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13. (1) Vaccination in districts.—The following statement gives the vacci
nation figures for 1925-26 as compared with the figures of the two previous
years:—
Districts.
Agency districts
...
...
...
...
...
Anantapur ...
...
...
...
...
...
Arcot (North)
...
...
...
...
...
Arcot (South)
...
...
...
...
...
Bellary ... ... ... ... ... ...
Chingleput ... ... ... ... ... ...
Chittoor
...
...
...
...
...
...
Coimbatore
...
...
...
...
...
...
Cuddapah ... ... ... ... ... ...
Ganjām ... ... ... ... ... ...
Gōdāvari East ... ... ... ... ...
Guntūr
...
...
...
...
...
...
Kistna
...
...
...
...
...
...
Kurnool ... ... ... ... ... ...
Madura ... ... ... ... ... ...
Malabar
...
...
...
...
...
...
Nellore
...
...
...
...
...
...
Nilgiris ... ... ... ... ... ...
Rāmnād ... ... ... ... ... ...
Salem ... ... ... ... ... ...
South Kanara ... ... ... ... ...
Tanjore
...
...
...
...
...
...
Tinnevelly ... ... ... ... ... ...
Trichinopoly ... ... ... ... ...
Vizagapatam ... ... ... ... ...
Total ...
Total number of operations performed
during the year.
1923-24.
66,271
40,811
81,123
64,199
37,693
54,198
48,455
90,789
41,321
59,543
58,032
78,975
89,722
43,507
76,786
164,251
53,188
6,821
62,194
72,146
54,516
88,274
80,055
79,740
100,525
1,693,135
1924-25.
75,689
39,755
84,569
72,707
37,733
61,564
52,876
94,179
37,352
73,467
75,668
102,296
92,484
43,226
82,056
138,469
56,858
8,706
57,172
85,050
59,542
83,583
81,983
77,962
98,211
1,773,157
1925-26.
72,053
39,695
80,805
71,705
32,836
58,301
55,535
89,785
34,366
72,639
80,687
100,704
95,546
37,983
80,381
130,037
57,790
14,866
74,957
99,906
56,426
76,935
79,277
69,896
98,969
1,762,080
Increase or
decrease as
compared with
1922-23.
+ 3,258
-
3,730
+ 11,488
+ 9,118
+
477
+ 1,379
+ 7,309
+
660
+ 1,711
+ 13,111
+ 24,373
+ 50,172
+ 25,846
+
848
+ 8,195
- 11,753
+ 8,760
+ 8,004
+ 16,507
+38,313
+ 2,229
+ 11,795
+ 5,411
+ 3,340
- 2,280
+ 238,745
Compared with 1924-25, the figures for the present year record increases in
eight districts and decreases in the others. As regards the former, the most pro
minent instances are Rāmnād ( + 17,785), Salem (+ 14,856), the Nilgiris (+ 6,160),
East Gōdāvari ( + 5,019), and Kistna (+ 3,062). In Rāmnād, this is ascribed to
increase of the monthly minima of vaccinators, and to the fact that first-class
vaccinators were not deputed for epidemic duties. In Salem, six additional
reserve vaccinators were employed by the District Board in order to clear off the
large arrears in several ranges. Similar reasons explain the remarkable increase
in the number of operations performed in the Nilgiris.
The districts which returned large decreases were Malabar (— 8,432),
Trichinopoly (- 8,066), Tanjore (- 6,648), Kurnool (- 5,243), Bellary (- 4,897),
and Coimbatore ( — 4,394). Reductions varying between 2,700 and 4,000 were
recorded in North Arcot, Agency, Chingleput, South Kanara, Cuddapah and
Tinnevelly. The District Health Officers have ascribed the following causes for
these decreases:—
Malabar, Trichinopoly and
North Arcot.
Tanjore ... ... ...
Cuddapah, Kurnool and
Bellary.
Coimbatore ... ...
Chingleput ... ...
Tinnevelly ... ...
South Kanara ... ...
Agency
...
...
...
Emigration, reduction in the numbers of unprotected
children, and comparative absence of smallpox
Emigration, reduction in the numbers of unprotected
children, and cholera epidemic.
Stoppage of lymph supply in March, and vacancies in
vaccination staff.
Incompetence of certain vaccinators, and cholera
epidemic.
Cholera epidemic.
Cholera epidemic, and reduction in the number of
unprotected children.
Reduction in the number of unprotected children, and
comparative absence of smallpox.
Vacancies in the vaccination staff, and reduction in
vaccinators' minima.
In connexion with these explanations, it may be remarked that, when the
District Health Scheme was introduced, large numbers of unprotected cases were
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