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Successful vaccination and
degree of protection afforded.
(Statement No. I.)
10. As usual Garhwal shows the greatest number (121.04) of persons
successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of population during
1907-08 as compared with 118.65 in 1906-07 and
105.70 in 1905-06—the average annual number success-
fully vaccinated and the average annual death-rate from small-pox during the
previous five years being 102.33 and .02 respectively. As far as I am aware this
is the highest vaccination rate in British India. Almora follows with 85.56
persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of population in 1907-08 against 64.83 in
1906-07 and 61.35 in 1905-06, the average annual number of persons successfully
vaccinated and the average annual death-rate from small-pox per 1,000 of
population during the previous five years being 65.46 and .09 respectively.
Then in order, excluding the Native State of Tehri-Garhwal, come Naini
Tal with 72.72 persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of population, Pilibhit
with 52.65, Hardoi with 46.49, Hamirpur and Kheri each with 40.41 and
Dehra Dun with 40.12—the average annual number of persons successfully
vaccinated per 1,000 of population and the average annual death-rate from
small-pox during previous five years in these districts being 38.82 and .07,
47.81 and .11, 45.68 and .26, 44.44 and .18, 36.06 and .28 and 38.30 and .08
respectively. The districts showing the lowest number of persons successfully vac-
cinated per 1,000 of population were Partabgarh with 22.76, Etawah with 23.02,
Farrukhabad with 24.95, Bara Banki with 25.38 and Allahabad with 26.22; but on
comparing with 1906-07 an improvement is noticeable in all these districts except
Partabgarh and Allahabad, where there is a decrease of 1.42 and .19 respectively.
The decrease in Partabgarh has been explained above, and Allahabad for some
years past has shown poor results. The average annual number of persons
successfully vaccinated and the average annual death-rate from small-pox per
1,000 of population during previous five years in Partabgarh were 24.96 and
.66, in Etawah 28.98 and .25, in Farrukhabad 23.94 and .09, in Bara Banki 25.85
and .24 and in Allahabad 23.14 and .55.
Mortality from small-pox.
11. The death-rate from small-pox in 1907
was .47 against .28 in 1906 and .07 in 1905, the
quinquennial average being .21.
Diagram.
12. A diagram showing the relation between the death-rate from small-pox
and the proportion of population protected by vaccina-
tion in each district is attached.
Vaccination in proportion to
births.
13. In 1907-08 the percentage of successful primary vaccinations in pro-
portion to births was 48.71 for children under one
year, 23.90 for those over one and under six years,
and 76.47 for all age periods, against 48.42, 26.76
and 78.66 respectively in 1906-07 and 48.25, 26.81 and 78.13 in 1905-06. The
percentages for children under one year for the First Circle in 1907-08 and the
preceding two years were 59.44, 55.97 and 57.35 respectively, as compared with
38.38, 40.59 and 39.09 respectively for the Second Circle. As explained in pre-
vious reports, there has always been a strong objection in Oudh to submitting
very young children to vaccination and hence the discrepancy. Moreover the
birth-rate in the Second Circle was high during 1907-08.
The statistics of Tehri-Garhwal are not included in the above figures.
Dispensary vaccination.
(Statement No. III.)
14. The number of operations performed by medical subordinates at dis-
pensaries during 1907-08 was 1,442—479 primary and
963 secondary—against 261 in 1906-07 and 655 in
1905-06, the average for the triennium under review being 786 against 476 in the
preceding triennial period. This is fairly satisfactory, but the reasons why so
little work is done at dispensaries are, as given in a previous report, that children
are mostly vaccinated at their homes or at regularly appointed vaccination stations.
Vaccination in municipalities.
15. The total number of successful primary operations in the municipalities
of these Provinces during 1907-08 was 105,762
against 96,172 in 1906-07 and 104,409 in 1905-06.
The number of persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of population in 1907-08
was 38.59 against 32.49 in 1906-07 and 35.84 in the preceding year.
Among the municipalities showing the highest number of persons success-
fully vaccinated per 1,000 of population during 1907-08, Almora stands first with
272.58. Naini Tal and Kashipur come next with 241.64 and 198.62 respectively.