xv
in a body in the Bhera tahsíl, while when the Vaccinators worked in pairs in the Chakwál
tahsíl each man did about 18 vaccinations daily:—
Table showing work done by Vaccinators when working in a body in the Bhera tahsíl.
Period.
October,
11 days
...
...
...
...
November, 30 „
...
...
...
...
December, 31 „
...
...
...
...
January, 10 „
...
...
...
...
Total
...
...
Number of Vaccina-
tors employed.
7
6
5
5
...
Number of vaccina-
tions done.
401
1,932
1,634
482
4,449
Average number of
Vaccinators working
one day.
77
180
155
50
462
i.e., an average of 462 Vaccinators working one day performed 4,449 vaccinations=one
man did about 10 vaccinations per day.
Table showing work done by Vaccinators of Special Staff when working in pairs in the
Chakwál tahsíl.
Period.
January, 11 days
...
...
...
...
February, 28 „
...
...
...
...
March,
5 „
...
...
...
...
Total
...
...
Number of Vaccina-
tors employed.
5
5
5
...
Number of vaccina-
tions done.
1,239
2,182
439
3,860
Average number of
Vaccinators working
one day.
55
140
25
220
i.e., an average of 220 Vaccinators working one day performed 3,860 vaccinations=one
man did about 18 vaccinations per day. The results shown by these tables seem to be
largely in favor of the system of Vaccinators working in pairs. But it should be
mentioned that the work in the Bhera tahsíl was exceptionally bad owing to the
quarrels and misconduct which have been already alluded to of the men working there.
At the same time I think that in sparsely populated districts there is a great waste of the
Vaccinators' time by their being compelled to work in bodies.
For where the
villages are small as well as few and far between, there is not sufficient work for a body
of five or six Vaccinators within an area small enough for the Native Supervisor to watch
the work of each man. There is also a considerable waste of strength in sending a body
of Vaccinators long distances from village to village. A better plan to my mind is to
send two Vaccinators only to sparsely populated parts and to employ men in bodies only
where the population is dense. The work of Vaccinators could be effectually checked
by the Native Supervisor issuing instructions as to the locality in which the Vaccinators
should work and by his paying them occasional unexpected visits to see that they are
obeying orders. A disadvantage possibly incidental to the employment of Vaccinators in
group is that the hospitality of villages in which they halt might be unduly strained.
By the method of working in bodies is understood to be that all the Vaccinators
work together. All go to one village or to closely adjacent villages, and when the vaccina-
tion there is finished all move on to the next village, the Native Supervisor accompanying
the Vaccinators the whole time. The method of working in pairs consists in the zails of the
tahsíls being apportioned to pairs of Vaccinators. The Native Supervisor inspects the work
of the Vaccinators zail by zail. With your permission I will reserve further remarks on this
subject until next year's report, when I hope to know more about it.
9. The quality of the work performed by the Vaccinators of the Special Staff as
judged by the percentage of successful cases returned by the vaccinators is not quite
as good as last year's work. The percentage of successful cases of primary vaccinations
during the year under report is 88.68, while last year it was 88.73, a slight difference only.
The percentage of successful re-vaccinations has, however, fallen from 69.07 in
1897-98 to 56.83 during the present year. I am unable to assign any special cause for
this falling off in the success of re-vaccinations, unless it be the first of the reasons¬
already mentioned as accounting for the decrease in the work of the Special Staff. It
should be noted, however, that this year nearly a quarter of the results of re-vaccinations
are shown as " unknown," while last year the results entered as " unknown" were only
about one-eighth of the total number of operations. The Native Supervisors have inspected