VACCINATION IN RAJPUTANA.
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VACCINATION.
STATEMENT I.
General Operations in Ajmer-Merwara.
35. The total number of persons vaccinated in Ajmer-Merwara including
Nasirabad fell from 12,801 in 1908-09 to 11,960 in the year under report.
There was also a decline in the number of successful primary operations,
average number of persons vaccinated by each vaccinator and the average
number of persons successfully vacci-
nated per 1,000 of population which were
11,533,797 and 24.34 against 12,182,853 and 26.13 respectively in the preceding
year. The total number of re-vaccinations in 1909-10 was 85 against 304
in 1908-09 and that of successful re-vaccination 74 and 280 respectively. It
will thus be seen that there was a decrease under all heads chiefly due to the
severe epidemic of plague in Ajmer City and districts of Ajmer-Merwara.
36. The number of vaccinators was 15, the same as in the previous year,
with one Native Superintendent.
STATEMENT II.
Expenditure on Vaccination.
37. The total expenditure on vaccination during 1909-10 was R3,032-12-4
against R2,974-13 in 1908-09. The in-
crease is due to the fact that glycerinated
lymph was obtained on payment from the Government Bovine Lymph Depôts.
The cost of each successful vaccination in this Division in 1909-10 was 50 pies
against 46 pies in 1908-09.
38. The Civil Surgeon, Ajmer, inspected 333 children against 394 in 1908-
09, all of whom were found successfully vaccinated, and the Superintendent
of Vaccination at Nasirabad examined 421 children against 603 in the previous
year.
39. The Native Superintendent inspected 260 villages and 6,018 vaccina-
tions against 6,144 in 1908-09. The percentage of success amongst cases
seen by him was 98.87 against 98.75 in the preceding year.
General operations in Native States.
(Statement I.)
40. The vaccination returns from the Native States show that there was a
decrease under all heads except that relating to re-vaccination, which is
attributed to the prevalence of plague in most of the States in Rajputana
during the season. The total number of
primary vaccinations in Native States
was 255,990, of which 251,990 were
successful against 261,945 primary and 257,998 successful operations in the
preceding year. Re-vaccination rose from 311 in 1908-09 to 325 in the year
under report, but the percentage of successful re-vaccinations fell from 86.82 to
82.46 in 1909-10.
41. There were 161 vaccinators employed against 162 in the previous
year, 2 less in Tonk and 1 less in Jhalawar and one additional vaccinator in
Jaipur and Marwar. No vaccinator was employed in Deoli Cantonment
during the season as vaccinations were performed entirely by the Hospital
Assistant attached to the Agency Hospital, Deoli.
42. Western Rajputana States.—Of the work performed in Marwar
2,157 primary vaccinations were done by Hospital Assistants in dispensary
towns, with a percentage of success of 95.36. The Hospital Assistants at
Sirohi and Sheoganj performed 268 successful primary operations and the
Hospital Assistant at Jaisalmer 192.
43. Kotah and Jhalawar.—Arm to arm vaccination has been discarded
and all vaccinations have been carried out with glycerinated vaccine obtained
from the Vaccine Depôt, Belgaum. The results have been excellent. The
advantages of this vaccine are :—
(1) The vesicles have been more satisfactory.
(2) Surrounding inflammation is less and subsides rapidly.
(3) It appears to heal more quickly and causes less irritation to the
child.
(4) A higher percentage of success is noted.
44. The cost to the Department is naturally greater, but it has many
advantages ; there is so much less inflammatory trouble to the children than