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Mortality from small-pox.
9. In 1915 the mortality from small-pox per mille of population was .05
as compared with .38 in the preceding year and .13
the quinquennial average.
Diagram.
10. A diagram showing the relation between the mortality from small-
pox and the proportion of population protected by
vaccination in each district is appended.
Dispensary vaccination.
(Statement III.)
11. There was a decrease of 164 in the number of vaccinations performed
at dispensaries in 1915-16 as compared
with
1914-15, the actual numbers being 184 (139 primary
and 45 re-vaccination) and 348 respectively. The figures show a steady decline
since 1913-14. The causes of decrease under this head have been explained in
previous reports.
Vaccination in municipalities.
12. During the year under review the municipal vaccination work, like the
district work, also shows a falling off and the reasons
given for decrease in districts mostly apply to that in
municipalities. Only 118,308 persons were vaccinated in the muncipalities of these
provinces as compared with 126,585 in the preceding year and the total numbers
of vaccination operations performed were 120,016 (108,132 primary and 11,884
re-vaccinations) and 127,952 respectively, the difference of 1,708 and 1,367
representing secondary vaccinations. The successful primary vaccinations num-
bered 102,570 and successful re-vaccinations 6,110 as compared with 105,253 and
7,739 respectively in 1914-15. The number of persons successfully vaccinated per
1,000 of population was 36.99 against 38.47 in the preceding year. Among the
municipalities showing a large number of persons successfully vaccinated per mille
of population, Jaunpur (110.24) stands first. Naini Tal with 82.60 comes next
and is followed by Lakhimpur (Kheri) with 61.59, Gonda with 60.79, Koil
(Aligarh) with 55.18 and Bahraich with 54.52. The municipalities showing a
small number of persons vaccinated per 1,000 of population were Rae Bareli
(18.98), Farrukhabad-cum-Fatehgarh (19.71), Fyzabad-Ajodhya (22.89), Dehra
(23.66) and Jhansi (25.00). All these municipalities except Jaunpur, Bahraich
and Rae Bareli show a decline.
The vaccinations successfully performed on children under one year of age
in the municipalities of these provinces in 1915-16 numbered 82,361 against
85,085 in the preceding year and are shown in Appendix B.
Vaccination in cantonments.
13. In 1915-16,11,913 persons were vaccinated and 12,065 vaccination
operations (8,023 primary and 4,042 re-vaccination)
performed in the cantonments of these provinces
against 12,930 and 13,094 respectively in the preceding year, the difference of 152
and 164 representing secondary vaccinations. The successful primary vaccinations
and re-vaccinations and persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of population
numbered 7,433, 2,288 and 50.80 respectively as compared with 7,874, 2,697 and
55.24 in 1914-15. There was thus a decrease under all the above heads in
cantonments in 1915-16 as in municipalities but taking into consideration the
special circumstances on account of the war the results are not unsatisfactory.
Vaccination in notified areas.
14. The Bhim Tal-Sat Tal settlement in the Naini Tal district was
constituted a notified area in 1915-16, but statistics
not having been separately recorded are not available.
As explained in paragraph 1 above, the notified area of Shahdara (Meerut) having
been transferred to the Delhi province, there were 47 notified areas during the
year under review. For the purposes of comparison, the statistics of Shahdara
for the preceding year have been excluded from those quoted here.
The total numbers of persons vaccinated and vaccinations performed in the
47 notified areas during 1915-16 were 16,169 and 16,370 (15,321 primary and 1,049
re-vaccination) respectively against 15,777 and 16,015 in the same areas during
the preceding year—the difference of 201 and 238 representing secondary
vaccinations. There was a slight decrease of 164 in successful primary
vaccinations and an increase of 280 in successful re-vaccinations as compared
with 1914-15, the actual figures being 14,450 and 14,614 (primary) and 629 and
349 (re-vaccinations). The number of persons successfully vaccinated per mille
of population compares favourably with the preceding year, being 44.16 and 43.82
respectively,