Triennial Report on Vaccination in the United Provinces of Agra
and Oudh for the years 1911-12, 1912-13 and 1913-14.
Period covered by the report.
This report deals with vaccination in the triennium 1911-12 to 1913-14 but
more especially with the work of the last year. Brief
notes have already been submitted on the work of
the preceding two years.
Officers in charge of the depart-
ment.
2. The charge of the office of Sanitary Commissioner and Superintendent
General of Vaccination, United Provinces, was held
by Major J. C. Robertson, I.M.S., from the 1st of
April 1911 to the 14th of May 1912 and by me from
the 15th of May 1912 to the end of the triennium under report.
Constitution and strength of the
department. (Statement II.)
3. On the 1st of April 1911 the Family Domains of His Highness the
Maharaja of Benares were formed into " the State of
Benares " and the control of vaccination in that State
was taken over, with the approval of the Government, by his Highness the
Maharaja. The vaccination staff and statistics of the State have therefore been
excluded from the returns of this department since that date.
Two additional Deputy Sanitary Commissioners were appointed in these
Provinces—Dr. Debi Dutt Pandya, D. P. H. (Camb.), Health Officer of Benares,
from 30th July 1912 and Dr. Kishan Lal Nehru, M.B., Ch. B.,B. Sc., District
Sanitary Officer, from 10th June 1912. A redistribution of areas for the supervision
of vaccination and sanitation was therefore necessary. To avoid confusion the term
" circle " was abolished and the province was divided into the following 4 " ranges,"
each in charge of a Deputy Sanitary Commissioner:—
First range.—The Agra, Meerut and Rohilkhand divisions and the district
of Garhwal in the Kumaun division.
Second range.—The province of Oudh and the districts of Almora and
Naini Tal in the Kumaun division.
Third range.— The Allahabad and Jhansi divisions.
Fourth range.—The Gorakhpur and Benares divisions.
As the dates of the appointment of the additional Deputy Sanitary
Commissioners were not simultaneous, the division of the province into ranges and
the adoption of the new nomenclature could not be carried out on a fixed date.
This fact accounts for the apparent anomalies in the succeeding paragraph in
which the dates of the conversion of the 1st and of the 2nd circles into ranges do
not coincide and the terms " circles" and " ranges" occur in a somewhat
bewildering sequence.
The charge of the first circle was held from the 1st of April 1911 to the 4th of
May 1911 by Captain C. L. Dunn, I.M.S., from the 5th of May to the 15th of
December 1911 by Captain V.B. Nesfield, I.M.S., and from the 16th of December
1911 to the 14th of May 1912 by me prior to my appointment as Sanitary
Commissioner. Captain C. L. Dunn, I.M.S., again assumed charge of the circle in
addition to his other duties from the 15th of May to the 22nd of July 1912. The
charge of the 2nd circle was held by Captain G. I. Davys, I.M.S., from the 1st
to the 9th of April 1911 and by Captain Dunn from the 10th April 1911 to the
29th July 1912 and of the 2nd range from the 30th July 1912 to the 3rd
November 1913, when he proceeded on leave to England. Captain (now
Major) E. Bisset, I.M.S., was appointed as a Deputy Sanitary Commissioner
on the 23rd of July 1912, and from this time up to the end of March 1914 held
charge of the first range. From the 4th November 1913 to the 31st March 1914
he was also in charge of the 2nd range in addition to his other duties. Dr. Kishan
Lal Nehru was in charge of the 3rd range from the 10th June 1912 (the
date of his appointment) to the close of the triennium under review, except
for one month (4th September to 3rd October 1913) during which he was on
privilege leave and Major Bisset held charge of his office in addition to his own
duties. The charge of the 4th range was held by Dr. D. D. Pandya from the 30th
of July 1912 (the date of his appointment) to the 31st of March 1914.
The pay of the 3rd and 2nd grade assistant superintendents of vaccination
was raised from Rs. 18 and Rs. 24 per mensem to Rs. 30 and Rs. 35 respectively from
1st April 1912. The pay of vaccinators which formerly varied from Rs. 6 to Rs. 10
was increased to Rs. 8, rising to Rs. 20 in 23 years, the increments corresponding
to the length of service. With the increase in pay the extra emoluments which
assistant superintendents of vaccination and vaccinators were allowed in certain
districts were withdrawn. During each of the three years of the triennium there