Triennial Report on Vaccination in the United Provinces of Agra
and Oudh for the years 1902-03, 1903-04, and 1904-05.
Period covered by the report.
1. THIS report covers the triennial period 1902-03 to 1904-05, but it deals
more especially with the last year as separate reports
have been submitted for the preceding two years.
Officers in charge of the De-
partment.
2. During the triennium under review the office of Sanitary Commissioner
and Superintendent-General of Vaccination was held
by me from 1st April 1902 to 24th January 1903,
and again from 1st February 1905 to 31st March 1905,
and by Lieutenant-Colonel S. J. Thomson, C.I.E., I.M.S., from 25th January
1903 to 31st January 1905, when he proceeded on leave to Europe.
Area under vaccination.
3. No change has taken place in the area under vaccination during the
period under report.
Constitution and strength of
the Department. (Statement
II.)
4. There has been no change in the number of Deputy Sanitary Commis-
sioners and assistant superintendents of vaccination
during the period under review. The number of
vaccinators employed during 1904-05 was 922 as
compared with 917 in 1903-04 and 920 in 1902-03, the average number for the last
three years being 920 against 925 in the preceding triennium.
Expenditure on vaccination.
(Statement II.)
5. The total expenditure on vaccination during 1904-05 amounted to
Rs. 1,48,638 against Rs. 1,43,817 in 1903-04 and Rs.
1,36,196 in 1902-03, the average annual expenditure
during these three years being Rs. 1,42,884 against
Rs. 1,39,616 in the preceding three years. The increase in expenditure in
1904-05 as compared with the preceding two years is chiefly due to the establish-
ment of the central bovine lymph depôt at Patwa Dangar (Naini Tál district).
Out of the total cost of Rs. 1,48,638 a sum of Rs. 1,34,201 was spent on establish-
ment, Rs. 3,661 on travelling allowance and Rs. 10,776 on contingencies. As
regards the sources of payment, a sum of Rs. 14,472 was paid from Local Funds,
Rs. 22,650 by municipalities, and Rs. 9,234 by native states, the provincial funds
contributing the largest amount, Rs. 1,02,282, which includes Rs. 3,300 on account
of the bovine lymph depôt referred to above.
Average cost of each success-
ful case. (Statement II.)
6. Excluding the pay and expenses of Deputy Sanitary Commissioners and
their offices, the average cost of each successful case
of vaccination was Re. 0-1-3 (one anna and three pies)
during 1904-05 against Re. 0-1-2 in 1903-04 and
1902-03. But including the pay and expenses of Deputy Sanitary Commis-
sioners and their offices, the cost of each case was Re. 0-1-6 against Re. 0-1-5 in
1903-04 and Re. 0-1-4 in 1902-03. The increase under this head is accounted
for by the explanation given in the foregoing paragraph.
General operations. (State-
ment I.)
7. The total number of persons vaccinated during the year 1904-05 was
1,671,760 against 1,667,104 in 1903-04 and 1,665,253
in 1902-03, the average annual number of persons
vaccinated during the triennium under report being
1,668,039 against 1,546,821 in the preceding triennial period. The number of suc-
cessful primary vaccinations has also increased from 1,504,925 in 1902-03 and
1,506,781 in 1903-04 to 1,517,491 in 1904-05, which shows an increase of 105,737 in
the average annual number of successful primary vaccinations during the past
three-year period as compared with the preceding one. The average number of
persons vaccinated by each vaccinator during 1904-05 was 1,835 against 1,837 in
1903-04 and 1839 in 1902-03. Taking the triennial period under report as a whole,
there is an increase of 121 in the average annual number of operations performed
by each vaccinator as compared with the preceding three years—a fact that
shows that more work is being got out of the vaccinators year by year. The
number of persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of population during 1904-05
was 33.25 against 33.20 and 33.17, respectively, in 1903-04 and 1902-03. There
has been a satisfactory increase under this head during the last triennial period