( 2 )
The following table shows the average cost of each successful case of vacci-
nation in these provinces during the year under report as compared with other
provinces:—
Province.
Burma
...
...
...
...
Punjab ... ... ... ...
Delhi Province ... ... ...
Assam ... ... ...
United Provinces ... ... ...
North West Frontier Province
...
...
Bihar and Orissa
Bengal ... ... ... ...
Central Provinces
...
Madras ... ... ...
Bombay ... ... ... ...
Cost of each successful
case of vaccination
during 1920-21.
As.
7
4
3
3
3
2
2
p.
9
5
10
8
4
9
5
Information not avail-
able.
General operations.
(Statement I.)
5. There was a decrease of 62,007 in the number of persons vaccinated
in 1920-21, as compared with 1919-20, the actual
numbers during the two years being 1,347,474 and
1,409,481, respectively. Of the 1,347,474 persons vaccinated, 576 were vacci-
nated by the dispensary staff, 54 by private medical practitioners, and the rest
(1,346,844) by the special (district) staff. The total number of operations per-
formed also fell from 1,425,754 (1,290,912 primary and 134,842 re-vaccination)
in 1919-20 to 1,356,981 (1,257,130 primary and 99,851 re-vaccination) in 1920-21.
A considerable falling-off (34,991) was recorded under re-vaccinations. The dis-
tricts showing the largest decreases were Agra (6,110), Naini Tal (5,018), Jhansi
(4,338), Saharanpur (2,656), Lucknow (2,422) and Dehra Dun (2,287). The
district superintendents of vaccination concerned will be addressed on the
subject and the desirability of carrying on re-vaccinations on a larger scale will
be impressed on them. The number of secondary operations was 9,507 in 1920-21
as against 16,273 in 1919-20. The decrease in the number of vaccinations was
mainly due to the agrarian disturbances and political agitation based on a policy
of non-co-operation in the several districts of the United Provinces, especially in
Rae Bareli, Fyzabad, Gorakhpur, Allahabad, Saharanpur, Bareilly and Mirzapur.
During the year under report the number and percentage of successful pri-
mary cases in which the results were known were, respectively, 1,207,457 and
97.14 against 1,225,694 and 96.29 in 1919-20 and the number and percentage
of successful re-vaccinations 65,012 and 71.34 as compared with 77,971 and
65.01, respectively. The average number of persons vaccinated by each vacci-
nator in 1920-21 was 1,486 as compared with 1,533 in 1919-20 and the number
of persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of population 27.18 against 27.84.
Successful primary vaccinations
in different districts.
(Statement I.)
6. Twenty-four districts out of 48 showed an' increase in the number of
successful primary operations performed in 1920-21
over that of 1919-20. Cawnpore headed the list
with an increase of 3,806 operations performed,
followed by Meerut with 1,820, Unao with 1,304, Hardoi with 1,240. Moradabad
with 1 086, Muttra with 980, and Etah with 953. Of the 24 districts showing a
decline the most conspicuous were Fyzabad with a falling-off of 5,974, Gorakhpur
with 3,892, Rae Bareli with 3,817, Gonda with 2,494, Fatehpur with 2,413, Garh-
wal with 2,379, Allahabad with 2,187, Bareilly with 2.152 and Aligarh with 2,104.
In Fyzabad and Rae Bareli the decrease is stated to be due to the agrarian
disturbances. In Allahabad political meetings hampered the progress of vaccina-
tion work. The fall in Gorakhpur, Gonda and Fatehpur districts is attributed
to slackness on the part of vaccinators who have been suitably dealt with.
The preaching of non-co-operation was an additional factor in the Gorakhpur
District. The prevalence of influenza and measles was the cause of decrease in
the case of Garhwal and of malaria in that of Aligarh. In Bareilly the decrease
is accounted for by malaria and non-co-operation.
Successful
vaccination and
degree of protection afforded.
(Statement I.)
7. The number of persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of the popula-
tion in 1920-21 was 27.18 against 27.84 in 1919-20.
Among the districts showing the best protection
Garhwal retained its position of last year as first with