3
Captain N. R. Ubhaya,
D.P.R.—cont.
Date.
Remarks.
1926.
25th September
26th Oct. to 1st Nov.
3rd to 9 th Dec.
Inspection of a slaughter-house in Tirukkalikundram, Chingleput
District.
Inspection of vaccination and vital statistics in Chingleput town
and taluk and routine sanitary inspection of Conjeeveram Muni
cipality.
Examination of unqualified vaccinators in Chittoor town, inspection
of vaccination in Chittoor and Palmaner taluks, routine sanitary
inspection of Anantapur Municipality and examination of an
unqualified Sanitary Inspector in Tadpatri Municipality.
1927.
4th to 9th Feb.
9th and 10th Mar. ...
Attended maternity and child-welfare conference in Delhi as per G.O.
Mis. No. 1446-P.H., dated 17th August 1926.
Inspection of Health Week arrangements in Nellore.
9. Details of the subordinate vaccination staffs employed in the Presidency
during the year under report and the previous year are given in the following
table:—
Year.
1925-26 ... ... ...
1926-27
...
...
...
Health
Inspectors
( Provincial).
229
261
Vaccinators.
First class.
202
195
Second class.
397
432
Probationary.
146
128
Total.
745
755
The increase in the number of Health Inspectors is due to the entertainment
of four additional men in the Agency Tracts and 28 in the other districts in the
Presidency, sanctioned in G.Os. Nos. 758-P.H., Mis., dated 1st May 1926, and 624-
P.H., dated 10th April 1926, respectively. While the number of second-class
vaccinators has increased, a slight reduction in the total of first-class vaccinators
falls to be recorded. The number of probationary vaccinators has continued to
decrease, and it is to be hoped that this will continue until this class is wholly
replaced by properly qualified men.
10. Although many of the difficulties met with in past years have been consi
derably lessened with the appointment of these additional Health Inspectors in
certain districts a further increase of staff is still necessary, partly on account of
the large number of festivals, and partly because of the unwieldy size of the
present ranges, and the persistence of epidemic disease. Proposals for an
increased number of Health Inspectors have been received from several District
Health Officers and if, after examination, these are considered to be reasonable
a separate communication on the subject will be submitted to Government.
11. In some districts the need for additional vaccinators has been urgently
felt. Whilst the proposals made by District Health Officers in this connexion
have in most cases been rejected by the Presidents of the Local Boards concerned
in Salem District, six additional temporary reserve vaccinators were appointed by
the District Board in 1925-26, after the District Health Officer had shown
the necessity for additional staff. These extra vaccinators have continued to
work during the year under report and have been able to clear off most of the
arrears.
In Guntūr District, which has suffered very badly from smallpox during the
last two years, the District Health Officer has repeatedly asked for additional
vaccinators, so that he might carry out an intensive vaccination campaign, and
eradicate the epidemic conditions now existing in his district. The taluk boards
have, however, failed to respond to his requests, and their indifference to the
health of the people is a farther indication of the necessity for centralizing the
control of vaccination in district boards.
Although trained men are now easily obtainable, in few districts is the full
complement of vaccinators maintained. Especially is this the case as regards the
proportion of first-class vaccinators. Every year 50 to 60 men undergo the