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507,390—468,675 primary and 38,715 revaccinations—against 478,626 in 1909-10
and 492,188 in 1908-9, the average for the three years being 492,735 as compared
with 527,689 for the preceding triennium. The percentage of inspections to
total number vaccinated in 1910-11 was 35.09 as regards primary operations and
48.00 as regards revaccinations, against 35.33 and 29.53, respectively, in 1909-10
and 33.85 and 36.78 in 1908-9—the average for the three years being 34.76 and
38.10 against 31.12 and 36.10, respectively, in the preceding triennium. Close
supervision of the vaccinators' work is very essential, and in this connection the
increase of inspections shown is very satisfactory. The percentage of cases found
successful to the total number inspected in 1910-11 was 96.98 as regards primary
operations and 72.85 as regards revaccinations, against 96.66 and 77.77, respectively,
in 1909-10 and 95.37 and 81.48 in 1908-9—the average for the three years being
96.34 and 77.37, respectively, as compared with 97.31 and 82.08 for the preceding
triennium.
Among the districts showing a large number of inspections of primary
vaccinations Gorakhpur, where there are two assistant superintendents of
vaccination, stands first with 25,381. Ballia comes next with 16,441. Then in
order come Jaunpur with 16,161, Basti with 16,059, Muzaffarnagar with 14,636,
Ghazipur with 12,838, Cawnpore with 12,790, Almora with 12,567 and
Bulandshahr with 12,096. The districts showing low number of inspections in
1910-11 are Dehra Dun with 3,380, Farrukhabad with 3,982, Sultanpur with 4,344,
Garhwal with 5,461 and the Family Domains of His Highness the Maharaja of
Benares with 5,580. The work in all these districts, except Sultanpur, though
small, shows an improvement over the preceding year. In Sultanpur the
decrease in 1910-11 is due to the transfer of the assistant superintendent of
vaccination to another district on promotion and the appointment of a new
man in his place. Considering the number of inspections however as a
percentage of the total primary vaccinations performed in each district (i.e. from
the point of view of efficiency of supervision) Pilibhit stands first with 75.07.
Then in order come Almora with 73.49, Naini Tal with 71.55, Jalaun with
67.65, Hamirpur with 66.33, Dehra Dun with 59.06, Etawah with 57.04,
Ballia with 54.28, Family Domains of His Highness the Maharaja of Benares
with 53.92 and Muzaffarnagar with 52.32. The districts showing low
percentages are Sultanpur with 17.42, Gonda with 19.40, Allahabad with
20.07, Sitapur with 22.27, Bareilly with 22.29, Meerut with 22.95, Rae Bareli
with 23.40, Farrukhabad with 24.40 and Bara Banki with 24.41. In all of these
districts, with the exception of Sultanpur, Allahabad, Meerut and Rae Bareli, in
each of which a new assistant superintendent of vaccination had been appointed,
there is an actual increase in the numbers of inspections. As stated above, however,
efficiency of inspection is of very great importance, and all District Superintendents,
of Vaccination of districts, where a falling off in numbers has occurred or where the
numbers are low, have been addressed on the subject. Out of 38,715 revaccinations,
inspected by the assistant superintendents of vaccination or other inspecting
officers, the greatest number (12,150) was done in Garhwal. Almora followed with
8,636. Then in order came Naini Tal with 6,333, Jhansi with 3,575 and Jalaun
with 1,770. Very few revaccinations were inspected in 1910-11 in Allahabad,
Basti, Sultanpur, Unao, the Family Domains of His Highness the Maharaja of
Benares, Bara Banki, Bijnor, Azamgarh, Moradabad, Farrukhabad, Mainpuri,
Gonda and Mirzapur, and in Shahjahanpur, Ghazipur and Kheri no revaccinations
were inspected. The attention of the assistant superintendents of vaccination
concerned will be called to the matter.
For the purposes of comparison, the statistics of the Native State of Tehri-
Garhwal have been excluded from those for these provinces given above for 1909-10
and the preceding years.
Provincial bovine lymph de-
pôt.
19. Early in the triennium under report the lymph depôt at Lucknow was
closed, and arrangements were made for the whole
supply of calf lymph for the provinces to be sent
out from the depôt at Patwa Dangar near Naini Tal.
This arrangement has worked most satisfactorily, as an excellent strain of lymph
has been maintained and the expense of manufacture has been considerably reduced.
The extension of the work at Patwa Dangar has been very considerable year by
year since the depôt was first opened, as is shown in the progress table below which