80
73
58
66
14. The statement in the margin shows the number of inspections made
by myself, the De-
puty Sanitary Com-
missioner, Civil Sur-
geons, Divisional
Inspectors and Native
Supervisors, and the
percentage of success
recorded in primary
and re-vaccinations.
Out of the total of
923,175
óperations
performed (primary and secondary) during the year, 6,75,773 were inspected
by the officers of the Department, or 71 per cent. of the total number. These
results, so far as they go, are satisfactory, but as the secret of success in
Vaccination wok depends almost entirely on efficient supervision, I strongly