Notes on Vaccination in the United Provinces for the year
1902-1903.
Constitution and strength of the
Department. (Statement II.)
THERE has been no change in the constitution of the Vaccination
Department during the year 1902-1903.
The number of vaccinators was 920 as opposed to
919 in the previous year.
Expenditure on vaccination
(Statement II.)
2. The total expenditure on vaccination during the year under report
amounted to Rs. 1,36,196, as compared with Rs.
1,42,447 in 1901-1902, showing a decrease of Rs. 6,251.
This has chiefly occurred under the head " Pay
of Establishment" and is due to the fact that the charge of both circles was
held by one Deputy Sanitary Commissioner for about nine months in the year.
Average of cost of each suc-
cessful case of vaccination.
(Statement II.)
3. The average cost of each successful case of vaccination was Rs. 0-1-2
(one anna two pies) excluding pay and expenses
of Deputy Sanitary Commissioners and their offices,
and Rs. 0-1-4 (one anna four pies) including the same.
This is the lowest cost on record.
General operations. (Statement
I.)
4. Including dispensary vaccination for the purposes of comparison, there
has been an increase of 85,058 in the number of
persons vaccinated, of 73,266 in the number of success-
ful primary vaccinations, of 82 in the average num-
ber of persons vaccinated by each vaccinator, of 1.80 in the number of persons
successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of population, and of 13,384 in the number
of successful revaccinations, as compared with the previous year. The percentage
of successful primary cases in which the results were known has also risen from
97.71 in 1901-1902 to 97.90 in 1902-1903. There has thus been an improvement
under all heads, and that in spite of the fact that plague was much more widespread
during the year under report than in the preceding year. It is satisfactory to note
that a marked improvement has taken place in the work of the 2nd Circle this
year.
Thirty-seven districts show an increase in the number of successful primary
vaccinations, as compared with 31 in the previous year. The most conspicuous
are Sítapur with 25,566, Ballia with 16,028, Jhánsi with 4,682, Rae Bareli
with 4,306, Hardoiwith 3,742, Gorakhpur with 3,554, and Hamírpur with 3,549.
Out of 12 districts (including the Native State of Tehri-Garhwál) showing
decreases, Cawnpore stands first with a decrease of 6,409 operations. Then in order
come Allahabad with 2,226, Unao with 1,877, Fyzabad with 1,794, Mirzapur with
1,704, and Partábgarh with 1,698. The decrease in Cawnpore, Unao, and Partáb-
garh is said to be due to the prevalence of plague. In Allahabad the decrease is
said to be partly due to the prevalence of plague and partly to the unsatisfactory
work of some of the vaccinators, who have been punished. In Fyzabad the
decrease is said to be due to (1) the sickness and want of energy on the part of two
of the older vaccinators in the beginning of the season, and (2) the outbreak of
plague in Fyzabad. In Mirzapur the decrease is stated to be due to (1) inefficient
supervision by the Assistant Superintendent of Vaccination, who has since been
removed from his post, and (2) the fact that some of the vaccinators were new and
inexperienced.
Vaccination in proportion to
births.
5. The percentage of successful primary vaccinations in proportion to
births was 42.95 for infants under one year, and 22.07
for children over one and under six years of age.
The percentage for all age periods was 68.52. The
percentage for infants under one year for the 1st Circle was 52.08 as compared
with 33.81 for the 2nd Circle. These figures do not include statistics of Tehri-
Garhwal.