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Range.
Assistant
Director of
Public Health
(Vaccina-
tion)—cont.
Name.
Capt. N. R.
Ubhaya
—cont.
Date.
1923.
17th and 18th Dec.
19th and 20th Dec.
1924.
11th to 14th Jan. ...
15th and 16th Jan.
17th and 18th Jan.
18th Jan. ... ...
19th Jan. ... ...
21st Jan. ... ... ...
22nd Jan. ... ...
23rd Jan. ... ...
8rd Feb. ... ...
17 th and 18th Feb.
Places inspected.
Markapur taluk
...
...
Bellary
...
...
...
Tuticorin
...
...
...
Do. ... ... ...
Madura...
...
...
Rāmnād ... ... ...
Trichinopoly
... ... ...
Tanjore ... ... ...
Māyavaram ... ... ...
Guddalore
...
...
...
Ranipet
...
...
...
Ghinglepnt
...
...
...
Purpose.
Relapsing fever investiga
tion
Inspection of smallpox in
the municipality.
Plague investigation in the
municipality.
Routine sanitary inspec
Inspection of National
Health and Baby Week
arrangements in
the
district.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Inspection of a tank.
Inspection of
National
Health and Baby Week
arrangements
in the
district and water-supply
scheme.
Plague investigation.
Inspection of a rice mill.
Reports of these inspections were received by me and necessary action taken.
8. The following table exhibits the subordinate vaccination staffs employed
in the Presidency during 1923-24 as compared with the previous year :—
Years.
1922-23*
...
...
1923-24
...
...
...
Health
Inspectors.
119
229
Vaccinators.
First.
165
155
Second
380
400
Probationary.
191
169
Total.
736
724
* Deputy Inspectors of Vaccination (old designation).
† This includes 1 Health Inspector in the Nilgiris district and 9 Health Inspectors in the Agency districts but
excludes 16 Local Fund Sanitary Inspectors who were also given range work.
The increase noticed in the strength of Health Inspectors is due to the
additional hands entertained as a result of the introduction of the District Health
Scheme in the Presidency during the year. The slight decrease in the total
number of vaccinators may be attributed to the non-entertainment of extra
vaccinators owing to smallpox being less prevalent as compared with the previous
year.
9. At the beginning of the year, there were in all 25 Local Fund Sanitary
Inspectors who were nominally working in the District Health Scheme, though
only 16 of them were actually doing range work. The other 9 Local Fund
Sanitary Inspectors were really attending to Local Fund work. A few of the
Taluk Boards have since dispensed with the services of the Local Fund Sanitary
Inspectors and some others are attempting to follow suit. This action has dis
located work to a certain extent and to make up for it, it is proposed to reshuffle
the Provincial Health Inspectors throughout the Presidency.
Owing to the existence of special circumstances, such as epidemics, fairs and
festivals, etc., and also in consideration of the wide extent of the taluks in some
districts, requests for additional Health Inspectors have been made to me by the
District Health Officers of Ganjām, Trichinopoly, Tanjore, Madura, (Chittoor and
Salem. This matter is being enquired into and will form the subject of a separate
communication to Government.
10. The full complement of vaccinators qualified in accordance with G.O.
No. 963 L., dated 4th July 1917, was not employed in a large majority of the