NOTES on Vaccination in the United Provinces for the year
1905-06.
Constitution and strength of
the Vaccination Department.
(Statement II.)
THREE has been no change in the constitution of the Vaccination Depart
ment during the year 1905-06.
The number of vaccinators was 933 against 922 in
the preceding year.
Expenditure on Vaccination.
(Statement II.)
2. The expenditure on vaccination during the year 1905-06 amounted to
Rs. 1,53,241 against Rs. 1,48,638 in the preceding
year, although one Deputy Sanitary Commissioner
held charge of both circles for about eight months
The increase in expenditure is chiefly due to the purchase from England of
bacteriological instruments and apparatus for the central bovine lymph depôt at
Patwa Dangar (Naini Tal).
Average cost of each success-
ful case of vaccination. (State-
ment II.)
3. 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), but including these charges the cost of each case
was Re. 0-1-6 (one anna and six pies), i.e., exactly the same as in the preceding
year.
General operations. (State-
ment I.)
4. The total number of operations during the year under report was
1,695,416 against 1,671,760 in 1904-1905—showing
an increase of 23,656. The number of successful
primary operations rose from 1,517,491 in 1904-1905
to 1,544,152 in 1905-1906. The average number of persons vaccinated by each
vaccinator and the number of persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of popula-
tion were 1,850 and 33.79 in 1905-06 against 1,835 and 33.25 respectively in the
preceding year. The percentage of successful primary cases in which the results
were known was 97.93 in 1905-06 against 97.62 in the preceding year. The
number of successful re-vaccinations was 76,260 in 1905-06 against 77,209 in 1904-
1905. It will thus be seen that there was an increase under all heads except the
last-named one, and in view of the prevalence of plague and cholera these results
are very satisfactory.
Thirty-four districts (including the Native State of Tehri-Garhwal) show an
increase in the number of successful primary operations in 1905-06 as compared
with 31 in the preceding year. Allahabad heads the list with an increase of 4,126
successful primary operations. Aligarh follows with 4,049. Then in order come
Gonda with 3,905, Agra with 3,427, Bulandshahr with 2,538, Sitapur with 2,517,
Garhwal with 2,392 and Mirzapur with 2,230. Among the districts where the
number of successful primary operations has fallen off, Ballia stands first with a
decrease of 5,827. Sultanpur follows with 5,607. Then in order come Banda with
3,848, Rae Bareli with 2,223 and Benares with 2,180. In Ballia the decrease is
stated to be due to a certain extent to the prevalence of cholera and plague in
the district, but it is chiefly attributed to the fact that in former years much
work has been done in this district, and that it cannot go on at the same rate as so
many subjects are not available for vaccination every year. It is true that a
considerable impetus to vaccination has been given in this district during the
three years preceding the one under report, and the explanation may be accepted.
In Sultanpur the decrease was due to the severe prevalence of cholera in the
district. In Banda the decrease is stated to be due to the deputation of ten
vaccinators to the Magh Kumbh Mela of Allahabad for cholera duty, and to the
fact that their substitutes could not work up to the standard. The decrease was
also to a certain extent due to the slackness on the part of some vaccinators who
were punished. In Rae Bareli and Benares the decrease is attributed to the deputa-
tion of some vaccinators to the Magh Kumbh Mela of Allahabad, but in the former
district it is stated to be due also to the prevalence of cholera and to the
appointment of a new man in the place of a vaccinator dismissed. These explana-
tions are satisfactory.