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General operations.
(Statement I.)
4. The total number of persons vaccinated during 1912-13 in these provinces
was 1,579,432 (1,455,658 primarily vaccinated and
123,774 re-vaccinated) against 1,484,653 in 1911-12—
an increase of 94,779. The total number of
operations performed rose from 1,494,557 in 1911-12 to 1,592,438 (1,468,162
primary and 124,276 re-vaccination) in 1912-13—an increase of 97,881.
The
difference of 13,006 between the number of operations and the number of persons
operated upon represents secondary operations (12,504 primary and 502
re-vaccination) in 1912-13 against 9,904 in the preceding year. The average number
of persons vaccinated by each vaccinator in 1912-13 was 1,729 against 1,621 in
1911-12. The number of persons successfully vaccinated per mille of population
rose from 30.26 in 1911-12 to 31.84 in 1912-13.
Primary vaccinations.—The number and percentage of successful primary
cases in which the results were known were 1,408,121 and 97.19 in 1912-13 as
compared with 1,343,243 and 97.65 respectively in the previous year.
Re-vaccinations.—The number and percentage of successful re-vaccinations
in which the results were known were 82,937 and 73.12 in 1912-13 against 73,988
and 78.13 respectively in 1911-12.
There was thus again an increase under all heads in 1912-13 with the
exception of the percentage of successful cases in which the results were known.
Successful primary vaccina-
tions in different districts.
(Statement I.)
5. Forty-one districts, out of 48, show an increase in the number of successful
primary operations in 1912-13 as compared with
1911-12. Of these, Budaun shows the greatest
increase (6,518) followed by Bulandshahr with 5,238,
Azamgarh with 4,196, Meerut with 3,341, Etah with
3,300 and Gonda with 3,280. The seven districts showing a decrease are Kheri
(12), Allahabad (29), Rae Bareli (63), Agra (532), Almora (1,466), Sultanpur
(1,795) and Hardoi (3,341). In Kheri, Allahabad, Almora and Sultanpur there is
an increase in the number of successful re-vaccinations.
In Rae Bareli the slight
decrease is stated by the District Superintendent of Vaccination to be due to the fact
that in April 1912 no vaccination work was performed. In Agra the vaccination
work was stated to be unsatisfactory.
A Deputy Sanitary Commissioner
was sent to investigate the cause and his report is awaited. The assistant
superintendent of vaccination is old and will be replaced by a younger and more
energetic man. In Hardoi the large decrease is said to be due to (1) illness of a
vaccinator for 6 weeks, (2) employment of 5 new men in place of 5 vaccinators
dismissed for fictitious work and (3) prevalence of plague in some localities.
Successful vaccination and
degree of protection afforded.
(Statement I.)
6. In twenty-two districts, out of 48, the number of persons successfully
vaccinated per 1,000 of population was above the
provincial average (31.84) against 21 districts in the
preceding year. Of these, Garhwal, as usual, stands
first with 68.31, followed by Naini Tal with 61.49,
Almora with 51.98, Jhansi with 50.23 and Hamirpur with 45.92. These districts
returned the largest number of persons successfully vaccinated per mille of
population for the last two years in the precise order in which they are now placed
and show an increase over the preceding year. Of the 26 districts showing a low
number of persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of population, the most
conspicuous are Farrukhabad with 21.72, Bara Banki with 22.68, Sultanpur with
24.00, Azamgarh with 25.58, Bahraich with 26.39 and Unao with 26.45. All these
districts show an improvement over the preceding year. In Bara Banki, Sultanpur
and Bahraich several vaccinators were punished for defective work. In Sultanpur
plague is stated to be an additional cause of decrease.
Vaccination in proportion to
births and according to age.
7. In 1912-13 the number of successful primary vaccinations in proportion
to births was 46.47 per cent. for children under one
year of age, 17.72 per cent. for children between the
ages of one and six years and 66.25 per cent. for all
age-periods against 45.87, 17.42 and 65.42 respectively in the preceding year. In the
First Range during the year under report 409,293 successful primary vaccinations
were performed or a proportion of 57.22 per cent. of children born against
375,194 and 57.07 respectively in 1911-12. In the Second Range 236,205
primary vaccinations or 39.68 per cent. of births were successfully performed as
compared with 235,920 and 38.99 respectively in the preceding year. In the