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General operations.
(Statement No. I.)
8. The total number of persons vaccinated during 1907-08 was 1,702,139—
1,562,231 primary and 139,908 secondary—as com-
pared with 1,675,060 in the preceding year and
1,695,416 in 1905-06, the average annual number of persons vaccinated during
the triennium under review being 1,690,872 against 1,668,039 in the preceding
triennial period—an increase of 22,833. The number of successful primary vacci-
nations in 1907-08 was 1,510,053 against 1,515,150 in 1906-07 and 1,544,152 in
1905-06. Although there was a decrease under this head in 1907-08 as com-
pared with the preceding two years, there was an increase of 13,386 in the average
annual number of successful primary vaccinations in the triennium under report
as compared with the preceding triennial period, the numbers being 1,523,118 and
1,509,732. The number of successful re vaccinations was 110,119 during 1907-08,
as compared with 82,493 in the preceding year and 76,260 in 1905-06, the average
annual number of successful re vaccinations during the triennial period under
report being 89,624 as compared with 83,044 in the preceding triennium,
an increase of 6,580. The average number of persons vaccinated by each vaccinator
was 1,843 in 1907-08 against 1,824 in 1906-07 and 1,850 in 1905-06—the average
annual number during the triennium under review being 1,839 against 1,837 in the
preceding triennial period. I do not think that this is enough and consider each
vaccinator should show more work. An average of 2,000 per vaccinator is not
too much to expect, but these men do just sufficient to keep them level with their
previous year's work. The percentage of successful cases in which the results
were known was 97.85 in 1907-08 as regards primary vaccination, and 83.92 as
regards revaccination—against 97.72 and 84.43 respectively in 1906-07 and 97.93
and 84.78 in 1905-06 ; the average percentage as regards primary vaccination in
the triennial period under report being 97.83 against 97.78 in the preceding
triennium, and that as regards revaccination being 84.38 and 87.71 respectively.
The number of persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of population was 33.78
in 1907-08,against 33.31 in 1906-07 and 33.79 in 1905-06—the average during the
triennium under report being 33.63 against 33.21 in the preceding triennial period.
It will thus be seen that during the triennium under review there was an
increase under almost all heads as compared with the preceding triennial period.
This must be regarded as very satisfactory in view of the fact that plague was wide-
spread during the period 1905-06 to 1907-08.
Successful primary vacci-
nations in different districts.
(Statement No. I.)
9. Twenty-nine districts, including the Native State of Tehri-Garhwal,
show an increase in the number of successful primary
operations in 1907-08, as compared with 22 in the
preceding year and 34 in 1905-06. Gonda stands
first with an increase of 7,326 over the preceding year. Jalaun comes next
with 3,891. Then in order come Agra with 3,488, Hardoi with 3,424, Basti
with 3,406 and Sultanpur with 3,063. Among the districts showing decrease
under this head, Sitapur stands first with a decrease of 36,038. Azamgarh comes
next with 4,717. Then in order come Shahjahanpur with 1,995, Meerut
with 1,697, Gorakhpur with 1,464, Partabgarh with 1,441 and Lucknow with
1,430. In Sitapur the large decrease is stated to be due to the fact that in
1906-07 returns had been falsified to a great extent. If on completion of the
enquiries which are now proceeding, it is found that this is the case, the men
concerned will be severely dealt with. In Azamgarh the decrease is ascribed
to anti-plague inoculations which were looked upon with great mistrust and fear.
In Sehahjahanpur it is said to be due to the fact that a new man was appointed
in place of an experienced man, who was promoted to the post of assistant
superintendent of vaccination and transferred to another district and could not
do full amount of work, and also that extra men were not appointed during the
last season. In Meerut the decrease is stated to be due to low birth-rate and
plague. The decrease in Gorakhpur and Partabgarh is said to be due to, (a) the
prevalence of small-pox in the district on account of which people were less inclined
to have their children vaccinated, (b) to the panic caused by plague inoculations,
and (c) to slackness on the part of some vaccinators who will be punished. In
Partabgarh the decrease is also ascribed to the deputation of four vaccinators to
Allahabad on Magh Mela duty in February 1908, and to the fact that no help was
received from the district officials. In Lucknow owing to the high mortality among
infants from small-pox and measles, fewer children are said to have been available
for vaccination during 1907-08 than in the preceding year.