13
NATIVE STATES.
Vaccination in Native
States.
34. The following statement shows the number of vaccine operations
performed in the large Native States during the year
1892-93:—
NATIVE STATES.
Patiála ... ... ... ...
Baháwalpur ... ... ...
Kapurthala ... ... ...
Nábha* ... ... ... ...
Jínd ... ... ...
Farídkot ... ... ... ...
Maler Kotla † ... ... ...
Total number vacci¬
nated.
48,902
13,742
6,762
4,734
4,660
1,559
1,675
PRIMARY VACCINA¬
TIONS.
Total
48,008
13,346
6,737
4,713
4,660
1,543
1,553
Successful.
44,454
12,736
6,434
4,322
4,301
1,422
1,627†
RE-VACCINATlONS.
Total.
894
396
25
21
...
16
122
Successful.
659
389
4
...
...
13
Not stated
PERCENTAGE OF
SUCCESSFUL CASES
Primary.
92.60
95.43
95.50
91.70
92.30
92.16
97.13‡
Re-vaccina¬
tions.
73.71
98.23
16.00
...
...
81.25
* For the calendar year 1892
† Total successful of primary and re-vaccinations
‡ Percentage of successful vaccinations and re-vaccinations
Falling-off in the num-
ber of operations.
35. The returns show a very considerable diminution in the amount
of vaccination work done in the States of Patiála and
Baháwalpur. In Patiála the total number of vaccine
operations performed during the year was 48,902 and in Baháwalpnr 13,742,
as against 54,218 and 20,423 respectively, in the previous year. In the States
of Kapurthala and Farídkot there was a marked decrease, particularly in the
former State, in which the number of vaccinations performed in 1892-93 was
1,738 less than in the previous year. In Nábha and Jínd also there was a
decrease in the vaccination work, but it was very slight. In Maler Kotla the
number rose from 1,426 in 1891-92 to 1,675 in 1892-93.
Causes of deciease in
Patiála and Báhawalpur.
36. Surgeon-Major Charles W. Owen, Superintendent of State Dispen-
saries and Vaccination, Patiála, states in his report that the
decrease was due partly to the unhealthiness of the season
and partly to the Vaccinators having for the first time worked in every district
of the State. In former years vaccination was carried out from district to district
and when the vaccinating season came to a close, it was found that several
districts had not been visited by the Vaccinators. The Medical Officer of the
Baháwalpur State attributes the very large falling-off in the number of vaccine
operations during the year mainly to the absence from duty of: one of the two
Native Supervisors for a greater part of the vaccinating season.
Cause of decrease in
Kapurthala.
37. Dr. Fairweather, Medical Adviser to His Highness the Rája of
Kapurthala, states that "the autumn months of 1892
were unusually unhealthy owing to the prevalence of
malarial fevers, and that not only were the deaths among young children
greater than usual, but those who survived were in a larger number of instances
in an unfit state of: health for vaccination. The weather also was much against
the success of the operations, for the unusual prevalence of rain all through the
vaccinating season prevented many children being brought, who would other wise
have been presented for vaccination."
Primary and secondary
vaccinations and percent-
ages of successful cases.
38. In Patiála, of the 48,902 total vaccinations, 48,008 were primary and
894 re-vaccinations, the percentage of primary successful
operations being 92.60. Of the 894 secondary vaccinations
659 were successful, a percentage of 73.71. In Baháwal-
pur 13,346 out of a total of 13,742 were primary vaccinations and 95.43 was the
percentage of success. Of the 396 re-vaccinations in Baháwalpur, 389 were