5
The districts in which
the number of vaccinations
done was smaller in 1886-87
than in 1885-86.
9. The districts in which the number of vaccinations
done was smaller than that of the previous year are given
below :—
DISTRICTS.
Siálkot ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Gurgáon ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Jhelum ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Gujrát ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Jhang ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Montgomery ... ... ... ... ... ...
Amritsar ... ... ... ... ... ...
Kohát ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Simla ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Gujránwála ... ... ... ... ... ...
TOTAL NUMBER OF VACCINA-
TIONS PERFORMED.
1886-87.
36,748
14,265
18,742
23,932
14,160
10,800
29,992
4,273
435
26,994
1885-86.
46,818
20,714
21,610
26,447
16,226
12,701
30,712
4,824
774
27,004
Decrease
in
1886-87.
10,070
6,449
2,868
2,515
2,066
1,901
720
551
339
10
The reasons assigned by
the Civil Surgeons for the
decrease in the Siálkot,
Gurgáon, Jhelum, Gujrát
and Jhang districts.
10. From the above statement it is seen that there was a decrease of 10,070
operations in the Siálkot district, as compared with the result
of 1885-86. In his report the Civil Surgeon says: "The
decrease is due to the fact that in the year 1884-85 a part
of the Rayah and the whole of the Zaffarwal tahsíls, were
left unvaccinated, which were vaccinated in 1885-86." This is doubtless the prin-
cipal reason why there were so many fewer vaccinations done during the present
season. I have, however, to observe that, excluding the abnormal year 1885-86, in
which more than the average number of children were vaccinated, the average
number of successful vaccinations done during the five years 1880-81 to 1884-85,
inclusive, was 37,411, being 1,750 more than 35,661, the number successfully
vaccinated during the present season.
In the district of Gurgáon there were 6,449 fewer vaccinations done than
during the year 1885-86. With reference to this point the Civil Surgeon says :
" The decrease may be said to be due chiefly to the undue prevalence of fever
disease in the Núh, Palwal, and Ferozepur tahsíls, and the prejudices of the
people to accept vaccination especially the high caste Hindú population." The
number of deaths recorded under fever in the Núh, Ferozepur and Palwal tahsíls
during the years 1885 and 1886, as well as the numbers vaccinated during the
seasons 1885-86 and 1886-87, is given in the annexed statement:—
NAME OF TAHSIL.
Núh
...
...
...
...
...
Ferozepur ... ... ... ...
Palwal
...
...
...
...
Total
...
...
Population accord-
ing to census
of 1881.
120,324
114,340
142,258
376,922
Reported numher of
deaths from Fever.
1885.
4,937
4,244
4,914
14,095
1886.
5,245
4,311
4,446
14,002
Fever death rate
per 1,000 of popu-
lation.
1885.
41.0
37.1
34.5
37.4
18S6.
43.6
37.7
31.3
37.1
Total number of
vaccine operations.
1885-86.
3,712
3,027
6,807
13,540
1886-87.
2,336
1,900
3,664
7,900
It will be seen from the above statement that the Núh fever death-rate in
1885 was 41.0; and, in 1886, 43.6 per 1,000, the increased death rate for 1886
having been 2.6 per 1,000. In 1885-86 there were 3,712 persons vaccinated in
this tahsíl, and in 1886-87 only 2,336, a decrease of 1,376 operations. In the
Ferozepur tahsíl the increase of the fever mortality in 1886 over 1885 was only 0.6
per 1,000, and yet 1,127 fewer operations were done in 1886-87 than in 1885-86.
In the Palwal tahsíl the fever death-rate in 1886 was 3.2 per 1,000 less than that
of 1885, and yet there were 3,143 fewer vaccinations performed in 1886-87