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Then in order come Hardoi with 94.71, Sitapur with 69.48, Lakhimpur with 59.74,
Bisalpur with 57.66, Bahraich with 56.40, Jaunpur with 53.94 and Gonda with
51.55. Brindaban heads the list of municipalities which are worst protected, i.e.
show the lowest number of persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of population,
with 21.70. Farrukhabad-Fatehgarh follows with 24.75. Then in order come
Sardhana with 24.86, Mainpuri with 25.46 and Nagina with 26.99. All these
municipalities except Farrukhabad-Fatehgarh and Sardhana show an improvement
over the last year. In Farrukhabad-Fatehgarh small-pox was prevalent and
interfered with vaccination work, whereas in Sardhana the decrease is stated to be
due to low birth-rate and laziness on the part of the vaccinator who has been
punished.
The number of children under one year of age available for vaccination in
the municipalities of these Provinces and the number of successful operations
performed on them are shown in Appendix B. In some municipalities the number
of children successfully vaccinated exceeded the number available. As explained in
previous reports this is due to the fact that children born outside municipalities
were brought in to be vaccinated, and that probably the ages of children are often
incorrectly estimated by vaccinators.
Vaccination in cantonments.
16. The total number of operations performed in the cantonments of these
Provinces during 1907-08 was 13,825—8,670 primary
and 5,155 secondary—as compared with 11,652 in 1906-
07 and 11,080 in 1905-06. The number of persons successfully vaccinated per
1,000 of population during the three years was 62.45, 49.65, and 49.85 which is
satisfactory.
Vaccination Act.
17. The Vaccination Act is in force in all municipalities and cantonments
of these Provinces, but the degree of energy with
which the rules are enforced varies in different places.
The Act was amended with the assent of the Government of India in 1907-08, so
as to make it applicable to Notified Areas in these Provinces, and steps are now
being taken to apply it to these areas gradually.
General results of inspection.
(Statement No. V.)
18. The total number of vaccination operations inspected by the Deputy
Sanitary Commissioners and District Superintendents
of Vaccination in 1907-08 was 206,061—194,264
primary and 11,797 secondary—against 159,947 in 1906-07 and 172,586 in 1905-06,
the average for the triennium being 179,531 against 156,887 in the preceding
triennial period. The percentage of inspections to total number vaccinated was
12.43 as regards primary vaccination and 8.43 as regards revaccination in 1907-08,
against 9.58 and 9.01 respectively in 1906-07 and 10.49 and 5.01 in the preced-
ing year. The average percentage for the triennium under report was 10.83
as regards primary vaccination and 7.48 as regards revaccination against 9.78
and 3.47 respectively in the preceding triennial period. This is very satisfactory.
The increase under this head in 1907-08 is chiefly due to a larger number of
operations having been inspected by the Deputy. Sanitary Commissioners.
As regards the inspection of primary cases in 1907-08, the percentage was
highest (38.16) in Jalaun. Fatehpur comes next with 30.83. Then in order come
Pilibhit with 27.37, Bijnor with 26.79, Shahjahanpur with 26.06, Hamirpur
with 24.62, Partabgarh with 24.49 and Banda with 23.46. The districts showing
low percentages are Bareilly with 1.08, Meerut with 1.99 and Naini Tal with 2.14.
No inspections were made in Dehra Dun, Tehri-Garhwal and Benares.
The total number of vaccination operations inspected by assistant superin-
tendents of vaccination or other inspecting officers in 1907-08 was 529,279—
484,135 primary and 45,144 re vaccinations—against 546,626 in 1906-07 and
521,776 in 1905-06.
Although the number of inspections in 1907-08 was lower than that in
1906-07, the average for the triennium under review (532, 560) was higher than that
(507,899) in the preceding triennial period. The percentage of inspections to
total number vaccinated in 1907-08 was 30.99 as regards primary vaccination,
and 32.27 as regards revaccination, against 32.25 and 38.46 respectively in 1906-07
and 30.41 and 36.85 in 1905-06. The average percentage for the triennial
period under report was 31.22 as regards primary vaccination and 35.86 as regards