NOTES on Vaccination in the United Provinces for the year
1909-10.
Constitution and strength of
the Vaccination Department.
(Statement No. II.)
THERE has been no change in the constitution of the department during
1909-10. The number of vaccinators employed in
these provinces during the year under report was 931
against 927 in the preceding year.
Expenditure on Vaccination.
(Statement No. II.)
2. The total expenditure on vaccination in these provinces during 1909-10
amounted to Rs. 1,71,345 against Rs. 1,77,625 in the
preceding year—a decrease of Rs. 6,280. The decrease
occurred under all heads including the bovine lymph
depôt at Patwa Dangar on which a sum of Rs. 10,524 only was spent against
Rs. 12,573 in the preceding year.
Average cost of each success-
ful case of vaccination.
(Statement No. II.)
3. Including the pay &c. of the Deputy Sanitary Commissioners and their
offices the average cost of each successful case of
vaccination in 1909-10 was two annas and one pie, i. e.
the same as in the preceding year, but excluding the
above charges the average cost this year was one anna and eight pies against one
anna and nine pies in 1908.9. The fact that the cost of a successful case of vaccina-
tion remained almost the same as in the preceding year although the expenditure
on vaccination was less is explained by a decrease in the number of vaccinations
performed. The cost of each successful vaccination in other provinces in 1908-9
is shown below for comparision :—
Eastern Bengal and Assam ... ...
Bengal ... ...
Central Provinces (including Berar) ...
North-West Frontier Province ...
Punjab ... ... ... ...
Madras ... ... ... ...
Burma
...
...
...
...
Bombay ... ... ... ...
Rs.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
a.
1
1
1
2
3
3
7
8
p. 3
7
11
5
1
5
5
5
General operations.
(Statement No. I.)
4. In the returns of previous years the number of persons vaccinated
corresponded with the total number of primary vacci-
nations and re-vaccinations as the number of vaccina-
tion operations performed was taken as equal to the
number of persons vaccinated and re-vaccinated. This method of calculation was
changed under the orders contained in G. G. O. No. 171, dated 29th January 1909,
and an individual on whom a second operation is performed on account of failure on
the first occasion is now shown as one person only but the second operation is includ-
ed in the total of vaccinations or re-vaccinations as the case may be.
The total number of persons vaccinated in 1909-10 was 1,386,360 against
1,456,785 in the preceding year—a decrease of 70,425. The number of successful
primary vaccinations fell from 1,258,662 in 1908-9 to 1,230,497 in 1909-10. There
was also a decline in the average number of persons vaccinated by each vaccinator,
total number of re-vaccinations, number of successful re-vaccinations and the
number of persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of population which were
1,505, 111,489, 86,208 and 27.45 against 1,584, 131,342, 98,495 and 28.30 respec-
tively in the preceding year. These figures show a decrease in work under all
heads, which was due chiefly to the widespread prevalence of malaria in the
autumn of 1908 and its consequent ill-effects on the health of the infantile popu-
lation and to a low birth-rate. The percentage of successful cases in which the
results were known, however, was 97.56 as regards primary vaccination and 82.54
as regards re-vaccination against 96.49 and 80.84 respectively in the preceding year.
Successful primary vaccina-
tions in different districts.
(Statement No. I.)
5. Including the Native State of Tehri-Garhwal and the Family Domains
of His Highness the Maharaja of Benares, twenty-
three districts show an increase, and 27 a decrease,
in the number of successful primary operations as
compared with the preceding year. Among the districts showing an increase
in the number of successful operations Partabgarh stands first with an in-
crease of 5,531. Moradabad follows with 3,624. Then in order come Saharanpur
with 1,939, Muttra with 1,910, Farrukhabad with 1,794, Aligarh with 1,668 and
Cawnpore with 1,653. Sitapur heads the list of districts showing a falling off in
the number of successful primary vaccinations with a decrease of 6,964. Ballia
comes next with 6,689. Then in order come Azamgarh with 5,455, Buland-
shahr with 4,819, Gorakhpur with 4,807 and Hamirpur with 3,571. The causes
of decrease have been explained above but in some districts additional causes