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are under the impression that Vaccination work does not form part of their
legitimate duties as there is a a separate Department for the purpose, and like
most persons they do not care to perform work for which they are not paid.
Work of the Canton¬
ment Staff.
9. The work performed by the Cantonment Staff during the year is
very satisfactory, 6,248 primary and 3,603 re-vaccinations
against 4,419 and 1,373 in the previous year.
1899-1900.
Number of
primary
vacinations.
6,248
Percentage
of success.
95.52
1898-1899.
Number
of primary
vaccinations.
4,419
Percentage
of success.
93.51
1899-1900.
Number of
re-vaccina¬
tion.
3,603
Percentage
of success.
76.41
1898-1890
Number of
re-vaccina¬
tion.
1,373
Percentage
of success.
73.93
The Annual Returns show that there are ten cantonments with a
population of 196,058 and a Staff of seven Vaccinators. The work in the
Pesháwar Cantonment is done by the District Staff.
The average num-
ber of operations performed by each Vaccinator was 1,407 as compared with
3,066, the average number performed by a District Staff Vaccinator. This
small outturn of work is doubtless due to the shifting nature of the canton-
ment population and to the preponderance of the male over the female popula-
tion, 2,739 births only were registered in the cantonments during the year 1899-
1900 giving a birth-rate of 13.98.
Work
of the Special
Staff.
10. The work of the Special staff in primary vaccination has been
satisfactory —there being an increase of 13,077. The small
decrease of 773 under re-vaccinations calls for no remarks.
1899-1900
Number of
primary
vaccinations.
75,273
Percentage of
success.
86.40
1898-1899.
Number of
primary
vaccinations.
62,196
Percentage
of success.
88.68
1899-1900.
Number of
re-vaccina¬
tion.
13,969
Percentage
of success.
62.38
1898-1899.
Number of
re-vaccina¬
tion.
14,742
Percent-
age of suc-
ces.
56.83
The Deputy Sanitary Commissioner makes the following report on their
work : —
The work of the Special Staff has been more satisfactory this year than it was last
a larger number of vaccinations having been performed and a higher proportion of per-
centages of success attained. The increase in number of operations performed is confined
to primary vaccination, there having been a slight falling off in re-vaccinations as compar-
ed with the last year. The number of primary vaccinations performed during the year
was 75,273, the highest number yet recorded by the Special Staff. This is over 12,000 in
excess of the number of primary vaccinations performed in 1898-99. It also exceeds by
more than 3,000 the number of primary operations performed during 1897-98, when the
number of operations recorded exceeded by nearly 5,000 those of any previous years, and
when, as has been mentioned in previous reports, there were reasons for believing that the
vaccinators had exaggerated their returns. This year, however, I think the returns are
fairly accurate. The decrease in re-vaccinations is but small, the number of operations
performed, 13,969, being only 773 less than that of last year. The subject of re-vaccina¬
tion having been noticed at some length in my last year's report calls for no special
remark here. I attribute the increase in the amount of work done partly to the distribu-
tion of the vaccinators into two groups instead of into three as formerly.
There are only two Native Supervisors in the special staff, and consequently in for-
mer years one group of vaccinators was without direct supervision ; while now all the
vaccinators work directly under Native Supervisors. Besides this the large amount of
vaseline vaccine paste issued to the Special Staff has enabled the vaccinators to work more
quickly, and I think that a system I recently introduced requiring the vaccinators to sub-
mit their naqshas alif to me monthly has had beneficial results.
The vaccinators have worked in groups of pairs, i.e., all the vaccinators of a group
work in a zail, thus being in touch with their Native Supervisor, and in the zail two
vaccinators have worked together, this having been found the most economical way.