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Vaccination Act.
15. The Vaccination Act is in force in all municipalities and cantonments
and in 41 notified areas. The rules are enforced
with a varying degree of energy in different localities.
General results of inspection.
(Statement V.)
16. The total number of vaccinations inspected by the deputy sanitary
commissioners and the district superintendents of
vaccination in 1915-16 was 231,067 (223,148 primary
and 7,919 re-vaccinations) against 219,068 in the preceding year. The deputy
sanitary commissioners also inspected 927 vaccinations in the schools. These
are not shown in statement V. The percentage of inspections to the total
number vaccinated was 14.77 in the case of primary vaccination and 7.57 for
re-vaccination against 13.33 and 7.91 respectively in 1914-15, whereas the
percentage of cases found successful to the total number of primary operations
inspected in 1915-16 was 96.61 and that for re-vaccination 69.82 as against 97.29
and 57.03 respectively. Among the districts showing a large number of inspections,
Azamgarh again stands first with 19,788 and is followed by Jaunpur with 13,348,
Bulandshahr with 12,455, Mainpuri with 9,932 and Pilibhit with 9,588. All
these districts show an improvement over the preceding year. No inspections
were made in the districts of Dehra Dun, Meerut, Agra, Lucknow, Cawnpore,
Allahabad, Benares, and very few (238) in Gorakhpur. In all these districts
except Meerut the district superintendents of vaccination are not required to
make tours for the inspection of vaccination. In Meerut the civil surgeon having
reverted to military duty only held collateral charge of the office of district
superintendent of vaccination and could not therefore leave the station.
The total number of vaccinations inspected by assistant superintendents of
vaccination and other inspecting officers in 1915-16 was 684,089 (640,705 primary
and 43,384 re-vaccination) as compared with 668,766 in 1914-15—an increase of
15,323. The proportion of inspections to the total number vaccinated in 1915-16
was 42.40 per cent. in the case of primary vaccination and 41.49 for re-vaccination
as compared with 40.63 and 41.57 respectively in the preceding year, the
percentages of cases found successful to the total number inspected being 96.65 and
96.36 respectively for primary vaccination and 56.91 and 52.23 for re-vaccination.
Among the districts showing a large number of inspections, Gorakhpur, where
there are two assistant superintendents of vaccination, stands first, as usual, with
38,188, followed by Garhwal with 27,413, Basti with 25,139, Almora with 21,514,
Cawnpore with 18,561, and Bijnor with 17,453. All these districts except
Cawnpore retain their position on the top as in the preceding year although there
is a slight decrease in Garhwal. In Cawnpore the inspections have gone up from
10,270 in 1914-15 to 18,561, in 1915-16. The districts showing the smallest number
of inspections are Dehra Dun (5,210) and Unao (6,810). In Dehra Dun while the
number of inspections of primary vaccinations has increased that of re-vaccinations
shows a great falling off consequent on the smaller number of such operations
performed during the year. The assistant superintendent of vaccination of Unao
will be warned. Among the districts showing high percentages of inspections of
primary cases Pilibhit stands first with 79.68. Jalaun comes next with 70.83.
Then in order come Dehra Dun with 68.52, Garhwal with 67.91, Naini Tal with
64.20, Hamirpur with 63.26 and Mirzapur with 63.03. The districts showing
very low percentages are Moradabad (25.12), Unao (26.52), Kheri (27.59) and
Budaun (27.70). All these districts except Jalaun, Naini Tal and Unao show an
improvement over the preceding year.
Provincial bovine lymph dépôt
at Patwa Dangar (Naini Tal
district).
17. The charge of the dépôt was held by me
throughout the year.
The total number of calves obtained for vaccination at the dépôt during the
year 1915-16 was 382 (187 cow and 195 buffalo) including two calves left over from
the preceding year, three born in the dépôt, 93 obtained on hire, seven purchased
outright from the neighbouring villages and 277 purchased from the contractor,
against 571 calves obtained in 1914-15. Until sufficient grazing ground is secured
for calves in the neighbourhood, it is difficult to do away with the present system
of obtaining calves through the contractor or to curtail expenditure on grass.
Out of the 382 calves obtained, five died unvaccinated, 358 (172 cow and
186 buffalo) were successfully vaccinated, 17 failed and two died after vaccination,
but lymph was not taken from them. Out of 358 calves successfully vaccinated