NOTES on Vaccination in the United Provinces for the year
1908-9.
Brief notes on vaccination in
1908-9.
A detailed report for the triennial period 1905-6 to 1907-8 having been
submitted last year, these notes deal only with 1908-9
and are brief.
Constitution and strength of
the Department.
(Statement No.II.)
2. There has been no change in the constitution of the Department during
1908-9 except that the Family Domains of His
Highness the Maharaja of Benares, which had hither-
to been included in the Benares and Mirzapur districts,
were constituted a separate district for vaccination
purposes and a separate Assistant Superintendent of Vaccination was posted there.
There are now 51 Assistant Superintendents of Vaccination, including one for the
Native State of Tehri-Garhwal and one for the Family Domains. The number
of vaccinators employed in these provinces in 1908-9 was 927 against 931 in the
preceding year.
Expenditure on vaccination.
( Statement No. II.)
3. The total expenditure on vaccination during 1908-9 was Rs. 1,77,625
against Rs. 1,62,530 in the preceding year. The
increase is chiefly due to the increased expenditure
on the bovine lymph depôt at Patwa Dangar, as
explained later on, and to the facts that (a) there were two full-time Deputy Sani-
tary Commissioners for about 10½ months of the year and that (b) municipalities
and notified areas purchased Rs. 2,672 worth more lymph during 1908-9 than in
1907-8.
Average cost of each success-
ful case of vaccination.
( Statement No. II.)
4. The average cost of each successful case of vaccination during 1908-9
was two annas and one pie against one anna and seven
pies in the preceding year, including the pay, &c.,
of the Deputy Sanitary Commissioners and their
offices, but excluding these charges the average cost
of each successful case of vaccination was one anna and nine pies against one anna
and four pies in 1907-8. The increase under this head was not only due to the
increased expenditure on vaccination explained in the preceding paragraph, but also
to a certain extent to the falling off in the number of operations performed during
the year under report. The cost of each successful vaccination in other provinces
in 1907-8, was as follows :—
North-West Frontier Province ... ...
Punjab ... ... ... ... ...
Bengal ... ... ... ... ...
Bombay ... ... ... ... ...
Madras ... ... ... ... ...
Burma
...
...
...
...
...
Central Provinces and Berar
...
...
...
Eastern Bengal and Assam ... ... ...
Rs. 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
a.
3
2
1
8
3
6
1
1
p.
2
7
8
6
3
11
11
3
General operations.
(Statement No. I.)
5. The total number of persons vaccinated fell from 1,702,139 in 1907-8
to 1,456,785 in the year under report. There was
also a decline in the number of successful primary
operations, average number of persons vaccinated by
each vaccinator and the number of persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of
population which were 1,258,662, 1,584 and 28.30 against 1,510,053, 1,843 and
33.78 respectively, in the preceding year. The total number of re-vaccinations in
1908-9 was 131,342 against 139,908 in 1907-8 and that of successful re-vaccina-
tions 98,495 and 110,119 respectively. The percentage of successful cases in which
the results were known was 96.49 as regards primary vaccination and 80.85 as
regards re-vaccination against 97.85 and 83.92 respectively, in the preceding year.
It will thus be seen that there was a decrease under all heads, chiefly due to the
widespread prevalence of malaria during last autumn which caused heavy
mortality among children and rendered the majority of the surviving children unfit
for vaccination. The decrease was more marked in the First Circle than in the