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General operations.
(Statement I.)
5. In compliance with the orders of the Government of India contained in
G. G. O. (Department of Education/Sanitary), no. 1510, dated the
16th August 1911, a summary showing the number of
vaccination operations performed by the special and
dispensary staffs has been appended to Statement I.
The total number of persons vaccinated during the period under report was
1,484,653 (1,381,649 primarily vaccinated and 103,004 re-vaccinations) as compared
with 1,405,923 in 1910-11. The total number of operations performed was
1,494,557 (1,391,266 primary and 103,291 re-vaccinations) against 1,413,805 in the
preceding year. The figure 9,904 obtained by subtracting the number of persons
vaccinated from the number of operations performed represents the number of
secondary operations. The average number of persons vaccinated by each vaccina¬
tor in 1911-12 was 1,621 against 1,527 in 1910-11. The proportion per mille of the
population successfully vaccinated in 1911-12 was 30.26 as compared with 28.47 in
the preceding year.
Primary vaccinations.—The number and percentage of successful primary
operations in which the results were known in the year under report were
1,343,243 and 97.65 against 1,286,141 and 97.74 in the previous year.
Re-vaccinations.—In the 1911-12 season 103,291 re-vaccinations with a
percentage of 78.13 successes were performed as compared with 80,812 and 79.13
respectively in 1910-11.
There was thus an increase during the year under all the heads enumerated
above with the exception of a slight decrease in the percentage of successful cases
in which the results were known.
Successful primary vaccina-
tions in different districts.
(Statement I.)
6. Thirty-three districts out of 48 show an increase in the number of
successful primary vaccinations in 1911-12 over the
preceding year. Of these, Bareilly shows the greatest
increase (6,167). Meerut comes next with an increase
of 5,754. Then in order come Gorakhpur with 5,142, Hardoi with 4,494, Agra with
3,632 and Bulandshahr with 3,224. Among the districts showing a decrease the
most conspicuous are Basti with a decrease of 2,485, Mirzapur with 1,995, Saharan¬
pur with 924, Kheri with 774 and Jalaun with 456. In all these districts except Mir¬
zapur and Kheri there is a great increase in the number of successful re-vaccinations.
The small decrease in Mirzapur is accounted for by the fact that the number of
vaccinators employed during the year under report was three less than in the preced-
ing year and in Kheri to (a) increased infantile mortality and (b) detection by the
new assistant superintendent of vaccination of fictitious work performed in 1910-11.
Successful vaccination and
degree of protection afforded.
(Statement I.)
7. Garhwal, as usual, stands first on the list of districts showing the
greatest number of persons successfully vaccinated per
mille of population with 57.81, followed by Naini Tal
with 56.13, Almora with 50.52, Jhansi with 47.74,
Hamirpur with 45.77 and Hardoi with 44.38. These districts also returned the
largest number of persons successfully vaccinated per mille in 1910-11 in the precise
order in which they are now placed. The rates of Garhwal, Almora and Jhansi
are lower than those of the preceding year. In Garhwal the decrease is said to be
due to the prevalence of measles and its consequent ill-effects on the health of the
children; but in Almora and Jhansi although there is an actual increase in the
number of successful vaccinations, the per-mille rate is lower owing to the rise in
the population of these districts recorded in the 1911 census. Among the districts
showing a low number of persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of population
in 1911-12 the most conspicuous were Farrukhabad with 21.01, Bara Banki with
21.78, Azamgarh with 22.24, Sultanpur with 23.91 and Unao with 24.54. All
these districts show an improvement over the preceding year although they
suffered more or less from plague.
Vaccination in proportion to
births and according to age.
8. During the year under report the protection afforded by successful
vaccination in proportion to the births was 45.87% for
children under 1 year of age, for children of one year
and under 6 years 17.42% and for all age-periods 65.42%
against 45.83, 18.18 and 66.29 respectively in 1910-11. In the First Circle during
1911-12, 527,889 successful operations were performed or a proportion of 54.32% of
children born as compared with 508,637 and 52.67 in 1910-11. In the Second
Circle 413,909 primary operations or 38.27% of births were successfully performed
against 387,365 and 39.14% last year. The reasons for the marked difference in
the percentage figures of the two circles have been explained in previous reports.