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previously introduced, viz., in the Bhoi country, towards Nongstoin, and in the villages
round about Nongpoh on the Gauhati-Shillong road. The question of the revision
of the staff employed in these Hills is under consideration.
9. Composition and strength of the inspecting staff.
The provincial cadre was strengthened by one third-grade Inspector for employment
as an additional Inspector in the Mymensingh district, which was too heavy a charge
for one man.
The inspecting officer employed by the Dacca Municipality was during the year
transferred as a Sub-Inspector, second grade, on the provincial staff.
A temporary Sub-Inspector on Rs. 30 was also sanctioned by Government for six
months for the Khasi and Jaintia Hills, to supervise the introduction of vaccination
into certain areas in which the operation has not previously been practised.
Except for the abovementioned additions the cadre remained the same as in the
previous year.
10. Verification by Inspecting officers.
The percentage of inspection work done by the Indian inspecting officers during
the year was 87.54, against 91.14 in the previous year. The decrease is no doubt due to
the staff being busily engaged during the last quarter of the year, in organizing
measures for the suppression of outbreaks of small-pox.
The Civil Surgeon verified 4.18 of the total number of persons vaccinated. The
Deputy Sanitary Commissioner was unable to devote any time to inspection, as he was
busily engaged on special work during the year.
II. Vaccination in compulsory areas.
Of 12,227 infants available for vaccination, 8,176, or over 66% were successfully
vaccinated, against a percentage of 52 in the year 1907-1908.
As compared with the previous year, there was a marked improvement in the
Dacca and Rajshahi Divisions.
The City of Dacca still continues to show very bad results. The Civil Surgeon
reports that owing to the prevalence of measles and chicken-pox the work of infant
vaccination was interfered with. He has again brought to notice the opposition to the
operation in the first year of life. Except in the town of Kishorganj, all the Municipalities
in the Mymensingh district show better results than those of the previous year.
The Civil Surgeon, Mymensingh, also reports that the people object to have their
children vaccinated during the first year of life. In Tangail, the Subdivisional Officer
rendered great assistance and fined 17 persons for neglect of vaccination. Excellent
work continues to be done in two towns of the Faridpur district (Faridpur and Madaripur),
where 63 prosecutions were instituted with 17 convictions. There were also 36 prosecu-
tions in the Chittagong district. Comilla in the Tippera district showed bad results.
This the Civil Surgeon reports to be due to the prevalence of measles and infantile
dysentery, which rendered the children unfit for vaccination. Of the towns in the
Assam districts, Silchar and Sibsagar showed unsatisfactory results.
12. Vaccine Depôt.
The total cost of the depôt was Rs. 20,826-2-4, which is Rs. 1,252-15-10 in
excess of the year 1907-1908. The total number of tubes loaded was 1,866,457, against
1,583,122 in the previous year, showing an increase of 283,335 tubes. The cost per tube
was 2.1 pies against 2.4 in the year 1907-1908. Eight hundred and seventy-eight calves
were vaccinated and vaccine was taken from 751. The quality of the vaccine was, on the
whole, reported to be excellent. The Superintendent has again reported highly on the
care and interest taken by Hospital Assistant Kamal Charan Dutta.
13. Cost of the Department.
The total cost of the Department during the year was Rs. 1,10,613-11-11, against
Rs. 1,02,095-11-0 in the previous year. Of the former amount, Rs. 87,241-2-11 was
paid from Provincial Funds, Rs. 16,977-5-1 from Local Funds, Rs. 4,786-3-11 from
Municipal Funds and Rs. 1,609-0-0 by the Manipur State. The average cost of each
successful case of vaccination was 1 anna 3 pies. The cost was the same in
1907-1908.
14. General.
Of 325 operations performed on the Eastern Bengal State Railway, 168 were
primary and 157 revaccination cases. The percentages of success obtained were 85.71
and 72.61, respectively.