12
I dropped taking further action in the matter and did not circulate the
above letter after receipt of Punjab Government letter No. 410, dated 29th
March 1899, directing: "that some special officer should be appointed to still
further report upon the success of animal lymph preserved in vaseline " Captain
E. Wilkinson, the Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, in his Annual Report for
1898-99 (para. 16) has dwelt on this subject at some length, and has given a table
showing the number of vaccinations performed in the different kinds of lymph,
and the percentages of successes, and he finds, taking primary and re-vaccina-
tions together that, buffalo lymph gives a percentage of 93.99 successful cases
and vaseline vaccine of 92.22. I have, however, directed the Deputy Sanitary
Commissioner to make further experiments during the next vaccinating season,
and to submit a very full and clear report for the orders of Government. If
Captain Wilkinson's report and experiments prove satisfactory, I think the
plan I propose to make each district contribute a small sum annually towards
the maintenance of the Depôts will be worth consideration. This subject will
be dealt with separately.
Extent of supervision
exercised by the Officers of
the Department.
19. The following statement shows the extent of supervision exercised
by the Sanitary Commissioner and the Deputy Sanitary
Commissioner, Civil Surgeons, Divisional Inspectors and
Native Supervisors on the Vaccination Staff :—
DESIGNTION OF OFFICERS.
Sanitary Commissioner ...
Deputy Sanitary Commis¬
sioner ...
Thirty one Civil Surgeons ...
Sub Divisional Inspectors ...
Thirty One District and
Special Native Supervisors ...
Total ...
TOTAL INDUCTIONS.
PRIMARY
1896-97
3,423
3,821
62,912
104,718
386,382
561,462
1897-98
3,556
717
54,005
113,309
386,001
557,588
1898-99.
6,199
3,061
42,876
117,595
408,103
567,154
Re-vaccinations
1896-97
755
748
10,790
21,323
71,122
104,747
1897-98
309
622
4,183
55,251
60,720
111,584
1898-99
267
4
6,050
27,357
63,001
96,689
PERCENTAGE OF SUCCESS.
Primary.
1896-97
92.63
95.04
96.60
98.76
97.69
97.66
1897-98
94.09
95.96
97.34
96.87
98.41
97.97
1898-99
88.04
92.08
97.31
97.19
97.68
97.52
Re-vaccination.
1896-97.
66.42
68.53
59.48
53.41
68.47
60.97
1897-98.
67.00
54.34
66.76
87.45
68.59
77.84
1898-99
64.01
50.00
66.0
85.13
67.86
72.61
It will be seen from the above statement that, taken as a whole, the
inspection work of the Officers of the Department, so far as Primary Vacci-
nations are concerned, was greater in 1898-99 than in 1897-98, this increase
is noticeable in the work of all the Officers except the Civil Surgeons. During
the year I inspected 5,199 primary and 267 re-vaccinations Taking the work
of all the Officers for the triennial period there is little or no variation in the
percentages of primary cases found successful; but in re-vaccinations the
percentage of success has increased considerably during the past two years
as compared with 1896-97.
Extension of Vaccination
Act.
20 During the year under report the Vaccination Act was extended to
the Municipal town of Gujránwála. The Act is now in force
in 18 towns, and I trust in a very short time it will be
extended to every Municipal town in this Province The usual statement
showing the Vaccination work done under the compulsory Vaccination Acts
in these towns during the years 1890-91 to 1898-99 is given as an Appendix
to this report.
Explanation
of
Civil
Surgeons regarding Vacci¬
nators working in bodies
and
Sanitary
Commis¬
sioner's opinion
thereon
(vide Punjab Government
letter No. 516, dated 14th
April 1899)
21. In accordance with the instructions contained in Punjab Govern-
ment letter No. 516, dated the 14th April 1899, I addressed
a circular to all Civil Surgeons in the Province requesting
them to submit a full report with regard to the introduc-
tion of the system of the Vaccinators working in bodies
instead of in pairs, and as to what effect and with what
results the system of working in a body, instead of in
pairs had on the efficient working of the Department, and I give verhatim
the different opinions expressed on the subject by the several Civil Surgeons
in the Province :—